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Location:

Pleasant Grove,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 04, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs: Fleet Feet Turkey Trot 5k- 19:46;  St. George Marathon  3:07:11(2013-- coming back from the dead)  Utah Valley Marathon 2011- 3:09:13 : D  1st place Master Division, 7th Overall; Mt. Nebo 1/2 Marathon 2011- 1:19:35- 2nd Overall,  first master. Ogden Marathon 3:14  (2010); 10K 2011 Speedy Spaniard 40:47.  I have run 33 marathons: 15 St. George (1995, 2006-2019). Utah Valley (2011, 2014), Eiluj (2011), Deseret News (2015, 3:40 pacer),  Ogden (2009, 2010), Boston (1996,2012,2014,2018)Top of Utah (1999, 2011 pacer), and SLC (2006,2015), Pocatello (3:40 pacer 2012),park city marathon 3:41:53 (2013), and Big Cottonwood pacer (2017,2018)and three Ultras-Squaw Peak 51.25 miler 2010 in 12:05:27 (9th woman) and  Antelope Island  (32 miler) in  March, 2011 (4th overall in 5:10:25) and in 2009.

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2020 Marathon Madness

April  Salt Lake City Marathon April 18

May  Ogden Marathon  May 16

June Utah Valley Marathon  June 6 

July  Deseret News Marathon  July 24 

August  Top of Utah Aug 22 

September  Big Cottonwood  Sept 12 

October Saint George Marathon Oct 3  

November New York City Marathon  Nov 1

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Marathon--  PR (3:06 or better)

10k--  PR (under 40:47)

5K-- PR (under 19:46)

RUN FOREVER!!!

Personal:

Married to Troy since 1997.  We have three daughters- Courtney 21,  Brooke 19, and Amber 16 and one dog-Cocoa (15). Troy works and cook lots of yummy dinners and desserts.  Courtney is back as of Aug 2019 from 18 months in England.  Now working as a CNA and going to BYU. Brooke graduated from PGHS IN MAY 2019. Attending UVU in Fall. Called to serve in the Michigan Landing LDS church mission. Leaves Jan22, 2020. Amber plays for Olympic Montreux Premier 1 soccer team.  And is a junior this Fall 2019. I  work full time (27 years in June 2019) as a registered nurse. Currently working in the special care nursery  at American Fork Hospital.  Our family loves to camp and go to Disneyland.  
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Miles:This week: 4.53 Month: 48.00 Year: 541.12
Brooks Pureflow Lifetime Miles: 309.19
Altras Zero Drop (lt. Blue) Lifetime Miles: 366.29
Mizuno Precision 11 (orange) Lifetime Miles: 610.05
Saucony Mirage 2 Grey Lifetime Miles: 223.70
Nike Pegasus Charc/lime Lifetime Miles: 487.77
Nike Pegasus Grey/blue Lifetime Miles: 428.92
Mizuno Precision Pink Lifetime Miles: 479.56
Nike Lunar Flyknits RED Lifetime Miles: 893.47
Nike Lunar Flyknits MULTI GREY Lifetime Miles: 369.20
Mizuno Sayanaras Lifetime Miles: 292.58
Asics Gel Lyte 33-2 (blue) Lifetime Miles: 163.09
Altra Intuition 1.5 Grey Lifetime Miles: 55.31
Altras Pink Intuition 1.5 Lifetime Miles: 79.00
Kinvara 5s Peach Lifetime Miles: 576.20
Kinvara 5s YELLOW Lifetime Miles: 346.56
Kinvara Blue/lime Lifetime Miles: 578.77
Kinvara 5s Green Lifetime Miles: 47.31
Kinvara 6 Turquoise Lifetime Miles: 531.20
Fri, Nov 19, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.500.003.50

3.5 miles at 5:15 am (AP=8:34).  Only could get in that many as I had to be to work at 6am.  Couldn't seem to get myself out of bed until then.  Warm breezy morning.  Very nice.  Right hamstring tight.  Then went to work and pretty much had an atypical migraine all day--stomach upset, burning nerve pain from my neck down through my chest and back of thigh.  It passes after several hours so I just deal with it.  Just hadn't had one this bad for a while.  I have been eating a lot of foods that I usually avoid so I am sure it was food and hormone triggered.  Later later this evening I got off work and b-lined it to all three of my daughters' piano recital.  I was very anxious to see Amber, my littlest play in front of an audience.  Well, that was not to be.  I had forgotten that my car had no gas and Troy already had the kids there.  I tried to drive there and then I ran out at the stoplight getting off at Orem Center St.  There I was at the front having to wave people around me.  If I didn't have to stop there I would have made but the idling took the rest of the gas.  A nice lady pulled up beside me.  She asked if I had a cell phone.  No, I replied and that I was on my way to a piano recital and just got off work.  She wanted to give me a ride to the gas station just 1/4 mile a way but what to do with my SUV in the middle of EVERYTHING!!!  I kept trying to start my car and after another red light and new cars behind me wondering "what the heck woman!!"  I said a quick prayer and said I just want to get to that gas station right there.  And like that my car started and I made it.  But I didn't make it to see Amber in time.  She was the last of the littlest to perform so I could be there but they still had her perform even though I didn't make it.  She looked at me and said mom, you missed me.  And I sat there sad and mad, and then Brooke my middle girl got up for hers.  She didn't need negative energy so I tried to change gears and be happy.  I looked over and saw that Troy was taping it and was glad for video and a forgiving little girl.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Smooth on Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 20:05:09 from 67.2.111.170

So sorry about the dang gas tank. But what a tender mercy moment that the car started immediately after your prayer! :) And yes thank heavens for video and a sweet little girl with forgiving heart!

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