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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 40 marathons: 16 St. George (1995, 2006-2019, 2024). Utah Valley (2011, 2014, 2025), Eiluj (2011), Deseret News (2015: 3:40 pacer  & 2023),  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),  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-   

Lucky 13 Half 1:40 pacer (1:37:36)

Riverton Half  3/22- 1:36:26 (8 miles at MP, rest steady state)

Boston Marathon 4/21- 3:40:31

Farmington half 1:50 pacer -1:47:30 (course short)

Ogden half 1:40 pacer-  1:39:46 (long)

Utah Valley Marathon 6/7- 3:33:57

Freedom Run 10K  7/4-  

Deseret News 1/2 Marathon  7/24-

Hobble Creek half  8/16-

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)

RUN FOREVER!!!

56 years of age goals:

marathon 3:15

1/2 marathon 1:28

10 K 43:00

5k  20:30

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3 warm up in 24:51.  started at 8:57 increased every 0.25 miles by 0.1 mph.  last 0.6 miles inceased by0.2 to 0.4 mph every tenth a mile.

5k set at 6:44 pace (8.9 mph entire time except last 0.1 miles increased to 6:31-6:13)

 takes 20 secs to get to pace but since tm is moving only 10 secs off ...about 

5k = 21:02 minus 10 secs 20:52

2 mile cooldown 16:04 (8:02 avg), started at 8:34 ended at 7:13 for 0.1 0r so.

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6  easy with brooke.  8:48 avg.  hr avg 148.  

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no run, just work,

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4 easy. 

lots of kinks--- mainly knees!! right locked at very end.  painfully.  think its all inflammation.  NOT feeling prepared for uv marathon at all.  considering dropping out but or changing to the half.  ugh....  i am depressed lately.  no adrenaline rush.  hopefully it comes sat am at 6 am at starting line in Wallburg. Have no idea on how to fuel right.  all my last five marathons have been on the fly except boston 2025 that i truly trained for then injury week of and mental stump.  

goal saturday under 3:36 so here's hoping.  

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off, but get off second half.  

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Race: Utah Valley Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:33:57, Place in age division: 3
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well didn't quite get my goal even though i was right on to getting it but it was worth the run with my friends to go fast through canyon trail, but may have eaten up my paace for later bc my heart rate sored to 180 during those miles (coros watch).  So first half 1:42:17.  Feeling really good.  so liberating not to have the cars and semis flying by and to be able to run on the road.  I got to my friends as they were sitting at bottom of sundance canyon.   Jane caught me first. mile 13 was my fastest at 7:25 then 14 jane caught me.   We ran together (jane, kim, julie, melody and chandi) until mile 20 and half mile longer with jane and chandi (kim julie and melody ran ahead bc i was slowing and even walked just before mouth of canyon bridge (8:06 mile).  I honestly should have just stayed with the 3:30 pacer as I was gaining on the 3:25 pacer (only a 10 seconds behind him for a while).  I really wish I just slowed down sooner.  

Fueling, great grains piece of bread with peanut butter, older banana, then an apple mango etc sauce gel an hour before and gel starting at mile 3 then every 45 min after:  70 min,    1 hour 55 min,  2 hours, 2:40. (accidentally took half of a caffeine gel at last hour threw it out and took my cake batter one) but also  lost one of my gels???   took two salt tabs just before start, and at 1 an hour on the hour- 1  hour  and 2 hour and IDK if took the 3 hour one??  I don't think so??That is when I started walking.   After race one creamie, water, powerade.    not hungry until three hours later so ate english muffin with pb blue berries and a chocolate milk carton.  ikea for dinner, mac and cheese garlic bread and four swedish meatballs with cranberry sauce. We went to pg drone show that night at 10 pm.

I jogged and walked last 6.2 miles.  avg pace 9:21 ugh!!  so lame.

first half pace 1:42:17- 7:49 avg

next 6.55 miles 7:42 avg

i started ahead of the 3:40 pacer and behind the 3:30 pacer.  i passed the 3:30 pacer at 13 miles.  that is probs my mistake. and as i wrote above i nearly caught the 3:25 pacer.   I should have stayed with him and just ran with my good friends for only a mile.  My problem was heart rate going to 180!! and above for five miles.  

splits: 

7:53

7:42

7:35

7:47

7:49

7:44

7:45

8:11 (uphill feeling really strong)

8:10  (another hill)

7:44

7:37

8:02 (hill)

7:25

7:37 passing by sundance gals all there!

