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Saint George,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 09, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I started running in September 2007 - 4 months after baby #8 was born. Since then I have finished two 5Ks, three 10Ks, three half-marathons, and I completed my first Marathon with at time of 4:48- the Phoenix Rock-N-Roll - Jan 2009! Marathon #2 showed GREAT improvement - the Saint George Marathon 2009 with a time of 4:10 - YEAH!!!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

I want to run more marathons, finish injury-free, go dancing afterwards, and mostly have a LOT of FUN!!!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running!!! Someday I want to be able to consider myself as something other than a beginner. :D

Personal:

I am happily married, have 8 children, and am madly in love with my awesome husband!!! Besides running, I love performing on stage, and have recently become re-involved in the theater, after a LONG break to have children. Last summer I did my first show as a PAID professional actress! I teach piano and voice lessons, and homeschool my kids. Life is grand!

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Fri, Apr 30, 2010

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Ben and I woke up at 4:15 so that we could do our last long-ish run before Ogden Marathon. Tomorrow is the Ironman, so we didn't want to get up uber early to run and then have to be at the venue all day until midnight. I'll probably still try to get in a HIIT on the treadmill tomorrow, and maybe the LBWO I'm missing today. Anyway, we had a great run, doing 15 miles in 2:23:19. My legs felt SO much better today than they did last week! I think the treadmill intervals are really going to make a big difference in my running strength and speed - exciting!

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Comments

From Kelli on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 14:00:09 from 71.219.75.178

What is a H11T?? I do agree about intervals, they make you fast. I like them on the treadmill because it forces you to hit the speed, outside I can to always get to the right speed.

Are you guys helping out tomorrow or watching?

From eightkidmom on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 15:13:15 from 4.254.238.84

Hi Kelli!

HIIT stands for "high intensity interval training." I start mine with a warm up of about 50% effort, and work my way up to 100%, meaning everything I've got. I do four intervals in 20 minutes. It's fast, but very intense! I've always done them on the stationary bike or elliptical for fear of injury, but I now feel plenty strong enough - yay! I think that my base is solid enough now that I can finally start training like a "real" runner. :)

Ben and I are in charge of an aid station on the run. Actually, it's mostly Ben, and I'm the gopher. What a tremendous amount of work! I think Ben is wishing he'd just trained to compete in the event, instead of volunteering to be in charge. We'll be glad when tomorrow's over. Are you involved?

From Kelli on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 15:15:37 from 71.219.75.178

I wish we were down there, we woke up to 8 inches of snow this morning (but it is, of course, almost all melted now). We have a bunch of friends who are doing the IronMan, craziness!!! But they will do well.

That training sounds intense, but you can do anything for 20 minutes, right?? So, are you hoping for a PR in Ogden? Your training has been great and you seem to be all healed up.

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