I Can Do Hard Things

April 18, 2024

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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.

Favorite Blogs:

Click to donate

to Ukraine's Armed Forces

Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	72.21	Year:	455.58
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Wed, Nov 23, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	3.00

I went to the gym later than usual as hubby is home the rest of the week. Sleeping in is heavenly!

3x

10 squats on Smith machine

10 sits on Smith machine

(about vomited as I watched the couple on the Smith machine make out...come on...at 6:30am AT THE GYM...yuck)

20 sit ups

10 push ups

10 abductor machine

10 aductor machine

10 calf raises

60/60/60 planks (these are in the same category as squats...I HATE them)

10 fire hydrants

3 miles on the TM - 12 up and 10 down. Started at 6.2 for .75 miles, up to 7.4 for .25, down to 6.4 for .75 miles, up to 7.6 for .75 miles, up to 7.8/8.0 for last .25. Doing that makes the time go by so much faster.

Foam rolling (IT band was really tight)

stretching

Just in case anyone is interested, I am having a booth at the Christmas Gift and Craft Show at the Spanish Fork Fair Grounds THIS Friday and Saturday (hours 10am-8pm). I will have a booth full of little girls' clothes, purses, blankets and did I mention CLOTHES! Hope to see you there! (And it is free to get in)

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Smooth on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 00:33:05 from 174.27.205.151

Hey sweet Toby! Just wanna let you know you are awesome! :)

hope you and your family had a great Thanksgiving :)

From RAD on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 02:44:56 from 98.202.23.178

GREAT workout! Could've burned even more calories barfing over the love birds :)

Wish I could make it to the show! Hope it is a HUGE success for you. Miss you.

From Kelli on Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 16:55:30 from 71.219.83.156

Absolutely no MAKING OUT is allowed at the gym, married or not! NONE!!! Gross!

I like how you make the time bo by on the TM, something has to help those runs along.

Hope you had a GREAT Thanksgiving!

From Bec on Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 15:13:31 from 68.206.133.141

Make out session at the gym? They were not working hard enough! I don't like David touching me if I'm all sweaty, SICK.

Hope you did well at the boutique, would have been fun to look at all of your fun things.

Add Your Comment.

Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.

Debt Reduction Calculator

Featured Announcements

Most Recent Entries:

New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):

Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):

Recent Comments:

Zack by Ethan Cannon