7:34

7:33

7:33

7:36

7:52

8:06 (walked a few seconds)

8:52 walking

9:10 more walking

9:30

10:08  more and more walking at least two minutes

9:07

9:35 

and 8:21 for last 0.28 miles             3:33:57.  third in age after Jessica Stanford, very talented master runner, mother of 7 sons!!  met her at the race series in 2023 (5k/10k/15 K) and she did 3:13 and a girl from colorado was in 3:16 and then me and a lady in forth (five on podium, was 3:58).  not sure on fifth.

 

so gotta figue out heart rate and follow up on fatty liver- improving since I lost 18 pounds but gain 7 back??  feeling like it is not metabolizing glycogen well.  but  I have to say i am barely sore at all and feel really good but also I was super injured the last 6 weeks, left hip flexor injury that i still paced twice on that lead to a very tight right quad from barely running on left leg during the 1:40 pace gig at ogden then the monday after race i ran in wallsburg and my right hamstring pulled so only ran 25 miles the week before due to the left hip flexor  but managed to get my 20.05 miler in on the course 16 days before the race but hammy acted up before that run so  k-taped it for that.  Babied it all week going slow. That healed but then hip flexor and hip burning a lot so taped that and finally right knee would randomly lock painfully and be sore to touch and taped that for race the day before and oddly it was golden for the race!!  first few miles I workied out worry over phyisical kinks, so so worried I hit a wall at mile 15 and walk from there or worse break a bone or hanstring or knee collapsed but my body responded well each and every mile.  At mile 19 my pelvis started hurting and got in two more ibuprofen total of 6 during race (two at night before with a tyleno) and that went away. At end of race only lower back ached but put on an electrical stim thing at the post race expo and one on my left calf and I was golden.  Once my heart rate was down I was like I hadn't run a marathon. Troy and i went to Ikea for several hours. No nap. Ate at ikea (we have only been to ikea three times in our lives. We were ordering cabinets for the SG trailer.  I did feel tired early since i really only slept 2 hours 930-1130 pm and 240to 3:23 am!!  up finding a hotel for amber and texting her and have to get up a 330 am to catch last bus at 415 am so could not take a melatonin.  anyway i went to bed last night at 11 something woke at 7 am.   Feel tired in head and barely sore today.  Only slightly in quads.  and my shins a little but walking normal up and down stairs getting up from seat etc.  i am writing this on sunday.  just went to church and now resting.  I am on call mandatory tmr. I worked friday before race first half.  Went to expo at 4 pm stayed a bit listened to panel speakers then did compression and said prayers for my right knee and left hip.   I am taking off until a week from tmr.  9 days.   Iwill run then and thursday and friday before camping.  I work next weekend and tues and wed following then camping at lava hot springs friday to monday.   I look forward to the rest week.  body heal time and get focused on next running goal which is forth of july 10k.  Goal is 43 min.  6:56 pace.  yikes. then its deseret news half marathon.  goal is under 1:30.  maybe only a 1:32, not sure if its a fast course? and  gotta see how i heal,  then its hobble creek half.  goal for sure there 1:30 even.  saint george goal 3:20.

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Dad's day dinner with Amber and Kyle, Brooke and David (back from Bryce canyon trip) and Courtney showed :D.  yummy ribs and peas and potatos!  planned games after.

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moc shift worked it.  busy.  moving well.  can't tell i ran a marathon saturday.  slight sore quads. slight sides of shins  but barely.

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cleaned my bedroom walk in closet.  no run or excercise as planned.

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worked. busy three baby team again.  feeling good.  hip flexor better like no issues since i ran marathon.

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no soreness

wog avg pace 12:18.  hr 116 avg.  2.44 miles

3 min walk, 1 min jog

2 min walk, 2 min jog

2 walk, 2 jog

1 walk 3 jog

2 walk 3 jog

2 walk 6 jog

1 walk  

then 29 min walk with laura hale  hr avg 87  1.57 miles

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out and back 1100 north murdock, 54 seconds of stops total.  150 avg HR.  8:35 avg for run.

