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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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5 vasa gym

surpised to see jane and summer there like old days

839 avg started at 913 pace ended last 0.05 miles at 644

went up every 0.63 miles and 0.37 miles til 4 miles then up every 0.25 miles.  

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To cedar hills.  Walked last two of the 8 miler.  So only ran 6.1.  Right  Knee gave out.  And I tried several times to run on it the last two miles.  Walked last 1.9 in 13:23 avg.  first part 8:59 avg.  kind of bummed.  Inner medial knee  started meloxicam tues after run  

 

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Work 

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4 mile run 934 avg with friend Brooke and five of her ten kids. Mostly with Annie. Then a second lap with Brooke.  Mainly testing out knee.  
 

Expo fill race bags for 3 hours and 20 min.  Pick up crib mattress then activity days.  Slept poorly tonight.  Work in am 

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Race: Utah Valley Marathon (26.29) pacer (26.2 Miles) 03:49:56, Place in age division: 2
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Totally on pace until mile 22.  Walked x 3 before that.  Became really hot. Could not get heart rate down.  Highest before stopping to walk after mile 22 - 8 more times 187!!    So bummed I could not get it together.  Came in at half 1:51:59. Pace band said to be there at 1:52.   But I dropped my salt tabs after I took two at mile 15 and I kind of panicked that I didn't have that.  I had no cramping. No pains. My knee was taped and it felt amazing. I felt strong the entire time until mile 19.5.  I fumbled to find my last gel. I took only a banana before the race bc I accidentally slept through my alarm or it didn't go off.  I was supposed to meet up with pacers at 330 am. And I got up at 332 am.  I was so upset and I forgot to get any food.  So got only a banana at the start.  I slept really poorly before that.  So I guess I needed that.  Amber did so amazing ! 4:15:35.  I really thought she would crash bc she only ran one 18 miler three weeks before.  I was super proud of her !  We met each other at the start.  Took a pic. Stood in line at potties. I took a pace group pic. And time flew.  I had two potty stops first half. Mile 9 and mile 13.   A min for second one. 30 seconds first. I really love this course. Just gotta figure out how to be happy at that finish and not have my heart rate freak.  Troy brooke David Kyle Courtney and Evangeline were cheering us at mile 22 !  Ice cold cloths. So refreshing !  But I was dead.  A reminder of last year ! 

SPLITS:

8:27

8:14

8:17

8:20

8:19

8:19

8:25

8:53

9:29

8:12

8:16

8:46

8:58

8:06

8:16

8:24

8:22

8:19

8:20

8:43 walked x 1

8:41

9:22, family :D  ice cold wash cloths    walked x 2

9:36  walked x 1

10:27 walked x 4

9:40   walked x 1 

9:56 walked x 1

9:54 for last 0.29  walked x 1

vaccumed house watched grandbaby and went out to lunch at cravings with everyone

 

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dinner with the family :D amber kyle brooke david evangeline courtney and troy

parfaits for dessert

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chillax   

iced in river with amber

minor soreness mostly right quad and some in arches

work next three days that should help

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work twins in 5

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stomach ache coming off meloxicam

took from last tuesday 7.5 mg a day then last two day 1/2 of that

couldn't sleep

woke 345 am  folded clothed then at 5 am decided to jog 3 miles

9:34 avg 137 hr  nice and cool out 45 degrees perfect race weather and not racing

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went to highland to pick up porta crib from bekah

so ran on trail by janes (parked at that lot by her) and ran to lone peak pond and around and back  5.34

9:14 avg for the 5   jogged to potty at beginning and restarted watch and stopped at five and jogged from potty to car

hr up there when stopped at water at pond  pounding!!  so took two min to cool down  I was also twitching felt like low blood sugar 

155 hr avg with 2 min stop

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pine creek campground wasatch mountain state park

4 miles wogging/trails and around campground

13:21 avg pace   610 feet elevation gain   avg hr 141

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67 degrees

146 avg hr

5 miles around by my house at 904 am  avg pace 9:28 stopped after miles 1-3 water after three other two to stretch back and hip that has been bugging.  muscle pain  right knee minor issue

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2 warm up starting at 10 pace for 4 min 931 for 4 etc, ended at 8:57 avg for 2 miles

stretch

8 by 0.25 miles at 8 mph, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6to 8.7, 8.7-9.2 for last one

equal rest jog at 8:34 to 8:20 pace, started with 0.25 recovery after the two miles

got off to potty after first two sets (avg 8:11 for that mile)

then avg 7:45 for the next three miles

right knee is iffy 

1 mile cooldown 8:54

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work busy day

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walk a minute every 4.5 min    so 7 min of walking

9:54  avg  hr avg 140

up to see brooke until 250 pm

activity days at 4

no one but eliza showed then indie and two friends

made slime :D

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7 miles out and back with jessica .  first run together since a week before boston.

walked the up hill

too much sun today

also volunteered for timp half 3 hours in the heat, sun burnt

9:50 avg  avg hr 149

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Race: Timp half (13.1 Miles) 01:41:38, Place in age division: 2
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1:41:38

smoky 71 at start   volunteered day before from 10-1 pm  at finish line  sun burnt

amber stayed over we went to start at 430am

she did great 1:50:50 with two potty stops

i walked through last two aid stations and four other walks for 30 secs to a minute

2nd place by two seconds   i did want the silver ram so that's seriously funny how close i was to not having it 

to pine creek campground with only Troy.  anniversary tmr  29 years  site 49 mohogany

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camping 29 years anniversary at Pine Creek Campground  

HAPPY FATHERS DAY  TROY

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10 mile loop at midway camp ground    MEMORIAL HILL with extra 250 years flags.  9:34 avg  zero water

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work

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8 very hot miles with Jessica   

bull head

87 degrees

out and back

HR 155

834 am

922avg

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4 out and back on murdock 1100 north

8 total

8:26 avg

20 min warm up

11 x 1 min at whatever pace faster than what i was going avg ended up 7:10 for those

two min jog in between

avg hr 158 

wore new hokas  not good for speed

spent day with brooke until 715 pm up in layton, lunch at zupas

 

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8 miles tm vasa

10/9/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1 min

6.2/6.4/6.6/6.8/7/7.2/7.4/7.6/7.8/8.1 mph (would go to the in between pace for last two minutes of each minutes all the way to three minutes then at two just went up by 0.1 mph each minute up by 0.2 last 1 min)= 6.31 miles

1.74 mile jog 8:27 avg

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