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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 43 marathons: 17 St. George (1995, 2006-2019, 2024,2025). Utah Valley (2011, 2014, 2025), Eiluj (2011), Deseret News (2015: 3:40 pacer  & 2023, 2025),  Ogden (2009, 2010), Boston (1996,2012,2014,2018, 2024,2025)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 (2017,2018,2025),  Nebo Marathon 340 pacer (2024)Timp trail marathon (2021) 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:

2025-   Ran five marathons - 4/21 Boston 3:40, 6/7 Utah Valley 3:33, 7/24 Des News 3:41, 9/13 Big Cottonwood (pacer) 3:37, and INJURED BADLY ran SG #17 10/4 having not run since big C - 4:00:29. KNEE was giving me grief since utah valley, just before and it blew UP in Big C and had to stop running for a few months but I had signed up for Boston 2026 so here goes 2026 recovery...

2026 RUNNING GOALS:

Boston 2026 goal under 4 hours.  

Pacing gigs:

May 9th Farmington half pacer 2:10??

6/6/26=  UVM  3:45 pacer

Long-Term Running Goals:

Marathon--  PR (3:06 or better)

10k--  PR (under 40:47)

5K-- PR (under 19:46)

RUN FOREVER!!!

57 years of age goals:

marathon 3:15

1/2 marathon 1:30

10 K 43:00

5k  20:30

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Ran 3.5 before meeting up with jessica at bull river.  804 am start for me. 9:09 avg out and back at bull river.  839 am with jessica out and back on the canal down and up the lovely giant climb.  10.5 miles   9:12 avg.

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8 at vasa  very very tired.   2 easy then bathroom  avg pace 9:53. so so fatigued.  then 6 miles 8:58 avg.   just so tired.  

went to see brooke and evie up in logan.  stayed from 1120 to 8 pm.  so relaxing :D

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9 miles with MELANIE :D  8:50 avg hr 148.  started half mile from willow park at hope place went north and back.  surprisingly nice out and sun peaked out on way back but gone by last mile. 

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3 warm up  923 avg

6  x 800  at 7:03 x 2, 6:58 x 2, 6:53 x 2 with 0.25 miles in between at 9:31 pace.

started with 1/4 mile then right in to all 6 with above in between ended with 1/4 mile jog then 0.13 miles at 6:18 PACE :D and 0.12 jog 

7:54 avg for the 5 miles

 

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20 post daylight savings starting sat night in which i worked both days. so lost an hour of sleep

ran  5 out and then back 1100 north heading north almost to Art dye turn around.  Avg 8:43.  Chill pace.  Met Amber at 1100 n.  8:22 wait for her to use BR.   Brief stop on first 10.  

Second half about 9:20 avg.  Picked it up the last 0.25 miles to just under 8.  

Total avg 9:02. HR 150.  BEAUTIFUL WEATHER !!!

start was at 734 am which is 634 am two days ago. go me!!

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8 with Melanie met 1/2 mile outside of willow park

ran 4 to the south then peleton sw on her phone

wu brief then 30 secs x 4 with 1 min jog then 1 min x 4 with 2 min jog and then 30 secs x 4 wtih 1 min jog.  finished with a half mile jog left.  went by fast.

avg 8:32 first mile 9:31 :D

avg hr 152, brief stop at BR  total stop 4 min

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got work covered

2 warm up

5 x 1 mile = 

1- 7:13 for first 0.75, 7:08 last 0.25

2- 7:08 / 0.75, 7:03/0.25

3- 7:03/0.75, 6:58/0.25

4- 6:58/0.75, 6:53/0.25

5- 6:53/0.75, 6:49/0.15 miles and 6:22 for last 0.1 miles.

6 miles in 44:27

 

0.1 mile watch tm standing still then jog at 9:22 pace (both parts at that pace) so 0.4 miles standing still so cooldown to 8 miles as below.   0.6 miles total recovery jog

0.4 miles recovery

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12 miles easy with Amber

start at Lindon View Murdock Canal trailhead

8:15 am ish.  

Ran toward and up provo canyon (about 2.25 miles up) then back.   Keeping Amber at a pace for burning fat for marathon.  9:56 avg. HR avg 134.  

 

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6 easy 8:45 am after snuggling with Evie for nearly an hour.   9:23 avg.  avg hr 139.  :D

all around outside to Cooks park and around there and through downtown PG.

