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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: 4.53 Month: 48.00 Year: 541.12
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
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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
Mon, Jun 28, 2010
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1100 North to MY ROCKY MOMENT!!  Man, my back is STILL AILING GREATLY!!  Hamstring nerve pain.  Just all locked up.  What is all this?  Stress is all I can attribute it to and perhaps I truly do have a tethered cord.  I want to still ignore that thought right now.  I am just resting on miles right now and going to build up slowly and work on here and there some quality runs.  Running the Riverton 10K this Saturday and feel I might be able to muster a 7:00 to 7:10 pace there hopefully with this back pain that "is in my head" according to this book.  I think I am all out of adrenaline so its "in my body" for sure.  I work tonight, wed. and thurs. as usual so I will be wiped out adrenaline-wise for that race.  I think Ragnar on absolutely NO sleep for days really did me in, ya think?  Seriously, I try to be super Woman but it is just not happening, I am still mortal.  Dang it :  ((((!!!!!    Now I pay the price.  Pace up: 9:47, Pace down 6:50.  5 miles total.  Not pushing it at all.   It's too much right now.   AND NOW FOR THE BEST NEWS OF ALL!!!!!! :   I got the DAY SHIFT position and begin on AUGUST 10th!!!!! YIPPPEEEEEEE NORMALCY COMING UP!!  I will work only 60 hours per pay period too : D.  I will work every other Fri, Sat. and Sunday (6am to 630pm) but that's nothing compared to all those night shifts.  I am coming back from the dead!!! I will sure miss my night shift crew, they are awesome!!!  I have so much respect for night shift.  I just can't sleep normally so I have to for my sanity!!! ALLELUYAH!!! That gives me 8 weeks of normal sleep before St. George!!!  

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 18:02:30 from 174.23.194.233

great news julie! congrats on the new position.

From CookieLegs on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 19:29:32 from 71.36.79.41

First, congratulations on going to the day shift!!! The sleep deprivation issues must be horrific, especially in the summer when all the extra sunlight plays tricks on your tired body.

Second, I've followed your last few posts, and I don't think this pain is all in your head! I tweaked my back lifting something 5-6 weeks ago, and it turned into the worst type of sciatica pain imaginable. I had severe pain waking me up at night even, and the few times I tried running, I had to "hold" my right buttock up close to my body to lessen the pain. Geeze!! I searched the internet for tips to get better, and found a site espousing Dr. Sarno's theory about the pain being in my head, and I just don't buy it. It was a depressing suggestion and really kind of hurt my feelings . . .

My nerve pain is finally getting better, tho, and I'll probably try running tonight for the first time in a month. (I told myself that as soon as I could bend my knee enough to reach and clip the toenails on my affected leg I'd run again, and I finally managed that last night!)

Anyway, I hope your nerve issues clear up soon. You are a totally awesome and amazingly fast dedicated runner, and you deserve some luck!!

From josse on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 19:52:08 from 75.220.10.116

Oh I am so glad that you got that day shift!!

From seeaprilrun on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 20:13:19 from 68.103.255.61

YEAH YEAH YEAH! That will be so wonderful for you to have normalcy! I was soooo much happier and felt so much better when I went to a more normal shift after years of nights. I hope you find some resolution for your back and leg pain soon!

From JulieC on Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 15:15:31 from 71.213.102.23

Thanks for your post CookieLegs!! My coworkers have gotten a kick out of me telling myself "EVERYTHING" is in my head, even a bleeding wound or sore throat. I could go on but it got to the fact that this Dr. is way, should we say "right wing" on repression/anger/anxiety causing everything in us--certainly not injury, overuse, lack of sleep, diet, or out of whack hormones. So my feelings too were hurt in fact he made me MORE angry if I was at all. Anyway.....HAVE A GREAT DAY !!! EVERYONE-- I should be bionic women soon, I CAN BE REBUILT : D.

From Smooth on Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 20:50:36 from 68.105.208.132

YAY for the day shift. I worked 20 years night shift weekends...I have great respect for the night crew...it was fun though I wasn't a runner then.

GOOD LUCK this Sat. You'll do awesome as always!!!

From JulieC on Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 21:35:17 from 71.213.102.23

every Friday and Saturday night for 20 years? How ever did you do it? Wow Smooth : D

From JulieC on Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 21:36:34 from 71.213.102.23

BTW just picked up my UVM tshirt- medium- HUGE WAAAAYYYYY LONG!!! Night shirt but not night shirt material!! I think I need to start order smalls and change UP if needed. They always have larger.

From runningafterbabies on Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:53:23 from 67.177.9.74

Julie, that is so wonderful! You deserved that. I am hoping you get to be one of my nurses when #3 is born.

From runningafterbabies on Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:55:53 from 67.177.9.74

And about your UVM shirt - the race director said we could trade sizes at the end of this week at the Springville location. I think they must be Men's unisex sizes b/c the small fits me wierd - not overly huge, it's just big in wierd places. I definitely prefer the women's tapered shirts.

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