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Location:

American Fork,UT,

Member Since:

Nov 27, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

St George Marathon

2011 - 4:11:52

2017. -4:01:17

2021 - 4:03:05

Salt Lake City Full Marathon

2013 - 4:23:03

Ogden Marathon

2012 - 3:58:35

2013 - 4:17:20

2014 - 4:02:51

2017 - 3:55:22**

2023 - 3:57:09

Utah Valley Marathon

2019 - 4:05:37

Top of Utah Marathon

2014 - 4:09:27

Mt Charleston Marathon

2019 - 4:05:33

West Mountain Marathon

2015 - 4:42:34

St George Half Marathon

2012 - 1:55:00

2013 - 2:03:00

2014 - 1:46:00

2015 - 1:48:00

2022- 1:42:45**

Salt Lake City Half Marathon

2012 - 1:51:00

2014 - 1:44:01

Hobble Creek Half Marathon

2001 - 1:40:00**

2011 - 1:45:00

2012 - 1:43:00

2013 - 1:43:00

2022 - 1:48:53

American Fork Half Marathon

2013 - 1:48:24

2014- 1:53:23 (pacing Tim)

2017 - 1:47:54

2018 - 1:48:12

2019 - 1:47:50

Timp Half Marathon

2012 - 1:47:18

2022 - 1:49:40 (AF Cancer course)

Utah Valley Half Marathon

2011 - 1:55:00

Top of Utah Half Marathon

2010 - 1:48:20

The Haunted Half Provo

2018 - 1:51:28

Goblin Valley 50K

2014 - 5:58

Red Mountain 55K

2018 - 7:31:37

Antelope Island Fall Classic 50K

2017 - 6:14:23

Antelope Island 50 Mile

2015 - 10:10:00

Antelope Island 100 Mile

2018 - 26:53

**Personal Best

Short-Term Running Goals:

Long-Term Running Goals:

To qualify for Boston

Personal:

Married for 23 years. I have 18 year old triplets and a 15 year old. I love to sew, garden, and run!

Favorite Running Quotes:

1.

"Sooner or later the serious runner goes through a special, very personal experience that is unknown to most people.

Some call it euphoria. Others say it's a new kind of mystical experience that propels you into a elevated state of consciousness, a flash of joy.

A sense of floating as you run. This experience is unique to each of us, but when it happens, you break through a barrier that separates you from casual runners. Forever. And from that point on, there is no finish line. You run for your life. You begin to be addicted to what running gives you."

~Nike Poster

2. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

- Lao-Tzu

You’ve no doubt heard this. And you’ve probably recited it in your mind on a run or at the gym when you’re just beginning to get in shape. You have a goal in sight and this quote brings you back to the current moment.

But the problem is that many runners forget all of the steps between the first one and the goal. If your goal is to run under two hours for the half marathon then you need to be honest about all of the little steps to get to that goal.

…and what I’d rather see you do is to get the goal out of mind completely, but rather focus on the process, not the outcome. -Jay Johnson Process orientation, not outcome orientation.

You should have goals, but you should take it one step at a time. And you should be honest about the fact that you don’t know how many steps it will take to get there. ~ Vernon Gambetta

3. Human beings are made up of flesh, blood and a miracle fiber called COURAGE! ~ George Patton

4. Find the courage to be patient.

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Miles:	This week:	15.00	Month:	105.07	Year:	488.44
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Sat, Jun 02, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

I've been stressing about starting my SGM training on Monday. "I'm going to be so behind" "I'm going to loose all my base miles" "All my fitness is going to be gone". Wahhhhh...Wahhhh...Wahhhh. I'll admit, I've been very grumpy this week. I forget how much I *need* to run...not want to run! My body needs a way to get out all the stress and craziness of life. AND with school being out, I feel like I need it more now than ever!

Boys got back from the campout and I headed to the gym. I did a hop test before I left and could feel that pop on my foot immediately. Even though I had NO pain before.

I thought I could do the stair mill because I could keep my foot flat and not push off. SUCCESS!!!! I had a lot of "junk" to get out since I haven't run all week! 7 miles on the 7000PT in 59 minutes - 870 calories burned. I like the stair mill because it is the closest thing to running. I feel like the minutes per mile are equivalent to running. I was a sweat bomb!!! My body felt like it had cobwebs in it. I haven't run all week and was rusty!

Then I did a cornucopia of core work, heal/toe walking (toe walking is too much pushing off) and stretching (25 minutes). I left a lot of junk and sweat today at Gold's Gym. Then I met my family at In -n- Out and put back on the 870 calories I had just burned!

I'm going to try to do my SGM training on the stair mill until I can get back on the road. I hope it will help me keep my fitness level up.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From RAD on Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 15:03:57 from 98.202.23.178

Just caught up on your week, and now I know why I haven't seen updates in a while :( Oh Toby, I'm sorry! I'm also sorry you didn't get in to see YOUR doc. blaaahhh. I really don't like this, but I do like that is seems to be getting better and that you were able to get the stair master in! :) You will keep your fitness and be good for SGM - take care of your foot. I panicked when I heard about the first hop test, glad you can pass it now!

From glidergirl on Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 19:48:19 from 71.35.231.152

I'm so sorry you are having foot pain! But you will definitely be OK for SGM.:) Especially with all that you're doing on the stair mill and everything. You'll get back at it in no time. :) In the meantime, enjoy your change of pace!

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