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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
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2014 - Minutes Miles: 269.00
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TT: 1:23:07

AP: 9:14

9 easy miles on the home TM. I read about a few things on the internet that might help my peroneal tendinitis - I put a wedge in my shoe to help lesson the load. I taped it a different way. I tied my shoes the old way...the new way seemed to bug it even more.

It felt better during the run, but I still need to give it a few days. I did just take 2 days off from running. Maybe it is a combination of everything?

3x

Walking lunges

Hamstring lift

Side to side lunges

Crossover drill

Push-ups

V-ups

Skull crushers

Front raise

Front row

Quick stretch and foam roll

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20 min hard push on spin bike

TT:  24:34

AP:  8:11

3 miles on the home TM

.5 mile at 6.4mph

9 sets of 1 min hard/1 min easy

hards=8.0-9.0mph

easy=7.0

.3 mile cool down

3x

walking lunges

single leg hamstring lift

side to side lunges

cross over drill

 

2x

knee tucks on ball

v-ups with ball

one arm push on Bosu

 

Quick stretch and foam roll

Peroneal felt good today.  I'm taking down Christmas today and cleaning up all the destruction from the holidays.

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TT: 1:04:23

AP: 9:11

A few quick miles on the home TM before a full ski day. Happy New Years!

2014 - Minutes Miles: 64.00
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I texted Kellie late last night to see what she was running today. She was doing her long run. So I decided to join her. I was kinda dreading going to the gym, but was excited to have the company.

Since the TM shuts off after 60 minutes, I broke the run up into 2x6 mile runs. I read on my iPad for the first few miles. Then Kellie came and we talked for awhile. Then I read some more.....chatted...read. The run went by really fast=success!

My foot felt good, but it was definitely tired by the end of the run. I'm really tired now and I'm ready for my kids to go back to school.

TT: 56:21

AP: 9:23

TT: 54:25

AP: 9:04

2014 - Minutes Miles: 110.00
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14 days till SG Half Marathon

 

My girls were suppose to have a sleepover at Grandma's house last night, but my youngest wanted to come home at 10:00pm.  So having her home kinda messed up my running plans.  I ran on the home TM.

Before run:

7 mins on bike

lunge matrix

touch downs

crossover drill

 

4 mile run

TT:  35:45

AP:  8:56

I decided to thrown in a few tempo miles.  My foot was feeling good and I took advantage of it.  My tempo miles were at an 8:23 which is my goal marathon pace.  I need to do this more often.

3x

Walking lunges with weights

Single leg hamstring lift

Side to side lunges (oooo....these make my hips burn...in a good way)

Cross over drill

15 push ups

5 V-up with ball

20 dips

10 fly

10 front row

10 bicep curl

 

Quick stretch and foam roll.   Yeah for school starting Monday!!!

2014 - Minutes Miles: 95.00
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2014 - Minutes Miles: 269.00
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