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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: 22.33 Month: 127.28 Year: 374.00
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles: 28605.00
Race: St George Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:03:38, Place overall: 665, Place in age division: 67
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I knew going into this race that I was out of shape and fat.  My first 13 miles AND race since my stress fracture (my longest run has been 10 miles).  So my main goal of the weekend was to have fun (even though secretly, I knew I would be disappointed with my time).

I dropped my preschooler off at school and picked up Collette (we went to SG last year together and had a blast!!!) and Kellie (my newest running bud in the neighborhood).  I knew I instantly liked Kellie because she wanted to stop and get a soda before we hit the road.  My kind of gal!!!

We had a wonderful conversation on the way down to SG.  These are such intelligent, interesting, educated, and funny women.  So darn awesome!

We headed to the expo and then to the hotel.  After unloading our stuff, we ate dinner at Brick Oven.  While eating, I started to get a case of the chills and body aches.  I just prayed that I wasn't starting to get sick.  After we ate our fill and laughed until our cheek bones hurt, we headed back to the hotel for some shut eye.  I took some Advil before bed in hopes that it would help my pending cold.

I struggled with my clothing choice for the race.   But finally settled with capri tights, tank and long sleeved shirt - which ended up being perfect.  I found Smooth and Karen and brought Smooth's stuff to my car (I got to bring her home after the race....lucky me!!!).  We walked right up the start and the gun went off.  

I ran with them for the first 6 miles.  It was SO wonderful to catch up on life with those lovely ladies.  I started to loose steam after 6 miles and lost them on a hill.  I took a GU somewhere in there too.

My lack of fitness was starting to shine through.  It bothered me.  Though I can't train any faster after this dumb injury, it was eating at my ego.  I could see Smooth's green hat just ahead of me, but could never catch her.

Around miles 7, I caught up to Collette.  We chatted for a minute, but were both too tired to say more than a few words.  So we just ran.  I left her after a mile.

Mile 12-13 seemed to take forever.  It never seemed to end and my ankle was starting to get tired.  Not to the point where I needed to quit, but just tired.  Finally the bridge came and then the finish line.  I saw my cousin Callie at the finish area and was SO darn proud of her PR!  Yahooo!!!!  I caught up with Rachel...oooo...I miss her! And lots of other FRB's!

I started to get a bit nauseous and just weird.  So I sat down and chatted for awhile.  But then I started to really get cold.  So Collette, Kellie, Smooth and I headed back to the hotel for a HOT shower (I even took a 10 minute cat-nap).

We ate lunch at Cafe Rio in Cedar City.  Again, it was a wonderful conversation on the way home.  I was able to catch up even more with Smooth and realized just how much more I love that woman!

Though I ran my slowest half marathon ever, I was very sad to see the weekend end.  It was just long enough to feel rejuvenated, but short enough that my family didn't suffer.

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Comments
From Teena Marie on Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 08:47:18 from 75.165.251.79

You did GREAT!!! I know it can be frustrating not feelings as strong and fast as you would like to feel (or as strong and fast as you would be had you not had to deal with that stubborn ankle) but you did AWESOME!!! I love your recent entry about hitting goals. Good stuff!!

Sorry that you were feeling a bit sick ... glad you are feeling better. :)

Have a great day! :)

From Toby on Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:51:01 from 199.101.229.6

Thanks for checking in Teena! The past 2 weeks, my ankle has been doing so much better. I'm taking a rest week this week. I added an extra day of running (2 miles at 10:30mm pace). Just keeping it slow and trying to build on that. Thanks for stopping by!!

From Smooth on Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 16:37:56 from 71.35.231.124

Toby ~ this is the 2nd time I read your report. I didn't comment the first time because it was late at night and I wanted to come back and say a proper THANK YOU to you! :) Thank you for being such a wonderful friend, mother, wife, sister, daughter, cousin and neighbor. I am so grateful for your friendship and example. You are an amazing person. I love you! I LOVE every second of the time I got to run/talk/car-ride with you on Sat. I had NO idea you were feeling sick. You never complained! Honestly, you did great!!! All that cross training and strength training while you were nursing that ankle pays off. You are doing awesome! And I LOVE your Sunday's post about goals and the inspiring nature of this sport. Good things await you this year. :)

THANK YOU for letting me tag along and driving on the trip. I hope you get to run with Collette and Kellie soon. AND I hope I get to tag along on your runs...soon...when this inversion blows away! :) Love you, sweet girl! :)

From Toby on Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 17:52:36 from 199.101.229.6

Smooth: Thank you for the kind words! But I think I benefited more from the ride than you did :) You are an amazing woman and I am in constant awe of your greatness! I've been telling my kids about your growing up in HK and conversion story. They were complaining about dinner the other night and told them how you always went to bed hungry. So THANK YOU for blessing my little family! We need to hit the roads soon :)

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