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Pumpkin Run

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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
29.00
Total Distance
5.00

Some running on the canal road with the dog, some running on the treadmill without the dog.

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Total Distance
6.00

The group met at the church at about 120th So. and 1300 W.   Then we ran down by the trail and then over to the area around 700 W.  It was a nice morning, not too cold, no wind.  I could run comfortably in shorts and a t-shirt (after warming up).  Pretty good size group, it was fun to run fairly easy, plus hit a few hills.

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Total Distance
3.00

Did a little treadmill running.

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Total Distance
6.00

Tlhe group met at Swenson Farms subdivision.  Cheris led the workout.  We ran around there, and basically ran 3 2-mile loops.   Kept things fairly comfortable.  It was fun, as always.

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Total Distance
4.00

Did some warm-up, then ran a fast 5K on the treadmill.  I always like doing those because it gets me sweating and feeling really good.

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Race: Pumpkin Run (5 Miles) 00:37:00, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
5.00

Today was the Pumpkin Run out in Riverton and Herriman.  I ran this two years ago, coming off a PR at the St. George Marathon, feeling like I was running the strongest I'd ever run to that point, and totally had a bad race.  My time was 41:20.  It's still a mytery to me what happened that day.  It was windy and a little cool and overcast, but that shouldn't have affected me that much, considering that everyone else I knew and was at least as fast as ran a lot faster than me.  Anyway, I returned today to see if I could do better, plus it was a good way to get in a quality run, which I sometimes have trouble doing on Saturdays.

The day was nice, no wind, mild temps, shorts and t-shirt weather.  Cheris, Julie, Rachel, and Eric were the ones there from the group.  Lisa was helping organize things.  So we took off and ran.  One thing I'd forgotten was how difficult the course was.  It's an out and back course, with the out having a lot of downhill, and, you guessed it, the back having a lot of uphill.  I tried to keep a steady pace, trying to keep my form correct, keeping things feeling comfortably hard, with the emphasis more on hard.  It was quite tough on the way back, dealing with all those hills.  I wanted to stop and walk a few times, but resisted the urge.  I  finished in 37 minutes flat, so it was quite an improvement over two years ago.  The others from the group all ran really strong, Cheris won, Julie 3rd and Rachel 4th (for the females).  I wasn't too far behind all those young whipper snappers (Cheris I think was 35:56), so I felt pretty good about that.  I'm hoping if the coming year can be the first year in like over 10 years where I don't have to deal with health issues (no more thyroid problems) and if I can keep from getting injured, that I can develop even more strength and speed.  We'll see.  For right now in this particular race, I was the fastest over 50--of course, there were only like two of us over 50, but I'll take it.

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Total Distance
29.00
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