65 degrees at start 70 plus at finish.  9:23/8:52/8:38/8:35/8:25/8:28/8:18/8:03.

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1 warm up 8:40 avg

moved tms to next to kim 

2 miles 15:33 (7:46 avg, some brief pick ups x 3)

10 x 2 min offs/ons

2 min easy 7.5mph (8:00), 2 min 9.0 mph (6:39) x 5

2 min easy 7.6 mph (7:53), 2 min 9.1 mph (6:35) x 2

2 min easy 7.7 mph (7:47), 2 min 9.3 mph (6:31) x 2

2 min easy 7.7 mph, 2 min 6:27 to 5:52 pace. 

7:13 avg for 5.53 miles for the 40 min. 

easing into sw after marathon 8 days ago (Utah valley).  brief pull in left quad not painful and right knee (same injuries i had before uv but no pain since race) slight instability. Minor pain level maybe a 2 ?  felt better the more i reps i did.  NICE TO BE WITH KIM

 

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work busy cutie twins in 4

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work busy with cutie twins in 4 and another cutie (sat, sun, mon off, tues, wed- no runs)

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8 with Jessica nice shaded on cedar hills trail- 8:57 avg at 8:15 am.  80 degrees.

 

also did 7.11 miles up and down af canyon from canyons- 8:23 avg with jane angie and bekah

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run walk with brooke   11:11 pace. 5 am

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5 lava hot springs through portneuf, koa west, mary's place, koa east and through town and back.  9:35 avg 

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7.3 easy at lava hot springs  watched died at 2.58 miles.  course tooled it and knew time coming back was 34 min.  9:18 on way up hill on way back.  rolling steep.  coming out of town steep :D

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10 sw miles.  at vasa

3.6 warm up. one mile dif tm very easy 10 avg pace

2.6 on my fav

brief rest

3/2/1 with equal sw.  started with easy pace  x 4

7.5 mph for the easy pace

SW paces:

3 min  were at 8.3 mph, 8.4 mph 8.5 mph 8.7 mph

2 min were at 8.6 mph, 8.7 mph, 8.8 mph, 9.0 mph

1 min at 9.0, 9.2 mph, 9.6 mph, 9.8-10.3 mph for last one

48 min = 6.48 (alway 20 secs to get to pace so there is that).

7:23 avg pace for the sw.  no stops.

felt better the longer i went.

 

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8.5 miles with jessica s  8:48 avg, hr higher than i thought it was 157 avg.  legs inner thighs tight but not bad from 10 squats after sw tuesday.

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15 miles.  7.3 up to tibble from bottom no stops at all.  no water at top so stop was 30 secs then ran into the girls becca, jane, kim, chandi and julie e.      both up and down very easy pace.  no pushing it but my body was thankfull, some knee joint inflammation and body fatigue.  Slept only 5.5 hours.  binge watching blindspot.  at fork went back up right fork for  0.2 miles so it was exactly 7.5 up and 7.5 down.   avg pace 8:48,  1253 feet of gain.

9:53 mega wind

10:09  wind city

10:02  lots of wind, pretty good

9:52

8:59

9:03

9:23 (tibble steep climb, crazy this is faster than first three miles!! wind no longer D:)

8:42 part up part flat part down, just going easy no pushing

8:26

8:28 (includes the 0.2 up right fork)

8:17

7:50

7:44

7:39

7:29   

absolutely just creeping the pace.  iced 11 min across the red bridge bottom of canyon. so nice and cold

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4 mile warm up with Kim at 8:11 avg

pick ups 0.41 miles (x3 at 30 seconds at 6:27 pace)

6.13 miles of sw

2 min off, one min on

9.3 x 3

9.4 x 3

9.5 x 3

9.6 x 3

9.8 x 1

9.9 x 1

10.3 x 1 (10.1 x 20 secs, 10.2 x 20 secs, 10.3 last 20 secs)

SOOOOOO HOTTTTTT in GYM  

I didn't bring my normal ice water so brought in my water bottle filled with not so cold water at gym  bleck.  

Kyle and amber over for dinner last night.  Courtney made it.  Troy still in Saint George fixing up trailer.  

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