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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: 0.00 Month: 39.47 Year: 532.59
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
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1 warm up. Started 6.0 for a bit.  Not feeling it.   9:50.    Avg.  3 more 26:38   8:52. Avg.   1/2/3 minutes method of increasing pace then droppng back.  Started 6.3 mph.   Ended 7.2.  Then right into pace work. Jane Angie Kim already started. I am a mill a way. Milk closest to them not good.  Feels way up hill.  
speed 2/1.5/1. Equal jog rest. Paces 8/8.5/9.  No getting off at all.  Jog pace 6 mph.  3.25 miles in  26:56.  8:17 avg.  not easy. Got off stretched.  Then jogged 0.75 actually did last 1:50 at 8 mph.  To get 8 miles total. Walked 1/4 mile. 

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Next to Kim early before drive ti Disneyland.  Can't remember as writing this on 1/13   Drove to sg. Picked up Brooke and David.  Had lunch with his family at the grandparent home. Got to Disney late due to traffic. Left sg at 220 Utah time.  Think got there like 830 California time.  Traffic in Victorville. 

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Disneyland then California Disney. Four day park hopper. Rain on and off. 803 am to 1100 pm. 

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Disney 820 to 1130 pm.  California first then Disneyland.  More rain than yesterday 

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Disneyland then California. Then Disneyland. Amber sick alllllll day. Vomiting all last night.  Fever and chills.  Slept in  hotel.  

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Disney California then Disneyland. Good day. No rain last two days.  Space mountain line at midnight. Home at 120 am.  Bed 134 am me.  I drove fron hotel to sg   Troy rest.  Way out Troy did most.  I only did a couple hours near the end. 

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See yesterday entry. Drove home. Home at 830 pm. Troy and Courtney and Amber    Picked up   puppies.  Brooke met David's dad half way from Kaysville.  That was nice for Brooke    

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Took down Christmas.  Busy day.  Work next two days. 

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Sneezing nurse going off shift says sore throat too. By 330 pm I got a sore throat.  Four zincs over 30 hours and ibuprofen every 8 hours body aches contained and sore throat finally gone by Friday.  Also took two amoxicillin.  Sputum very yellow and red streaks from left tonsil. 

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Errands and rest.  Still achy and sore throat. No run

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5 miles tm  Courtney joined me. Started at 5.8 mph. 9:24 avg.  no stopping.  Did weights upper body two sets  of 12-15 reps 7.5 /10 pounds. Lots of different ones. Ended with ab machine and stretching.  Then picked up dog poop. And walked dogs and vacuumed. Work all weekend 

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20 min fitness for life run  520 am before work  couldn't sleep should have started an hour ago

2 min walk at 3.5 mph

1 min 5.5 mph, 1 min 6 mph  1min 6.5 mph  1 min 7  mph then

1 min 6 mph, 1 min 6.5 mph 1 min 7 mph, 1 min 7.5 mph then

1 min 6.5 , 7, 7.5, 8.0 then

7, 7.5, 8,  8.5 (up to 9) mph then jog 1 min 6 mph   2.18 miles when done  9:10 avg

 

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3 miles treadmill w Amber at vasa. 28-29 ish min 

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Work csi 

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Csi work 

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Work bed 12/13/14  had 11/12/14 day before. 10/11/12 day before that discharged 10 that day.  Then discharged 11 next day.  Then Friday bed 12 home. 92 hours worked !  

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44:58 only stopped at 4.6 miles 40 seconds. 9 avg.  started 6.3 mph. Ended 7.2. Back and forth.  Weights with Kim and a five min ab work out 

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5 miles start 6.3 mph increase by 0.1 mph q 3 min until 7.6 then 7.6 for 2.5 min 7.7 for 2.5 min with actually last minute increasing speed up to 9.2 mph last 20-30 seconds.  42:59.  8:36 avg.   then 2 miles starting at 6.5 increase by 0.1 every 2.5 to 3 min. Finished in 17:47.   8:56 avg.    good workout.  Working on form.  Stretched.  Home 

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50:47.  Outside no stops.  To white church to pond turn right back down to 2000. Then to East down osmond lane to canyon road  via Siena dr to 1100 north to my road off 1100  turn right. Then left.  Then up 990 north home. 

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9:12 avg.    6 mph start x 5 min increase by 0.1 mph every 5 min until 7.0.  Last 90 seconds increased by 0.2 mph every 15 seconds. 55:17.  Very sweaty.  Pull in butt hamstrings subtle.   

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2.  Increase by 0.1 every half mile. Started at 6.5 mph.  
ER potty   I m next to Kim on mile 8    Been up since 445  fell back to sleep 6 to 717 Am  so missed starttng with her so started faster than lately usual and it felt good  

then 4 miles same pattern  started at 6.9  went to four miles so 7.6 only last 1/4 mile bumped it up until at 8.6 mph briefly every 0.1 miles   32:57 for 4    Felt hard at end not too hard. 8:14 avg.  

cold water face wash then two cool down only 6.5 mph increase by 0.1 mph every 0.25 miles until 2.  17:34 so 8:47 avg   Felt good. 
weights   Stretch   Abs   

 

 

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3 mile warm up 25:57.   Started 6.5 mph. Increased by 0.1 mph every three min until 3. Little faster at end.  Then 8:14 mile. 7.0 1/2 mile 7.1 1/2 mil bit faster at last two min.  Tried out other tm by Kim.  Slanted door moved back. Did about 1/2 mile then. Then  speed work.  6 x  3 min. Two min jog in between.  First four without stopping. 6.5 jog first x 2 min.  The 3 min were at 8.0/8.1/8.2/8.3.  Off for water after the two min  jog.  Total Time here 22:01.  2.71 mile.  8:07 avg.   Then right into fifth one at 8.2.  Then jog.  Then last one at 8.3 mph.  1.13 miles in 8:41.  7:41 avg. then wash off sweat cold water sink in bathroom.  So nice and cold.  Then girls who were three TMS down said they were doing total of 8. So I joined Jane and Kim for the last one.  I had already cooled down for 3 min at 3.5 incline walking but jumped in and did 8.9 mph for 3 min.   Felt good.  Another 0.5 milles here.  Total 8.84 miles. Got Brooke at front runner.  Feeling real good

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