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Location:

Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

May 03, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

St. George Marathon 2009 3:32

Mt. Nebo 1/2 Marathon 2014 1:30

Deseret News 10k 2009 44:12 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

My goal is to have fun and not get injured.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to continue to run for many years to come.  

Personal:

I'm married with three kids.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Red Nike St13 Lifetime Miles: 344.68
Dark Pink Nike St14 Lifetime Miles: 34.20
Blue ST12 X2 Lifetime Miles: 231.30
Race: Ogden Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:55:25, Place overall: 479, Place in age division: 27
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.0026.2026.20

I drove to Ogden Friday night with 4 other ladies from our running group.   We spent the night at the Ben Lomond hotel.  It was nice to walk out the hotel door and get on the bus.  Cheris and I started out together.  The pace felt great.  We were right where we wanted to be for the first 10 miles.  At mile 10 we took a bathroom break.   This put us about 2 minutes behind.  At 17 miles we started a big downhill section.  Cheris took off.  She is a much better down hill runner than me.  At mile 18 my stomach started to cramp up.  I have always had bathroom issues on runs longer than 13 miles.  Over the next 6 miles, I made 3 more bathroom stops.   Other than my stomach issues, my body felt great until mile 24.  The last 2 miles I was exhausted.  Peggy and Michelle met me at mile 25 and paced me into the finish.  They were a huge help.  I felt better during this marathon than I ever have.  My recovery has been great.  I have had very little soreness.  This race was a 12 minute PR for me.  (Actually 13 minutes from the actual time on my Garmin.)  And 39 minutes faster than I when I ran this marathon in 2006.

My splits according to Milliseconds:

7 miles in 1:00 (8:36)

13.1 in 1:54 (8:54)

23.5 in 3:23 (8:12)

Final 3.1 in 31:53  (10:15)     

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Sasha Pachev on Tue, May 20, 2008 at 18:51:31

Congratulations on a PR and reaching your goal of sub-4:00. I think you have BQ in St. George pretty much in the bag - you just need to show up at the start in the same shape.

However, I would guess that your true potential in the marathon is at least around 3:20 with proper consistent training.

From Peggy on Wed, May 21, 2008 at 13:39:36

I agree with Sasha, Julie. I think you have huge potential to decrease your marathon (and other race) times.

I can't believe you weren't sore! I only ran half the race, and I was sore.

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