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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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I've been babysitting my 2 nieces and couldn't workout this morning. Having a 2 year old in the house makes life tricky. So I worked out this evening. It was on my mind all day - I just wanted to get the workout over with.

I get to bump up my mileage a bit this week...yeah!!!

4 sweaty miles on my home TM - I bumped up the speed durning the last mile.

3x

10 ball squats with weights

10 ball lunges with weights

10 side to side lunges with weights

10 single leg hamstring lift

15 supermans on Bosu

20 dips

LLL

Stretch and foam roll.

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Early morning workout at home before running camp and swim lessons.

1 mile warm at 6.3mph

1.75 miles - speed ladder (1min hard, 2 min easy)

.25 mile cool down

2x core workout

20 push ups

60/60/60 plank

LLL

Quick stretch and foam roll

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TT:  1:18:21

AP:  9:38

10:14, 9:44, 9:34, 9:34, 9:34, 9:25, 9:38, 9:20, 2:15 

I was suppose to meet Kellie under the lamp post this morning, but she didn't show.  That mentally threw me for a loop.  I didn't have my ipod and I didn't want to run all the way home to get it.

I mentally struggled the whole way. Last time I did this run, I was 4 minutes faster.  I was so slow today. My legs were heavy and I had no music to drowned out the "poor me" thoughts.  

But I did it and it is over.  Time to move on.

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Cross training day.

20 minutes on the bike

3x

10 ball squats with weight

10 ball lunges with weight

10 side to side lunges with weight

LLL

10 Bosu ball push ups

15 supermans

40 russian twists

10 overhead press

10 butterflies

10 skull crushers

Stretch and foam roll. 

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My Garmin took almost 2 miles to find the satellite this morning. Then when it did connect, it kept losing it. Ughhhh.. So I ended up using the 3.5 miles as a very slow, uphill warm up. Then I reset my watch and did a 3 mile aided tempo. And a .5 mile cool down.

It was a bit cooler this morning with a slight breeze...much more tolerable than the mugginess we've had.

Tempo TT: 28:40

AP:  8:16

Splits. 8:36, 8:23, 8:02, 3:37 

Up to Lone Peak Hwy

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TT:1:06:53

AP:  9:02

Splits:  9:55, 9:37, 9:26, 8:59, 8:56, 8:27, 8:22, 3:07 

Route:  Timp Hwy 

My SIL Mandy was running the Timp Half this morning.  My kids and I made lots of signs and posted them all the course.  Super fun.  

I knew I could meet her in two different places along the course this morning during my run.  I ran the same route as yesterday and just took a small detour to watch Mandy.  I was really nervous that I would miss her, but ended up having PLENTY of time.  

I saw her first at the aide station around mile 9.  I REALLY REALLY REALLY cheering for people when they run.  I always love it when I race to have people cheer for me.  So I was loud and cheered for everyone.  It was great! And I got to see lots of friends along the way.

I finally saw her come and gave her a big shout out.  Then ran to my next meeting point - around mile 12.  I couldn't believe the RD didn't have police stop traffic across No County Blvd.  HELLO....that is a really big intersection and these poor runners were dodging cars.  

Saw Mandy again and I could tell she was getting tired.  Ohhhh...I know that feeling too well.  I bid her farewell and finished my run.

Honestly, I think I like cheering better than running.  I had so much fun this morning.  

Stretch and foam roll 

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