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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 38 marathons: 16 St. George (1995, 2006-2019, 2024). Utah Valley (2011, 2014), Eiluj (2011), Deseret News (2015: 3:40 pacer & 2023), Ogden (2009, 2010), Boston (1996,2012,2014,2018, 2024)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), 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:

Last Marathon:

2024 Summer Pace Half Marathons

Handcart July 20, 2024 (1:55 pacer, 1:53:10, 13.11miles)

Hobble Creek August 3, 2024 (2:00 pacer- 1:58:21, 13.06 miles) coming back from torn hamstring

PC2PG August 17, 2024 (1:50 pacer - 1:47:10, 12.95 miles)

East Canyon August 31, 2024 (1:40 pacer- 1:38:49, 13.15 miles)

Nebo Marathon September 7,2024 (3:40 pacer- 3:37:09, 26.33 miles)

Big Cottonwood Canyon Marathon September 14, 2024 (3:10 pacer for 17.12 miles)

Gardner Village Witch Run (1:40 pacer-)1:37:57 watch didn't pick up tunnels

Saint George Marathon #16 after fiver years off- October 5, 2024

Fall 2024

Halloween Half 10/26 (1:55 pacer)

Thankful Half

2025-

Boston Marathon 4/21

Utah Valley Marathon 6/7,

Big Cottonwood Half Marathon (racing) 9/13/25

30 years of running Saint George Marathon (first was in 1995) SGM #17 -10/4/2025

Long-Term Running Goals:

Marathon-- PR (3:06 or better)

10k-- PR (under 40:47)

5K-- PR (under 19:46)

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Sat, May 08, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	8.00	12.00

Met Kim at 6:35 am. Ran slowly up to the mouth of AF canyon, mentally preparing myself for 8 MP miles which will always end up faster than that when I am with speedy energizer fueled by no entry to SGM aggression runner Kim. In fact poor Kim had to conform to my slowness as we headed out. She ran a mile to my house first. She wanted more miles. I also stopped at the Fire Station to take a gu and a drink of water at the park bathrooms there. Still feeling sluggish as we crested the hill but it was all mental for the plan ahead. Ran 8 miles. 5 were rolling downhill on the Cedar Hills Pathway, with some on dirt terrain (about .4 miles) and the rest on roads going up hill. We stayed on the path at the Cedar Hills Golf course after surging down the hill before AF canyon ( the one I usually am climbing). That was a nice start and then rolling downhill descent. The rolling hills is what I wanted as it simulates quite closely the last 8 miles of Ogden. Ending with three uphill miles the last being the greatest ascent, all uphill to my house. Splits quite under MP of course. Hope that makes next week seem real easy when I run my own race. Here they are: 6:40, 7:02, 6:49, 6:51, 6:56, 7:04, 7:04, 7:13 too much uphill and All mental for me. At least I didn't completely fall apart. The first four miles were quite the hoot: 8:55, 9:19, 9:27, 9:28. Total unmotivated pace and all straight uphill, the direct route to the start of the 8 miler.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From seeaprilrun on Sat, May 08, 2010 at 17:20:47 from 72.205.231.223

Who knows, maybe that IS your marathon pace! You got a pr coming for sure! You must be feeling better?

From JulieC on Sat, May 08, 2010 at 18:27:46 from 71.35.251.24

April, I will try my hardest to PR but it might be difficult as this course is much more difficult than St. George. And yes I feel a bit better, the tightness let up yesterday after a bike ride. Weird, but the sciatic pain comes on with a vengance at times especially deep in the adductor muscle and lower left back. I try to breath thru it. I try not to be down to long. Like Top Gun I got to get out there or I will struggle. The really slow start today helped things even more. I even wore my new shoes. I wore them to work once this week to teach them a lesson in conformity : D. Its working. My oldies are running out of tread drastically and barely have any cushioning so I need to make the change. Kim and I also soaked in the American Fork River up in the mountains, talk about ICE COLD, we were numb in seconds but we stayed in for 5 minutes frozen solid. It was comical. Kim hates the cold. She braved it well and felt great afterwards.

From Smooth on Sun, May 09, 2010 at 01:51:25 from 174.23.172.155

Sounds like a GREAT canyon run. I used to run up and back down AF Canyon. Timpanogos Cave visitor center was my water stop. Haven't run there the last couple years. I got scared of the traffic and narrow shoulders. Great simulator run for Ogden! You are gonna rock Ogden. Glad you got new shoes, hopefully they work well for you!

From JulieC on Sun, May 09, 2010 at 14:36:10 from 207.224.206.157

Hi Smooth. This wasn't a canyon run actually. We ran from my house to the mouth of the canyon at the golf course tip so we didn't have to worry about getting hit or dodge traffic. Going up further in the canyon is too steep to simulate Ogden. The run I ran I compared on course tool is exactly like the last eight miles of Ogden (500ft drop over 8 miles). So hopefully I am prepared mentally at mile 18 to "fly" ha ha ha ha. That was a joke : D

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