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Member Since:

Jun 07, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

5 K Finish

Running Accomplishments:

800- 2:23

1600- 5:23

3200-11:38

3 mile- 18:28

5k- 19:33

1/2 marathon- 1:33:00 

8th place individual at State XC 2011

2nd place team at State XC 2011

PVHS Outstanding Athlete of the Year 2013 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back into shape

Have good indoor/outdoor seasons

Never run the 2 mile ever again.

Long-Term Running Goals:

 Run forever.

Personal:

My mother forced me to start running as a freshman in high school.. and as much as I hate to admit it, I actually ended up liking it. Graduated from Pine View High School in 2013 and, after a yearlong hiatus, I am now running again, this time for USU, where I'm working on a composite Elementary Ed/Deaf Ed major.

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Such a great day.. until it ended in the ultimate tragedy. Worked, went to an absolutely exhausting first day of soccer practice, worked some more, ate some cake, then met Stoner and Mia to run! BUT. First we had to creep on Kaylee and her madre at JC Penney.. and help Kaylee out a little bit! Then we drove to the Log Lane Church to start our run. (Found out there that Stoner's a nosepicker.) Then we ran to the river, which flooded today, and was deepish and super super muddy. We jumped in and Insta-tanned (Insta-tan: Order now and get Insta-Abs FREE!) (Just kidding, it's all free, and available quite abundantly at the river). I did gouge a hole in my foot though, and Stoner tripped on a large log. Anywho, when we got back to our shoes, they were covered in ants, so we had to shake them off.. yeah whatever. Ran back to the church, and I was just feeling so good! Then when we were almost back.. we found a teensy tinsy bird with a broken leg! We immediately sprang into action, moving him away from the road (okay, actually, Stoner moved him, while Mia and I stood around telling her what to do and warning her about the diseases birds carry). Then we sprinted back to the church, hopped in our cars, drove to Stoner's house, discussed what we should name him (we decided on Luck), got a basket and some towels, paused for a quick Cheez-It break, then drove back. We quickly put him into the basket (again, Stoner. My job was that of the all-important basket handler).Then we went back to Stoner's house and gave him some nectarine and water. Then Mia and I had to leave. A few minutes after I got home, I got a text from Stoner.. it was a picture message. The picture? Luck's lifeless body in a dirt hole. Yup. He died. We tried so hard. Luck will forever remain in our hearts, because for the whole half hour that we knew him, he didn't even peck us once.

Comments
From Lulu Walls on Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 20:37:54 from 166.70.240.95

Oh you guys are sweet! Sorry about your loss :)

From lizl on Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 20:54:18 from 209.33.233.223

Well, that's the saddest story ever!! Keep on being great, JP!

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