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Location:

So. Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

St.George marathon 2009 - 3:34:07.  It was a PR on my 11th time running St. George.

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run St. George in under 3:30; be in the top 3 in my age group

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay strong, run well for many more years.  Still set PR's in my 50's.

Learn how to run more relaxed and efficient.

Personal:

I'm married with four children.  I run with a group called the Bingham Butt-Kickers, a really fun group of people that gets me out running early on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and sometimes Saturdays.   I recently found out that I've been running with poor form for many years, which has probably contributed to some nagging aches and pains I've had for years.  One of my big goals now is to be able to run with better form and to have running feel more effortless.  I hope this won't take too many years to achieve!

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Total Distance
7.00

I walked/ran to Bingham this morning to warm-up for the big group run.  Met the group at 5:45, and we ran over to Temple View to warm-up some more.  Then we broke up into two groups, the group being chased and the group doing the chasing, and ran about a 3.5 mile run.  I was in the group being chased.  I like doing things like that because I think it gets us running harder than we would otherwise.  I ran the entire way with Nancy Russell.  Nancy, if you're reading this, it was fun talking to you.  Sorry I couldn't talk more, I was in the "uncomfortably hard" stage most of the run.  I was mad at the end because my garmin malfuncationed (or maybe I malfunctioned) and I didn't get any info for the run.  I was curious of my average pace, but it's gone forever, so, oh well.  Rachel and Eric were ahead of us the entire way, then Scott came passing us about halfway thru Bonanza (about 1/2 mile from the end), then Peggy passed us maybe a quarter mile from the end, or maybe a little longer from the end, I don't know for sure.  Peggy was too nice to say it on her blog, but she (and Scott also) pretty much passed everyone (maybe not Rachel and Eric).  But nobody else got us, we were glad for that.  I felt pretty sick at the end for a minute or two (thanks everyone, you know it's a good run when you feel sick at the end), then we regrouped to run one of our standard two mile loops.  I was pretty wasted, and my garmin malfunctioned again, so I didn't really get a lot of info on this run either.  I think it took about 18 minutes.  I know the last mile I averaged 8:51 (the garmin finally worked right).   Kris, Debbie and I then ran back to the high school, and Kris said we got in 7 miles (her garmin worked ok).  It was fun, I feel pretty tired right now.

Comments
From britta on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 13:48:33

Sounds like a fun run this morning. I am sorry I wasn't there.

From Rachel on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 14:39:25

Cheryl- No one caught me :) I got to the end point first, with NO cheating mind you! - and so I decided to take the 'chasers' extra loop. By the time I got through that everyone was back. I was impressed with my push, because I was doing it myself and not trying to keep up with anyone. I had 2 7:47 mm and the other 2 were 7:5? (garmin is downstairs and I'm too lazy to get it). This was a really good run for me! I'm SO SO SO grateful for wonderful people like you that help me push myself and motivate me to go harder and further than my brain thinks I can! You're an awesome runner and never give up even through injury and 'off-track'! Keep up all the inspiring work, we need it!

From Nancy on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 18:24:48

It was great to see you again Cheryl. I hope your Tyhroid is doing well enough that you can keep coming. You are an awesome runner.

From peggy on Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:16:05

I'm not sure what it says about the state of our thinking if we're thanking people for making us sick!

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