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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
Mon, Jan 13, 2014
Total Distance
5.00

AM - 5 miles around the tempo loop. Ran 1 mile at 6:03 pace. Back is sore from skiing yesterday.

PM - 30 min of strength training.

The USATF Convention Report in December. I do not agree with the change to the mens standard, especially in the middle of the Olympic cycle, for many reason. [Update: turns out it was a typo, but could be changed at any point!].

"The Men’s and Women’s LDR committees have set the qualifying times for the trials as follows: Men: 2:17:00 (B standard, no expenses, of 1:04:00 for a half marathon); Women: 2:37:00 (B standards of 2:43:00 and 1:15:00 for a half marathon). Men’s chair Edwardo Torres defended the toughening of the standard, “It [the Olympic Trials] is not a come one, come all race. . . we are there to select a team. . . it’s not a fun run.”

Saucony Kinvara Plum Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 114.20
Comments
From Jake K on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 09:03:43 from 199.190.170.22

My back is a little stiff/sore today too! That's how you know it was a powder day :-)

From Jake K on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 09:05:10 from 199.190.170.22

Its great that they are weeding out all of the 1:04:xx / 2:17:xx hobby joggers so no one confuses the trials w/ a untimed zombie run anymore.

From Andrea on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 09:07:24 from 72.37.171.52

So it sounds like 2:17 is now an A standard and there is no B standard, whereas it was 2:18/2:15?

From Jake K on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 09:09:06 from 199.190.170.22

So in some ways, it just got easier! :-0

From Rachelle on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:08:55 from 199.190.170.24

Great job with the fast mile Andrea.:) Very interesting change to the standards and I agree that his remark was very uncalled for.

From Jake K on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:56:37 from 199.190.170.22

I agree that the OT standards should be tough, but I don't think guys running 1:04 for the half-marathon are just fun-runners.

Anyways, no one seems to know whether than was a typo in the article. The USATF website hasn't been changed. Who knows? I'll work on trying to break 2:20 first before worrying about this :-)

From SlowJoe on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 13:41:26 from 168.215.171.129

Nice push on that mile!

That is pretty harsh to change it up like that if that's what they did. Jake obviously just wants the OTQ goody bag, OTQ technical t-shirt and finishers medal, and now they've made it tougher.

From Jake K on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 13:45:40 from 199.190.170.22

At the 1/2 champs in 2012 USATF gave us cotton shirts. And they didn't have anything smaller than a large.

From Amiee on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 13:55:41 from 155.98.164.38

Ha ha! A 2:17 fun run :) Did they really lower it more? I am confused. What if you already ran a 2:17:XX?

From Jake K on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 14:43:22 from 199.190.170.22

No one really seems to know whether they lowered it more or not. But they can do that, and eliminate those who already "qualified" if they want to. They can decide not to hold a trials altogether and just pick 3 people for the olympic team if they really want to.

The USATF delegates voted something like 310-30 in favor of Houston over Los Angeles for the host site of the trials, and the executive board voted 5-0 in favor of Houston... yet somehow LA might still get the bid.

From Amiee on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 14:49:51 from 155.98.164.36

Oh sweet! Hopefully they will just pick Jake, Collin, and Rob Murphy and call it good :)

From Jake K on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 14:51:46 from 199.190.170.22

I'd move to Canada

From Rob on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 15:02:08 from 63.235.131.194

I think they should just pick 3 guys that can finish a full marathon this time.

From Jake K on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 15:06:39 from 199.190.170.22

BURN!

From Tara on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 15:19:45 from 75.169.143.115

LOL, Rob!

That would be really sad to lose your spot with the new change:( No more "fun runs" for you!

Andrea, good mile:)

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 21:36:42 from 24.10.249.34

Yeah Ed, because 2:18 would DEFINITELY make it a fun run.

Sheesh!

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 21:38:29 from 24.10.249.34

The AAU, TAC, USATF, whatever they're called, have always been an imperfect organization.

That's me being kind.

From Jake K on Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:33:36 from 199.190.170.21

Ed Torres just sent me an email...

A = 2:15

B = 1:05/2:18

I guess it was a typo in the RRM article.

Everyone should run 1:03/2:13 just to be sure, though.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:41:13 from 166.147.72.26

Sweet, 1:05/2:18! I'll find myself a Hal Higdon plan, and I'll see you there.

From Jake K on Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:43:00 from 199.190.170.21

It just got so much easier!

From Andrea on Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:47:45 from 72.37.171.52

Whew, that's a relief!

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