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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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Up silo road - snowing AP:  10:34  TT:  45:26  HR:  159

3x

Curtsy lunge

Dead lift

Squat with band with lateral leg lift

Side to side squat with band

Push up

 

Daily Glute/Core 

1x

Single leg squat

LLL with double band

60/60/60 plank

Fire hydrant holds x2

Clam with double band

Paper plates – wipers

Paper plates – spider

Single leg bridge

Glute superman


Stretch and foam roll
Massage today

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Lehi JRP TT:  1:22 AP:  9:30  HR:  172

AM #1

 
Daily Glute/Core
single leg squat
60/60/60 plank
Paper plates - wipers
Paper plates - spiders
Single leg bridge
LLL with double band
Clams with band
Fire hydrant holds
Glute triangles on Bosu
Supermans on Bosu
Around the worlds on Bosu
Oblique side plank lift
 
3x
Chest press
Butterfly
Row
Skull crusher
Single leg overhead press
Front raise
Front row
Single leg hammer curl
Tricep with bar
Triangles
 
 
AM #2
Long run with Kelli on the JRP. Beautiful sunshine day. Obviously this was WAY faster than it should have been, but it was lovely to have company.
 
Hip flexor feels better after the massage/beating yesterday.
 
I need to stretch/foam roll tonight.

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AM #1

Workout with Robyn.  She gave me lots of great flute/adductor/abductor/hip mobility ideas.  Lots of stuff with bands.

Stretch and foam roll

AM #210 minutes walking on the TM while waiting for the step mill to open.  50 minutes on the step mill.  Very easy pace - watched a movie.

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Manila Elementary - 28 degrees and very sunny

TT:  35:32  AP:  10:09  HR:  154

Yoga and foam rolling.  Easy recovery run

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3x (Robyn's workout)

Step ups
Side band walking
Reverse lunge with knee raise
Clams
Single leg squat
Dead bug crunch


Grove Creek hike with Collette.  Beautiful sunny day.

TT:  1:36 elevation 1761 HR 139

4 miles

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TT:  45:21

AP:  10:04  HR:  157  Up silo road

32 degrees this morning and sunny!  Felt really good.  Strides every 10 minutes.  Hip flexor is still pulling.  I made a PT appointment but can't get in for 2 weeks.  I'm totally being too cautious, but hopefully it is something simple.

3x
walking lunges 
dead lifts
glute thruster with band
duck walk with band
single leg bridge on bench (HARD!!!!)
double crunches

single leg overhead press
front raise
front row
single leg hammer curl
triangles
triceps

Lots of stretching and foam rolling

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