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Utah Valley Half Marathon

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Location:

Pleasant Grove,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 19, 2010

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

3- 5k's (turkey run Orem, freedom festival)

1-10k

Hobble Creek half marathon- 4 

Provo Canyon half marathon-2 (2010: 2:15:34)

Top of Utah marathon-1

2011 races:

Painter's Half: 02:15:00

Thanksgiving Point Half: 02:18:00

AF Memorial 10K: 

Hersey 5k: 

Utah Valley Half:

Timp Half:

Hobble Creek Half: 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2:00 half marathon

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to be a strong runner

Personal:

I have been married for almost 14 years to the best man in the whole world.  I have 5 awesome kids and am trying to "find joy in every journey."

I love to run because it involves only me and it challenges me.  It helps me feel good about myself. 

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Asics Gel-speedstar Lifetime Miles: 76.20
Nike Air Pegasus 27 Lifetime Miles: 216.98
Saucony Pro/grid Lite Lifetime Miles: 28.00
Race: Utah Valley Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:29:50
Total Distance
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Boy oh boy!!  This was an early race!! 

My night before was far from what I had planned!!  Had a great pasta dinner with hubby and friends got my packet and headed home for and early bed.  Hubby went off to the movies so I thought go home put older kids to bed and go to bed.  WRONG!!  Came home to find a very sick girl.  My 10 yr. had a fever and sever stomach cramps.  I was up with her all night long.  I got maybe an hour of sleep. Oh well!

 My friend Shannon was running her first half and she was very excited! We got to the starting line and waited (glad I brought a blanket).

Before the race I told her that I would stay with her the whole time. She said that she would like that. I was a little sad I wouldn't be able to go for my 2 hr. but next time.  I'm glad I got to run it slow because I was dealing with some sore shins and didn't want to cause any more problems.

Loved this course!! I am planning on running the marathon next year!!  

Are first 2 miles were good, 9:30, 9:45....then we started to slow down.  It killed me to see the times on my watch, but I kept telling myself how much I would have loved to have someone run with me on my first half.  I'm glad I stuck with her.

By mile 9 my friends knee was really hurting her! We had to walk for a minute. When we hit mile 10 I got a little ahead of her and I turned around to wait for her and she told me to keep going so I pulled out all the stops and pushed hard.

It was hard to see the finish so early put it helped me push through because I know I was close!

 Had a lot of fun and can't wait for next year!!

Next race....Timp half July 30. I am planning on pulling out all the stops and going for 2 hrs. 

Nike Air Pegasus 27 Miles: 13.10
Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 02:04:26 from 24.10.191.18

nice job, callie! it's always fun to run with friends. best of luck as you gear up for timp half -- 2:00 is yours!

From Toby on Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 22:09:07 from 216.194.124.36

I'm so bummed I missed you! Way to stick with your fried! Can't wait to hear about the Timp Half. My girlies have been asking to have S. over to play...I'll give you a call!

From RAD on Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 01:14:25 from 98.202.17.113

I've run a couple of races with friends who are doing their firsts and it is SO amazing. Glad you had the opportunity. I'm sure your fast push to the finish made it extra awesome by seeing the miles fly by after already banking 10 of them.

Timp Half will be a great race to hit your sub 2:00! Good luck with the training, we all know that is the hard part :)

From Kelli on Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 09:58:01 from 71.219.99.3

Alright, where is the CURRENT race report????? We have a PR to report!!!

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