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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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11.5 miles on the home TM  AP:  9:13  TT:  1:46:00  I had an appointment that I had to get to this morning, hence the TM run.  Hamstring felt ok-ish.

 

Deep thoughts this morning.....it seems that near the end every training cycle, my niggles start to scream loud.  Something is REALLY hurting.  And the wheels just come off.  

I feel that I've been very conservative this training cycle as I'm only running 3 days/week (40 mpw).  Lifting and other cardio on my non-running days.  Yet, here I am again with with a doubt that I'll even make it to the starting line of Ogden.  

I've always thought I could handle 40 miles per week with 50 miles being the tipping point to injuries.  But maybe I need to take it down to 35 miles per week.  Can I even run a successful marathon at 35 mpw?  

What am I missing?

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bohemian lunge

LLL

trx bridge to pull up

hamstring roll out

trx side plank

walking lunges

trx crunch with bosu

side to side lunge

bridge on bosu

 

45 mintues easy on the step mill

3x

leg press

hamtractor

hamstring curl

calf raises

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11.07 miles on the MCT - 48 degress and very sunny - TT:  1:41  AP:  9:09  HR164

9:54, 9:38, 9:26, 9:21, 9:05, 9:08, 8:59, 9:02, 8:58, 8:48, 8:11

I've been worried about my hamstring, but have been very diligent in PT.  I wasn't really sure how this run would go.  I did a few glute exercises to make everything was warmed up and started slow.  Thankfully, everything felt good and I was able to pick up the pace.  Definitely a redemption run!

 

3x

TRX single leg squat to Y

side lunge with paper plate

up downs on Bosu

TRX T

TRX deltoid

hamstring roll out

100x

overhead press

bicep curl

front/lateral raise

skull crusher

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45 minutes on step mill

3x

SL leg press

hamtractor

ham curl

TRX core

bar bicep

bar tricep

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I met Karen and Rachel on the JRP just like the good ole' days!  North/hilly side first.  Rachel pushed the pace on those hill--much faster than I would have gone on my own.  I felt super good on the last half.  With .75 miles to go, I threw in a 7:33mm 800m sprint.  It was a good run!  I need to run with faster people more often!

AP:  9:06  TT:  3:02 --9:07,8:46, 8:51, 9:58, 9:18, 9:00, 9:07, 8:59, 8:58, 8:57, 9:06, 9:11, 9:16, 9:09, 9:18, 9:02, 9:11, 9:15, 9:16, (2:19 3:44), 2:17

3x

squat

single leg squat to lunge

side lunge

LLL

hammie roll out

bicep curl to overhead press

front raise

tricep

trx back row

trx core

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