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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 08, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided -  
17:16 OktoberFAST 5K (10/11)
17:23 BAA 5K (4/12)
37:10 Memorial Day 10K (5/11)
1:17:03 Long Beach Half Marathon (10/11)
1:17:21 USA 1/2 Champs - Duluth (6/12)
2:49:01 Philadelphia Marathon (11/11)

Aided -
16:52 Fight For Air 5K (6/11)
17:08 Provo City 5K (5/12)
1:17:52 Top of Utah Half Marathon (8/11)
1:17:54 Utah Valley Half Marathon (6/11)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run consistently as I get back to 100% health. Stay patient!

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun training and racing.

Sub-17 5K
Sub-1:17 Half Marathon
Quality for the Olympic Trials in the marathon

Personal:

I am originally from Knoxville, TN and moved to SLC with Jake in 2010. I started racing in 2011 and had some great success before a major injury hit me in July 2012. I had athletic pubalgia surgery in May 2013...then again in Sept 2014 and am still trying to get back to my old self. Although running is my true passion, I love doing pretty much anything active outdoors - backcountry skiing, backpacking, biking, etc. 

I've been running for the Saucony Team since 2011. I enjoy representing the brand and really do believe they make the best shoes :)

I work as a Quality Engineer for BD Medical in Sandy.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Skinning Miles (1000ft ~ 2.5 Miles) Lifetime Miles: 912.35
Hiking Miles Lifetime Miles: 10.50
Total Distance
1.50

AM - Really easy shakeout this morning to get some race soreness out of the legs. I feel okay overall, but my quads and feet are definitely feeling it. 

After about 3 months off from skiing due to terrible avalanche conditions and training, Jake and I finally headed up to Little Cottonwood Canyon again. We had so much fun - there's just something about the mountains that is mentally uplifting and refreshing. We skinned up Twin Lakes to Patsy Marley then toured around the ridgeline of Wolverine Cirque. Skied Wolverine Bowl, Stupid Chute, and the groomer back to the car. We definitely need some practice - our skiing abilities are terrible right now!!!

We continued our fun day with some bowling with Fritz and Amiee. Turns out Jake and Fritz are just as competitive with bowling as they are with running!! Not that I'm completely surprised...

Last up was a 5.5 mile bike ride with Jake during his afternoon run. I mainly tagged along to make sure Jake didn't throw in a 4:30 mile like he did yesterday!

Whew - what a day! Feels like last summer all over again with all the non-stop activity :)

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 117.00
Comments
From DaleG on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 19:44:40 from 71.199.57.238

I am envious of your life. Maybe I shouldn't read your and Jake's blogs anymore, its giving me a complex. Haha

From Oreo on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 20:12:50 from 71.38.249.78

Seriously some of the coolest pics of the year.. Sweet!

From prlman on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 20:27:01 from 67.172.234.159

Got to love being able to do so many fun things all in the same day :)

From Fritz on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 20:39:28 from 67.182.226.25

Great pictures! The true competitiveness comes out over game of scrabble. Nice job holding Jake back.

From runningafterbabies on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 21:29:44 from 71.195.219.247

Crazy girl! I think your form looks good. Or was that Jake?...

From Jake K on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 07:58:32 from 155.100.226.54

Well that's ME skiing Melody, but if you think I look like Andrea, I guess I'll take that as a huge compliment? :-)

From runningafterbabies on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 09:38:12 from 71.195.219.247

Well I'm glad you took that as a compliment. You guys are BOTH super fit, and trim. Nice form, Jake.

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