I Can Do Hard Things

Week starting Feb 14, 2010

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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:	15.00	Month:	105.07	Year:	488.44
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
35.30	0.00	35.30

Weight: 0.00

Mon, Feb 15, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

Today is my first official day of training for Grandma's Marathon and it was spent in the pool. Frustrating! I have 2-3 weeks left of recovery and then I get to SLOWLY come back.

Pool workout (52 minutes or about 6 running miles):

5 min warm up

1:30 x 10 (30 sec rest)

2 min rest

1:30 x 10 (30 sec rest)

5 min cool down

Hoping to get a bike ride in when my hubby gets home from work.

Weight: 0.00

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

Marathon Training Day 2:

I had a hard time focusing this morning (keeping up the speed, how many sets I was doing) and I was having problems with my ipod. I will admit, I am getting "bored" with aqua running. I will continue to do it because I want to continue to train, I just hope it is for nothing!

Aqua run (45 minutes - 5 running miles)

5 min warm up

11x2:30 min

5 min cool down

No bike ride today (Tim has YM) or yesterday (it was raining yesterday and I still not that comfortable on a bike)

Weight: 0.00

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

No workout today! Bummer....maybe! I taught my whole wheat bread class and other things you can make with the bread dough. It was a semi-ok turnout, but lots of good treats (cinnamon rolls, soft pretzels, pizzas, taco bakes, and bread).

I am NOT going to weigh in tomorrow. I have to give my body a few days to loose all the bread I've eaten tonight.

Off to bed!

Weight: 0.00

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
8.70	0.00	8.70

20 minutes on the stair climber (2.2 miles)

35 minutes on the bike (3.5 miles)

Half mile swim (32 laps 27 minutes) (3 miles)

It felt so good to sweat and breath hard tonight. I'm officially 6 of my 8 weeks for stress fracture recovery (I will still have another 4-5 weeks of comeback). I still don't know if I will be able to get ready in time for my marathon in June. My marathon expectation has dramatically dropped to "I just want to finish". I don't even care about a time.

Time will tell!

Weight: 0.00

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.50	0.00	3.50

My ankle feels good after yesterday bike and stairclimber. Hooray!

Recovery aqua jog (37 minutes or 3.5 running miles)

5 min warm up

1 min hard, 30 sec rest, 2 min hard, 30 sec rest, 3 min hard, 30 sec rest, 4 min hard, 30 sec rest, 4 min hard, 30 sec rest, 3 min hard, 30 sec rest, 2 min hard, 30 sec rest, 1 min hard, 20 sec rest, 1 min hard

5 min cool down

I am in "deep cleaning" mode at my house. I've been working on memory boxes and came across this old Nike poster from high school:

"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."

Weight: 0.00

Sat, Feb 20, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
12.10	0.00	12.10

2.5 miles on stair climber (22:50 minutes)

13 mile bike (42:57 minutes)

1 mile swim (64 laps - 55 minutes)

Approximate total running miles 12.1 miles

Weight: 0.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
35.30	0.00	35.30

Weight: 0.00

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