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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
17.00

Today was our SJ half marathon, one we set up ourselves, nothing official.  We had a large group at 6:00am at Bingham High, which was nice.  When I finished about 1:54 later, just about everyone had left.  Where were the after race festivites?  We'll have to work on that next time.

Anyway, we all started out in the dark and ran up 9800 So. to Glenmoor, back down to 40th West, to 118th So., to 2700 W., 114th So., to 2200 W. back to Bingham.  I ran behind Cheris and Jody most of the way until they decided to pick up the pace and leave me in the dust.  I was on my own  from about 118th to the finish.  Michelle N.'s super nice husband handed out water to us at three different places, that was really great, thanks Jared and Michelle.  I would say aerobically I felt ok, but my legs just didn't want to move as fast as I wanted them to move.  I need to work more on flexibility and strength.  I looked at my shadow and my legs looked stiff, no real bounce or energy to them.  Oh well, there's always something that needs work.  It was fun to do that run and thanks to all who came out to support it. 

It seemed like everyone else was running extra and putting in extra miles, so after I went to my boy's football game and did a few domestic activities, I ran about 4 more miles.  BYU won so all is well at my house.

 

Comments
From Jody on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 23:42:59

You did great today! I always love running with you because you have so much knowledge, I always learn something. Thank you so much for organizing this, you did a great job!!

From Julie on Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 18:23:28

That was so much fun Cheryl. Thank you for planning it. We should do that every year. You did great!

From Michelle N. on Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 18:37:43

Thanks again Cheryl. You were so great to plan this for us.

From peggy on Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 11:42:42

The run was really fun, Cheryl. We'll have to talk to the race director about getting some after-race food!! Thanks for suggesting we do this and scoping out the route.

From Kelli on Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 13:53:01

Sorry I missed this! It sounded like fun!

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