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Turkey Leg 5K

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Location:

South Weber,UT,United States

Member Since:

Mar 05, 2013

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Current PRs

5K: SLCTC Winter Series 19:06

10K: Phoenix 10K 2014 39:11

10 miles: Striders WRC 2014 1:06:13

Half Marathon: Dogtown Half February 2014 1:25:09

Marathon: 3:19 I ran the Ogden Marathon in May 2009

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Our family is complete with 4 sweet girls. Now it's time for me to shed the weight and get back into running shape for good. I'm ready to work at it again in 2017!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Long-term running goals, Sub 3 hour marathon and 1:20 half marathon. 

Personal:

I'm married to my great husband Riley Cook. He helps me accomplish my running goals. We have 4 daughters Evelyn, Hannah, Nora, and Iris I'm also excited to be running for Utahrunning.com.

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Asics Flat Pink Lifetime Miles: 138.47
Brooks Ravenna Lifetime Miles: 348.10
Asics C. Lifetime Miles: 345.37
Adidas Lifetime Miles: 15.90
Race: Turkey Leg 5K (3.13 Miles) 00:19:26, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
7.63

Riley and I signed up for a 5K on Thanksgiving in Farmington. Originally, we thought it was a flat course but mile 2 of the race was pretty beastly. My goal for this race was 19:30, still not knowing it had hills. The day before we went and picked up our packets and quickly drove the course to see that it was not flat. So then I was hoping just to win the $50 dollar visa card that was up for grabs and just run the 5k hard. The race started and most of the first mile was pretty flat the last little bit of the first mile had an uphill, I clocked 5:55 for mile 1. Then mile 2 was the challenge, two big rolling hills the first half of that mile, then a gradual uphill the second half this mile, I knew I would be slower so I didn't bother looking at my watch and just tried to push through hard on those uphills, mile 2 ended up being 6:45. A good downhill got me going for mile 3 then It evened out again and I ended up with a 6:06. and then .39 the last .13 of the race. I was pleasantly surprised to be under my original goal which leads me to believe, if this course were flat I would've been well under 19 minutes. And I happily won with the next girl finishing about 30 to 40 seconds behind me. Really happy with how this race turned out.

Saucony Miles: 3.13Asics2 GT-2000 Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Dave Olson on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:01:40 from 75.163.182.165

WOOOOOOO! Way to go that is such a great race. Your fitness is coming back so fast! Really impressed.

From RileyCook on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:10:18 from 67.166.96.75

Awesome job! I'm proud of ya. It was fun to see you finish strong and break 19:30.

From Matt Poulsen on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:56:33 from 174.52.216.185

Excellent race! Impressive! You've got some serious talent and potential.

From josse on Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 23:36:07 from 70.208.0.78

Great job taking the win! you are running strong, and how fun for you and your hubby to take the top spots.

From Rachelle on Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 10:26:33 from 159.212.71.69

Congratulations Amy! What a strong race for you and you are only going to continue to improve from here. Very exciting!

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