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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
Totals
Total Distance
5.50
Night Sleep Time: 53.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 53.50Weight: 115.55
Sun, Oct 28, 2012
Total Distance
0.00

Headed up to the Upper East Canyon of Zion and hiked to the Canyon overlook + a short scrambling route, then a couples miles in the Clear Creek wash. We stopped at Checkerboard Mesa for lunch and made our way back to SLC. About 3 miles of hiking.

 


Night Sleep Time: 10.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 10.00Weight: 0.00
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Mon, Oct 29, 2012
Total Distance
1.00

AM - Treadmill run/rest. Ran 20 x 20s at 6:18 pace with 20s rest. Total of 1 mile or so of efforts. I am testing out a new idea with this injury - never allow the muscle to get fatigued: Run a good pace to get full range of motion and correct form, but not for long enough to allow muscles to get tired and cause the same old pain. Could work, or could be a total failure. Good thing about this idea is it should be obvious pretty quickly so it's worth trying. Tell me if this is a terrible idea, Teena :) 

PM - Arm weight training for 20 minutes. Well, my idea turned out to be kinda stupid (read the comments). But at least I'm being proactive, right? 30 minutes of pool...hamstring felt a little off, so I just did whatever activity (kicks, paddling, twirling, backwards, running, hopping) that didn't hurt. 

Lots of great pictures from our long weekend to Zion. Tough to be back at work today!

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 115.90
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Tue, Oct 30, 2012
Total Distance
0.00

AM- 25 minutes of merely moving my legs on the elliptical + 20 minutes of yoga...wouldn't even consider it exercise. 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 116.40
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Wed, Oct 31, 2012
Total Distance
0.00

AM - 25 minutes easy on the elliptical, then yoga.

PM - Upper body weight training and went on a one mile walk in the evening. Teena taped up my piriformis and psoas muscles.

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 116.00
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Thu, Nov 01, 2012
Total Distance
1.60

AM - 15 minutes easy on the bike and yoga. 

PM - 1.6 miles. Felt fine but afraid to do more. 

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 114.80
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Fri, Nov 02, 2012
Total Distance
0.00

AM - Woke up with glute-to-hamstring pain - could only handle about 15 minutes of biking before getting irritated. Frustrated...

PM - 25 minutes of arm weights and a little walking. 

Maximum Performance Running (Mark Hadley) wrote a post on 16 Workouts for Distance Runners. Some great ideas here and in his other posts as well.

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 115.20
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Sat, Nov 03, 2012
Total Distance
2.90

It's my 26th birthday today! :)

AM - Met Amiee and walked for two loops around Liberty Park then ran for two loops. All my injury annoyances subsided during the walk so I felt great running. What a great present. Hope it lasts!! 

Then we met up with Fritz, Adam C, Allie, James, Devra, Jake, and David for brunch at Ruth's. I made sure to wear my brand new sweater. Can anyone guess who made this for me?!?

 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 115.00
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Totals
Total Distance
5.50
Night Sleep Time: 53.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 53.50Weight: 115.55
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