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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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A few more race thoughts:

 1.  On the way home from Ogden, my hands started to swell.  My knuckles weren't individual humps...just one long mass across my hand.  Weird, I've never had anything like that happen before.  It's gone now.

2.  I chaffed HORRIBLY!  I have some very large, bleeding sores on my inner thighs and under my sports bra.  Yikes....those puppies hurt!

3.  I was amazed at the volunteers.  They stood out in the rain for HOURS helping us runners.  They didn't get a medal or an emotional high from running a marathon.  I so appreciate those people who called out my name.  

4.  I am unbelievably sore after this race.  Whereas after the SL marathon, I felt great by Monday morning.  I'm still struggling up/down stairs.  My right foot (on the outside) hurts....I've never had a problem there.  This race beat me up and spit me out.  It is going to be awhile before I think about running again.

I'm such a whiner today! 

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I'm taking the next few days off from exercising and the next 1.5-2 weeks off from running. I'm still incredibly tired and VERY sore.  

It was awesome to sleep in, make my kids a big breakfast, get the laundry going and have my ducks in a row for the day.   

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40 minutes on the bike - easy

3x

20 skull crushers

40 russian twists

20 dips

12 real push ups

20 scissor

30 donkey kick

LLL

B6

Soreness is getting better, but that race wiped me out.  It is nice to just chill and continue to chill for the next week or so. 

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3.7 mile walk with cul-de-sac neighbor.  She's a dang fast walker.  Pushed Georgia in the stroller.

Down/back lunges in the cul de sac

Core Challenge 3x

100 crunches

15 push ups

60 sec plank

 

1 min bridge

2 min bridge

quick stretch 

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40 min bike

3x

20 skull crusher

40 russian twists

20 dips

10/side   side to side lunges

100 crunches

15 push ups

walking lunges

B6

LLL 

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