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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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2014 - Minutes Miles: 294.00
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I slept 8 hours plus took a one hour nap on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I was still tired and slept in today. Feeling better about life.

My legs feel great after Saturday's 20 miler. Yeah!

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47:20....slowwwwwww

5 easy miles on the home TM. Ughhhh....I'm not a fan of the TM.

3x

Walking lunges

Single leg hamstring lift

Squats

Side to side lunges

Push ups

Dips

It's been awhile since I've done weight lifting. It felt much harder than it should've. I can tell that I need to do it...my body is creaky in certain spots. Hopefully I can do it at least once a week until Ogden.

Long stretch and foam roll.

2014 - Minutes Miles: 80.00
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TT: 1:04

I wasn't interested in running in the blizzard outside, so I ran downstairs tonight. I really got into watching Nashville, so my run went by fast.

Jay Johnson had a great post on his blog about spending 15 minutes everyday doing his lunge matrix or GSM. He said that if all runners did that, they would be injured a lot less. I'm a believer.

Once before and once after run:

Dynamic calf stretch

Lunge matrix

Donkey kicks

Plank

Hip swings

Stretch and foam roll

2014 - Minutes Miles: 94.00
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I went to see Dr Rich today. There was edema on the X-ray around the achy part of my shin. It wasn't a stress fracture yet, but the area was stressed out. He put me in a boot to wear when I'm not running. I can resume my training, but if it starts to feel worse, I need to cut back/stop.

Because I've had so many SF, he decided to do a Dexa scan and check my vitamin D, calcium, feritin levels. Waiting to hear the results.

I just need to hang on for 6 weeks.

60 minutes-7.5 miles on the stair mill at the gym.

2014 - Minutes Miles: 60.00
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15 minutes PT

45 min-5.75 miles on stair mill

2014 - Minutes Miles: 60.00
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