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St. George Marathon #18

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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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3 easy

shake out??  941 avg 

leave for sg after brunch in layton with Brooke for her bday with evie amber and courtney

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expo at 1030 am

cleaned chairs, set up our old table at sg house i had for 31 years in our house in provo and pg

slept decent enough

set out outfit 

watched byu soccer game

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Race: St. George Marathon #18 (26.3 Miles) 03:34:08, Place overall: 221, Place in age division: 3
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pretty anxious about knee and going out too fast that i decided to just go for under 4 hours

temp at start 59 degrees compared to 42 at start in 2025, but 2024 it was 65 at start.  i remember being way too hot at mile 19 that year

no pushing the pace just felt like jogging until heart rate over 180 at mile 22.  gel at very start and every 5 miles.  ibuprofen two hours before start and every hour on the hour except hour 3.  also salt tabs two before run and two every hour...i believe i got two on third hour??  i lost my bag with it in and honesty can't remember??

splits

838

829

805

840 potty in this mile

758

756

747

859 veyo

819

822

834  jane and getting out my music

815 fanny pack fell and i had to maneuver all my gels in to my hands and my baggie in to my bra (ibuprofen and salt tabs)

753

753

733

727 steepest decent

729 feel pretty good

733  feel really good

803  pretty decent with the hill here

743

734  feel good but a little cold, forgot i put ice into my bra

818  walked 30 seconds ptsd spot

839   walked another 30 seconds

824  walked again right after turn during water station and further

829  walked through aid station and a little beyond

901  walked a few seconds before round about

7:55 for last 0.27 miles

diaphragm muscles hurting a lot to speed up here at end  they ended up hurting for 48 hours after race

only soreness was right quad and a faint sounds of shin soreness   

goal to run friday take all week off til then

 

 

 

 

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dad clueless with amber's skeleton shirt and baby skeleton lol

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work

right quad tight but moving post marathon normally up and down stairs only a little more stiff after sitting for drive home sunday evening at  430 pm

stopped at our new fav subway (cheap fast service )  share a turkey sandwich drink and chips

 

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up to see brooke and tell her about amber :D

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worked all day   

mild back pain

weaned off meloxicam

i started with  half of 15 mg last wednesday

took half thursday and friday (all in afternoon early eve)

then sat and sun

then took half of a half (1/4) monday and tues.  none wednesday or thurs etc  

really helped knee inflammation but makes me pee a lot and get dehydrated so i drank a lot before sg bc of this and still peeing a ton before race but at least my knee taped and three days on meloxicam half dose it was good

i had no muscle cramps or pains at all   

just hard to catch breath mile 22-26

was helped across to sprayers with two volunteer women and i sat by sprayers on concrete curb for 5 minutes taking deep breaths 

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.300.004.30

3-2-1 walk jog equal

4.3 miles 

avg pace 12:20

hr avg 125

60 degrees

yellow speed 3s

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5 min jog one min walk until 5 miles

949 avg

hr avg 146

clifton 10s

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2 miles start at 931 pace increase by 0.2mph every half mile 18:16

potty 

3 miles repea same pattern butt increased more and sooner last mile

23:47    7:55 avg

blue pro 4s

brookess place watch evie

walk 30 min

 rainy but not during walk with evie 

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5 miles layton at 736 am to 830 am 

avg hr 146

pace 9:22

rainy felt amazing

clifton 10s

50 min walk with evie, rain stopped but rained again before and after

power pump class 6 pm with amber good times

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