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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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Miles:This week: 26.35 Month: 132.51 Year: 1027.36
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funeral leave Uncle Scott

went to toy story 5 with amber and kyle and troy last night

decided not to get on my phone first thing in am and missed kim saying she was running up canyon but still went up and see if i could run some with her

ran into kathy about to walk up to timp caves

then started up four and ran into kim coming down at 1.94 miles up for me.  so basically she was 3.94 miles ahead.  i continued up to four mile turn around

10:35/9:28/9:26/9:34/8:36/8:28/8:15/7:31   avg pace 8:59 hr 154

just jogging it  so lovely to be up in canyon wore cush hoka clifton 10.  so nice bounce coming down and smooth ride up.  

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4 with amber in provo

9:34 avg, out and back toward lake from her place

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Race: Freedom 10 K (6.2 Miles) 00:46:08, Place in age division: 1
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warm up

been here and there and every where not much fast running though

mostly at brookes house and visiting evie

was there on friday 12-8 pm

weather good

avg hr 167

7:41/7:24/7:27/7:33/7:43/7:40 last 0.2 7:25 avg

didn't push it

felt great after no problems did tape knee wore pro4 saucony

46:08 didn't look at my watch should have as I wanted under 46 min 

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8 easy 9:17 avg here and there and every where to cook park etc  discovery etc HOT  

avg hr 153

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8 with KIM :D 

up and back down timp caves beautiful blue skies and white clouds and cool at start - 61 degrees per coros watch 48 percent humidity

much nicer than when timp half was held (71 degrees)

up miles 10:02, 9:01, 8:41, 8:46

down miles:  7:27, 7:26, 7:18, 7:08 

other than feeling winded that first mile bc kim made me talk :D the whole way up I felt great coming down

knee tiny trouble (no tape) at mile 6  seems to be a meniscus issue

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2.11 with Raven 9:49 avg 5 secs of watch stopping for a pee stop, happy little jogger

2.13 with Ranger 9:17 avg one poop stop forgot to stop watch but did when remembered which was 10 seconds only, he also peed twice HE WAS SO GOOD

2.12 on my own and 37 second stop to pick up poop  8:46 avg

1.64 miles to get in 8 miles  9:04 avg HOT this loop 80 degrees.

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easy 8 to art dye via 200 north and a little detour due to construction up onto murdock and down silo through nice neighborhood

8:56 avg hr 155  

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Race: Hobbler Half (13.1 Miles) 01:36:59, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 1
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bed 10 pm

up 340 am to springville at 420 am bus 430 am after getting packet

forgot an overshirt but used shirt from race and frozen the disney blanket too much time up top but managed on dirt very slow 0.3 out and back so 0.6 moments before race start

goal under 1:40 and to not do really fast miles so I don't bonk with HR issues HR Did get to 196 during last mile

ONE gel u can chocolate before race at 610 am.  a few sips of water when I woke up.  and every two miles dumped water on my head  and drank a sip andor drank some powerade.

stayed behind josiah 1:40 pacer until mile 3 ran with him for two miles then ran ahead. 1:36:59 didn't look at my watch for overall time just mile splits.  course always short but who knows???  bc Hawk says his is always on (hobble creek half and people get 12.96) any way... avg hr 166, 74 degrees at start, tail wind mile 10 heading south then head wind running back, stopped at aide station mile 12 and walked and before that I ran through the sprinklers that a front yard had on, right on their grass.  so lovely. 

splits for 12.9 miles:

7:25

7:29

7:25

7:31

7:14

7:29

7:31

7:34

7:29

7:39 hill but then tail wind when head south

7:27

8:04 walked aide station and was kind of giving up but decided to kick in last mile

7:26 avg pace for last 0.9 miles

love magelbys fresh french toast at finish :D

got to see jodie who place 2nd over all :D  so good with time of 1:29 :D

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10 miles with jessica in draper from skater park

delightful muggy 707am start 80 degrees

i love joining jessica and hitting those trails by her

hr 149 we chatted a lot  9:00 avg but oddly jessica got 8:57, oddly but not bc my watch always puts me slower for the mile paces

we stopped at several water spots :D  almost one every mile  lol

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worked and just not wanting to get up early before work to run but need to

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worked until 1 pm.

ARGENTINA WON!    GOT HOME TO STRESS BUT AS I TOLD AMBER DON'T WORRY THEY WILL WIN!  :)   LOVE ARGENTINIAN SOCCER TEAM, MESSI YOU ARE THE GOAT.

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Was supposed to be 8 miles up and back from caves but kim and i joined jane and ellie for an uber up the canyon one mile from summit.  ran up a mile (10:13 sucking wind at 8100 feet and going 200  feet up.  

then down to fork then up to reservoir (2 miles from fork, so just 1/3 way up that  last hill to reservoir).  9 miles at turn there 11 back at fork 13.41 at caves 16 miles just past parking lot at mouth.  we had so many stops it got late and last 2.6 on my own were hot.

1013

821

737

727

723

725

722

840 up left fork

848 feeling spent chasing kim and jane about 45 seconds ahead after these two miles

738

735

807 just after fork feeling spent so they slowed for me

7:58

748  0.41 of this to caves then leaving slowly on my own but picked it up

736

728 

ICE IN RIVER 13 MIN AT MOUTH SO REFRESHING 

lost 3 pounds of weight

avg hr 156

avg overall 758

no fuel just some water jane had and two bites of a granola bar (one at two diff places)

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8 out and back from my house random in upper neighborhood

9:25 avg  143 hr avg

HOT MUGGY easy pace no bueno heat legs slightly sore from yesterday so no pushing it

up to see brookie and evie 

brooke stomach bug, nausea vomiting high fever

evie adorable

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8 recovery 

at brookes unitl 915 pm from 115 pm

tired when went to bed woke achy, more so than day after going down canyon

48 hour delayed muscle soreness 

easier pace than yesterday bc i felt more sore and more fatigue and it was hotter and muggier out

79 degrees! 805 am.   

yesterday 76 at start

143 avg hr, 3:29 min of stops  yesterday under a minute only

just got the miles in not worried about pace

9:38 avg  1010 opening mile

so very sweaty from the muggy so went to mouth of af canyon and iced in river for 15 min   then i was cold lol so could do some yard work bc indoors too cold put thermastat to 76 ha ha

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3 warm up in 26:33  started at 9:31 pace increased pace every 3 minutes by 0.1 mph ended 

switched tms

3/2/1  with 2/1/1 minutes rest

3 at 7:03 pace

2 at 6:49 first min and 6:44 second minute

1 min at 6:31 

repeat x 3 with 

2 /1 /1 minutes at 8:13 pace in between

30 min = 4.06 miles = 7:22 avg

one cool down mile in 8:09   kept it at 8:13 until last 0.15 did 6:58 pace

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work busy 3 babes

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2 plus miles before work at 520 am    muggy!!

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9 easy but not miles out and back from just before willow park and north toward thanksgiving pt and back   two water stops that is it 

710 am after a 10 min walk  not terrible hot but muggy   we were dripping

853 avg hr avg 149

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Race: Speedy Spaniard 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:45:53, Place overall: 29, Place in age division: 1
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1 warm up mile 

we arrived at 541 am got our number (amber and I)  I picked her up at 520 am left her apt at 525 am

windy and cooler  so nice

first mile the uphill and the grass never got into a groove felt fatigued so kept it even splits

7:33, 7:32, 7:22, 7:25, 7:32, 7:36 ( the turn through tunnel slowed me) and 7:20 for last 0.2

avg hr 171

avg pace 7:30

two water stations one small sip and rest of cold water over my head (dixie cup size)

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