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Location:

Murray,UT,

Member Since:

Dec 19, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

5k: 22:59 Utah Summer Games 2006

21:50  USG 2008

10k:  47:30 Utah Summer Games 2007

 45:29  USG 2008

Half Marathon:   1:46 Prove Half 2005

1:43 Provo Half 2008

Marathon: 3:55:16  St. George 2006

Short-Term Running Goals:

I want to set some new PRs this year.

Personal:

I started running in 2001.  My first 5K was the Salt Lake Classic that year.  I ran it in just under 33 minutes.  I was excited that I could run the whole distance.  My dad and I joked around about doing a marathon, but then we decided, "Why joke about it when we could actually do one?"  We trained for the Top of Utah marathon the next year and ran it in 5:38.  It was such a great feeling of accomplishment!

It's been fun to see how I've improved over the years. It's been such a blessing in my life to have met so many other running friends and to train under such a dedicated and selfless Coach (Bill Schmid).  I hope to keep improving and thriving in the great sport of running!

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I met Coach and Miriam for three loops around Sugarhouse Park.  We talked about the Wasatch Back relay, and how we'd like to run the route over Memorial Day weekend.  It was a pretty warm day.  Coach laughed and said, "If it were September, we'd be complaining that it's too cold!"  It's all a matter of perspective.  Coach doesn't warm up very easily.  He said when he ran on Saturday (which was a fairly warm day), he could never get warm.  He had two layers of thermals plus two jackets on.  I joked and said if there was a way I could transfer some of my body fat onto him, I'd do it in a heartbeat!

We did some stretches at the park after our run.

Comments
From Hildisvini on Mon, May 05, 2008 at 15:36:04

Yeah, I have "fat donor" written on the back of my driver's license, for someone who needs it in case of my untimely demise.

It's been such a cold spring... I keep telling myself, "in July you'll wish it was Spring again".

How far is a loop around Sugarhouse park?

From Christina on Mon, May 05, 2008 at 16:56:37

A loop is approx 1.4 miles. Usually Bill or Miriam carry on the conversation, since I'm breathing too hard to say much!

From Tracy1 on Mon, May 05, 2008 at 17:17:09

"Fat donor" is way cooler than "platelet donor". I gotta check into that! Maybe ARUP?

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