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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 38 marathons: 16 St. George (1995, 2006-2019, 2024). Utah Valley (2011, 2014), Eiluj (2011), Deseret News (2015: 3:40 pacer  & 2023),  Ogden (2009, 2010), Boston (1996,2012,2014,2018, 2024)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:

Last Marathon:

2024 Summer Pace Half Marathons

Handcart July 20, 2024 (1:55 pacer, 1:53:10, 13.11miles)

Hobble Creek  August 3, 2024 (2:00 pacer- 1:58:21, 13.06 miles)  coming back from torn hamstring

PC2PG August 17, 2024 (1:50 pacer  - 1:47:10, 12.95 miles)

East Canyon  August 31, 2024 (1:40 pacer- 1:38:49, 13.15 miles)

Nebo Marathon September 7,2024 (3:40 pacer- 3:37:09, 26.33 miles)

Big Cottonwood Canyon Marathon  September 14, 2024 (3:10  pacer for 17.12 miles)

Gardner Village Witch Run (1:40 pacer-)1:37:57 watch didn't pick up tunnels

Saint George  Marathon #16 after fiver years off-  October 5, 2024

Fall 2024

Halloween Half 10/26 (1:45 pacer)

Santa Half 12/7  (1:40 pacer)

2025-   

Boston Marathon 4/21

Utah Valley Marathon 6/7,

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)

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Tue, Dec 28, 2010
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Nada. (WAIT THIS JUST IN SEE BELOW!!!)  Passed out cold  at 9pm after a long day at work.  Didn't even have the strength to listen to my bladder in the middle of the night and then my alarm went off.  Bladder happy but rest of my body was beyond tired and yippee 13 more hours of continuous work...VERY busy day.  Who said having a baby was easy?  My poor patient may end up on ICU by morning.  Not a Merry thing at all.  Very tough.  Baby cute, though.  Anyway...the roads of course were CLEAR!!!  no ice!!!  And here I risked my life yesterday.  AND  I got IN zero miles to speak of.  Tomorrow is Amber's 8th birthday.  We are having a 4 1/2 hour birthday party filled with games, pizza, cake, ice cream, present hide and seek, and the movie Megamind.  I suppose I will have to force myself out of bed early in the am for some TM speedwork.  Not sure where I am going with all this effort?  Painter's half in January  is no PR course and SGM is MILES away.  Antelope Island should be interesting since I am in better shape and a bit more competitive but I want to not be for this race.  It's a tough one.  I just want to run by feel, sans garmin but I doubt  I can convince myself of that by race morning (march 26th).  9:33 PM:  STRAIGHT ARM PLANK  5:03!!!!!!(usually I do elbow.  Kim thinks straight arms is harder than elbows.  I think the opposite, yet I had never done a straight arm plank until tonight.  SHAKING MISERBLY the last 1 1/2 minutes but so KNEW I could do it.  Just embraced the PAIN and watched the seconds tick ever so slowly away.  Of course I am going for the elbow 5 minute plank.  My middle back must be my weak area as the muscles/bones in there really start to get sharp pains as my abs weaken. BUT totally feel soooo accomplished now  : D.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From RAD on Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 00:29:16 from 67.172.229.125

woot woot! nice job girl!

From allie on Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 00:29:43 from 174.23.238.75

totally awesome, julie! congrats on breaking the 5:00 barrier. i really don't know if i will ever get there.

regarding your question about elbows vs. straight arms...i don't know. i will try it straight armed style tonight and see if it makes a difference. i would think it would be harder.

From allie on Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 02:11:22 from 174.23.238.75

ok, i just did 3:00 with straight arms. i noticed that the shaking started sooner and was more violent than usual. it also hurt the palms of my hands after a bit, but i was doing it on a wood floor. my upper arms also felt more fatigued than the elbow style. and it seems to engage more of your core muscles...

in sum, i think it's harder. which means double awesome and double congrats on the 5:00 plank!

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