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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
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3x

10 squats on Smith Machine

60 planks

10 hamstring thingys...stand on one leg and lower the 25lb bar

25xLLL (bent knee, toe out, toe up)....burning!!!!!!

3 miles on stair mill - nice and slow, but oh so sweaty

foam roll and lots of stretching

I'm feeling good after Saturday's run.  My lower legs are tender...mostly shins and around the ankle.  Hmmmmm.....

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I was in bed last night by 9:00pm.  I've been so tired lately.  

10 minutes warm up

15 sets of 1min "hard"/1 min "easy"

Hards=9.3 mph (I did the last one at 9.4mph)

Easy=6.1 mph

Cool down until I reached 6 miles (probably .75 miles)

48:15

I felt very creaky for the first half of the workout.  My legs haven't moved fast since Dogtown.  But once I got going, I felt good.  I was breathing hard, but I didn't feel like I was going to have a heart attack (except for the last one). 

Shins/tendons around the ankle didn't bug until after I was done.  I think that is still carnage from Saturday.  Surprisingly, my hips felt great.  I've been doing a million lateral leg lifts and those really seem to help.  We'll see.

Long stretching and foam rolling session.  Ice ankles and shins when I got home.  Off to paint new beams for the kitchen/family room.

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I went to bed again last night at 9:00pm.  This may become a new way of life.  I felt great when I got up this morning and I am feeling ALIVE now that it is mid-day!

Recovery run - 65:00

7 easy miles on the TM.  I felt good.  I set the speed at 6.4mph and didn't touch it until mile 7 (then I had to hussle to get home).  I did some deep massage on my shins/ankles last night and they felt pretty good during the run.  Hips ached a bit and I realized I didn't do any LLL yesterday.  I did one set after the run....burn baby burn.....

Off to finish painting beams and then put down spring fertilizer (it had better rain/snow this afternoon).

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5 TM Miles 45:22

I started slow and did a few pick ups during the run.  My shins were totally aching yesterday....maybe because I didn't run.  I did a deep massage on them last night.  They felt good this morning on the run.  But now (several hours after the run), they totally ache again.  I'm wearing my compression socks.  GO AWAY!!!

There has been way too much family drama going on in my house.  I'm so not the drama person and it is driving me crazy.  The beams got put up and look awesome!  There was a HUGE mess to clean up and I spent ALL yesterday washing walls, shutters, baseboards and the front of the cupboards.  I just need to caulk the beams and do some touch up painting.  But I'm taking a nap first :)

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2:18:00

AP:  9:16

8:56, 9:17, 9:28, 9:18, 9:15, 9:18, 9:06, 8:48, 8:55, 9:08, 9:18, 9:18, 9:49, 9:33, 8:50

I'm still trying to process this run.  This goes in the "shoot me now" box (versus slow/fast) miles. 15 miles on the 123000 JRP.

I'm so grateful Rachel let me tag along on her run.  There is NO WAY I would have done 15 miles alone.  NO WAY! I was surprised to see our AP....it sure felt like an 10:30 mm. 

The first 7 miles, I was really dragging.  My legs felt like lead and I had a hard time getting going and my shins were aching.  I thought I might be done after 7 that is how crappy I was feeling.

We got back to the parking lot and I shed my gloves and jacket.  I wish I would have had on a short sleeve shirt (it was SO beautiful outside).  I was starting to feel a little better (my shin seemed to feel a little better too), but wasn't sure how much more I could do.  I was thinking to myself, "I can make it to 10 miles...just 3 more go".  Then Rachel talked me into several more :)!!!  Again, I would have totally bailed if I was on my own.  I'm so glad she did.  SO SO SO glad!

At the turn-around point, my feet started to hurt and I was running out of gas.  I could tell Rachel was starting to hurt too.  She's "pulled" me along way too many times when I've been gone-zo and I knew she needed a pull (but I wasn't sure how much I could do since I was already fried). 

We stopped at a golf course for some nice warm bathroom sink water.  I washed my face, took a gu, a gross drink of water and we headed out.  3 more miles to go.

It took everything I had to just hang on.  I kept thinking, "this is how tired you will be at mile 20...just hang on".  I think Rachel got sick of my motivational sayings....I wasn't very motivational :)  I just wanted to be done.  DONE I tell you!

We had to stop a few times on the way back.  I was ready for a break every time.  And my legs started aching every time we started back up.  Finally, we saw the parking lot.  I think my legs let out an audible "finally". 

I was too dillusional to take an ice bath or do any big stretching when I got home.  I took a hot shower, ate a sandwich and crawled into bed.  I was in "coma sleep".  I've been so unproductive today. 

I am nervous how my shins would react to this run.  They were so achy last night, but felt ok on the run.  Now (5:00pm) they ache and ache.  This is an easy week for me and if they don't perk up by the end of the week, I'm going in to the doctor. 

It's done and over.  I'm SO glad I did it.  I need to run more on tired legs....mile 19 at SGM was not pleasant and I want to overcome that "wall".  I hope today was one step closer to that.  I just hope my shins cooperate and I didn't make them worse.


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