Brooke and David and Evangeline  here :D

Lindon Temple open house :D

Purple turtle

Sarah, Sydnie, frankie oakley ava and asher visit

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Not into it. 9:02 avg HR 154. Stomach ache all night. Left late 915 am. 1100 north. Chilly air.  Just plugged along slow. First mile 9:47.  Then settled in to 9:00 avg  pace rest of time. 154 hr.  Two ucan gels one at 6 and second at 12.  Wheat thins before run with a swig of oj and 15 ounces of water.  

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8 SW

2 wu  8:39 avg 

4 x 3/2/1. 6:53/6:44/6:31. with 2/1/1 jog in between at 9:13 pace  last one min 6:20 to 6 pace  

5.15 miles in 38:59     7:33 avg 

cd to 8  0.85 miles. 9:09 avg 

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14 easy with Amber before heading to sg 

9:54 avg  HR 139.   Provo mouth of canyon on trail up 7 and back 7.  Windy!!

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8 easy in SG  :D

4 to snow canyon (nearly -0.2 miles) and back.  8:38 avg  HR 147.  getting sick sore throat last two days mild so far

10:02/8:55/9:00/9:02/8:22/7:56/8:03/7:41.

 

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16 in saint george.  803 am.  93 degrees every day here (95 on friday when arrived).  

58 when started, 75 at finish.  WICKED SORE THROAT WAS thinking I was not gonna make it.  I decided to barely swallow.  I found water where I could (four times), mile 1.2, 4.5, 10.5,11.5 (same as 10.5, coffee shop at round about in ivins close to opening of snow canyon).  Plus stopped to guard myself to swallow especially on the burning uphill miles drying my sore throat.  

VERY chill pace even on any down.  9:10 avg.  HR avg 151.  VERY hilly route.  682 elevation gain.  1019/919/903/931/904/925/935/907/917/904/914/842/840/853/846/846.

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oh boy started with a wicked cough last night (also in church on sunday had an attack of a cough) and sore throat only when I run.  Should have turned around it was worse than day before.  stopped several times.  7.15 miles was enough!! 9:35 avg. HR 137 felt like 200

 

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traded with vilate for friday so i could get better.  drive home tuesday was the pits.  coughing coughing very tired and head stuffy.  coughed up lots of yellow thick.  coughed entire drive home.  lots of used tissues!!  it was miserable. 

no run today.   cough too much! 

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went to dr woodmansee.  he ordered me to take warm steamy showers and gave me a z pack if needed.  He said it would help the best to get out the stuff caught in my throat.  Take abx if doesn't get better that way.  Besides several cough attacks talking on the phone on way back from drs office (Coleen) I started to cough less and less and sounded less productive so I decided to sweat it out at the gym then take a steamy shower.  No planned speedwork maybe saturday.  I did go faster than easy.  

I ran 2 mile increments so rested two minutes after every two miles

2 miles started at 6.5/6.6/6.7/6.8/6.9 all for 0.4 miles each last 0.25 miles to the next two miles paces.

2 miles 7/7.1/7.2/7.3/7.4  all for 0.4 miles each and last 0.25 miles at next 2 mile paces incrementally. 

2 miles at 7.5/7.6/7.7/7.8/7.9  all for 0.4 miles each and last 0.25 miles at next 2 mile paces.

well I decided to 8-8.4 mph was too much for my recovering from this crud so I only did 8.0 x 0.4 and 8.1 mph for 0.1 miles.  stopped at 1/2 mile

then ran cool down at 8:27 pace for 0.75 miles and 8:20 pace for another quarter mile then 8:13 and ended at 7:41 for 0.1 miles. 

8 miles avg 8:24.8.

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work (traded vilate for wednesday) skipped running wednesday to heal from bronchitis!

put on call

jogged 8  on trail parked up from silo on right. ran four miles south and back easy jog with my bronchitis, lots of snot, no cough running just before and after.  head feels full from coughing too much.

9:08 avg.  149 HR.  1:58 secs of stops, water at 1100 north twice and at turn around

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12 easy on murdock with Amber starting at 1100 north and heading north, turning around at Art Dye baseball bathrooms.  10 min of stops.  I did 2 miles on my own first then we ran at 8:45 am.  It was warm.  Shorts and tank after wore light jacket for warmup that came off.  avg hr 144. Picked it up for last half mile to 8 pace.  Ambers legs bugging her.  She needs iron.  

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last 2 miles under 8

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6 easy. Out and back to Herms inn passing it on dirt trail for half mile then again on way back so mile in dirt.  9:35 avg. proud felt very snail like on very steep incline mile and ran a 10:16 !  Very steep. Let's not tired. Cough still annoying. Worse after running.    It during at all 

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