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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
Thu, Nov 21, 2013
Total Distance
6.20

Horsepark loops with Jake, 10k. It was a cold drizzling rain at first then raining pretty steadily by the end of the run. Had it been the other way around, I probably would've crawled back into bed.

I tried running in moonshoes (Hokas) for the first time this morning and was honestly a little disappointed. There is so much squishiness - to the point where I felt like I was losing all of my momentum on every stride....kinda like running on really soft wood chips all the time. The shoe was not very flexible so I could feel blisters starting to develop on my toes, and I just didn't feel like I had good running form with them. I can see how they might be nice for a 3-4 mile shake-out but definitely not what I would consider a good every day shoe. I don't want to sound negative but I'm just not as impressed as I thought I would be. My opinion though, and I know several people that do love the shoe.

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 113.80
Comments
From Jake K on Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 08:58:01 from 199.190.170.31

I just noticed your Cortana are "gravy" colored? :-)

I found to lack of flexibility to be a little odd when I was looking at them last night. I didn't really expect that, and I suspected that might be something you noticed immediately - but I didn't want to say anything and cue you into thinking that way. I admit that my arms are pretty weak, but I couldn't even bend the shoe.

From Andrea on Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 09:11:54 from 72.37.171.52

Yeah, there was no way for me to really move the forefoot independently of the rest of the foot...a huge problem if you want to be able to push off effectively.

From Bret on Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 13:11:30 from 216.234.133.229

Not surprised -- Hokas seem close to equate to clown shoes to me.

From Jason D on Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 13:43:06 from 128.210.82.162

The Kinvaras are about my upper limit of squishy, so I am guessing I would like the Hokas. How are they are slippers?

From Rachelle on Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 14:25:56 from 199.190.170.28

Hokas are incredibly awkward to get used to. I remember feeling the same way when I first got mine...thinking they were going to cause blisters and that I had to almost alter my form to run in them. But now I honestly love them and think they have helped my feet so much.

From Andrea on Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 09:26:33 from 72.37.171.52

Jason - they are quite nice for walking around :) I can't do that though b/c then Jake would be shorter than me and I have issues!

Rachelle - do you do workouts in the Hokas?

From Rachelle on Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 09:39:53 from 159.212.71.25

No, I definitely only wear them for recovery/easy running.

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