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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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Marie, Renae and I did 6 x 200m repeats at the Olympic Oval in Kearns.

1- 43 sec

2- 42 sec

3- 41 sec

4- 43 sec

5- 42 sec

6- 41 sec

This facility is mostly used by the speed skaters.  They show up around 8:00 in the morning to begin their training.  However, we notice that many of them congregate to the inside lane of the track to stretch, visit, read the newspaper, etc. They stand approx 15 feet away from the finish line.  We are constantly dodging them and running around them as we near the end of each repeat.  It is a little frustrating, since we are doing these for time, and I am so out of breath that I can't even yell "in-coming!".  I've come close to a collision a few times.

Comments
From Benn on Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 07:31:00

Yikes! Heads up!! Glad they were only "near" collisions! But how awesome is that to be able to say you run on an Olympic Oval!?!

From Christina on Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 01:40:11

Yeah, it's a nice novelty to run in the Olympic Oval. That way I can say I train alongside olympic athletes! ;-)

From krash man on Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 12:49:25

Will it take running one of them over for them to get a clue?

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