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Pleasant Grove,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 04, 2008

Gender:

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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 (1:55 pacer)

Thankful Half

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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Sat, Jun 25, 2011

Race: AF Hospital Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:25:50, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 1

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
2.70	13.10	15.80

This had to be the FUNNIEST preparation race I have ever run and I ran a PR. Seriously ridiculous comedy of errors. First of all I got a number for the race and my plan was just to get on the bus with it because they couldn't change my name yesterday even though they let over 15 runners into the race yesterday. Oh well. Less pressure. Sleep was probably 2 hours. Just have been going to with my eyes wide open unable to drift to sleep. Just a little bout of insomnia this week. I picked up Kim and we drove to the finish line at AF high school. Got to the race start about 5:35am. I ran a two mile warm up about 8:40 pace on the dirt. Realized on the bus ride up the my garmin was reading low battery. Mel tried to console me that her low battery garmin can last for 20 miles. Well apparently mine was extremely low (it is having trouble with charging lately, I had charged it Thursday). My garmin died .02 miles into my warm up. So I ran SANS WATCH and threw my garmin in my bag. But then I missed the bag pickup truck and a nice camera guy for the event let me put it in his car. I got in an extra .7 miles an hour after the finish running to his car parked quite a nice jaunt from the finish. He gave me his keys and I went looking for his white car. I finally had to just press the unlock of the trunk button and suddenly I found his car. I just thought that was funny. Incendentally I AM NOT EVEN SORE TIRED WHATSOEVER. I could have run another 10 miles (not at the same pace). I don't even feel like I raced it that hard. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT MY TIME WAS UNTIL MILE 10!!!!! I finally had to yell at three guys (they didn't have music on) "HEY COULD SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME A SPLIT HERE? GEEZ." I got a split read to me at the 10 mile mark as 1:04!!!!!!! HOLY MOLY THAT IS UNDER a 6:30 pace. I decided to round that to 1:05 which makes that a 6:30 pace. So I just told myself "just relax and do 7 minute miles Julie and you still will PR in the half". Of course not having my garmin I had no idea if I did that but I felt like I slowed briefly but then picked it up the last mile. I did waste a lot of energy probably talking to Cliff and then asking about 10 people along the way what time we were at. At one point I asked a bunch of bikers how far the first girls were ahead (mile 6) and they said "about a mile" and I was like "yah right". But since I lost MEL, KIM and Jane after the first mile warm up (that's all they did) I was out there on my own, no watch and no friends. Until Cliff a coworker running up the course turned around and ran with me for about 3.5 miles. I asked what he thought my pace was (I met him at mile 2.5) and he said I think you are going pretty fast (he doesn't have a garmin). Finally I got him to tell me the split from mile 3 to 4 which was 6:35. HELLLOOOO like I had plans to be about 6:50 for the first few miles. Another problem were my tangents. Cliff was telling me I was not cutting the corners and was adding on. Well that is just how I am used to running down the canyon, like there are cars that will zoom by at any moment. He then said "okay then just run what you like to do". I guess I better get better at TANGENTS. When the gun went off I was about 40 to 50 seconds from the start and I stopped just before the finish (there were two timing mats and I felt guilty crossing since I am not a male 52 years old) but the first mat surprised me so after dead stopping right on it and EVERYBODY yelling at me that it wasn't the finish line I decided I better cross, shyly saying "but I am not official", bowing my head saying to myself "dang it" I didn't want to cross. Needless to say I missed the clock time but it was recorded as 1:26:42 (would have been 1:26:30 with that dead stop at the first mat about 100 feet from the finish line) and then all the time before crossing the start (I was way back looking for my three girlfriends). So I am guessing about under 1:26 based off the fact that the girl in front of me got 1:26 flat and I started after her and she finished just a few seconds in front of me. Any way I was sixth overall (I believe. I will change it if I read differently) and first master. GOOD NEWS-- I went up to the HR guy for my hospital, who I know and have known for several years, and said "Brent, I am not evil, I didn't know there would be two time mats and since I crossed the first I ended up having to cross the second", I told him I didn't want to screw up the results for the 50-54 guys so he could take his name off. But what he ended up doing SO VERY WILLINGLY AND POLITELY is taking his name off and putting my name in. He said it would be VERY easy to do and no problem whatsoever. SO COOL. YOU WON't see that happen everyday. So basically SANS watch, unofficially but really OFFICIAL NOW I ran an awesome PR and I feel incredible. I don't feel sore (just a little cramp in my right calt again) but NOTHING ELSE. NO SCIATICA not hamstring tightness nothing. Since the course was changed from what we thought, adding on quite the uphill for .2 miles and not knowing where the finish would be I was in shock when I saw the finish as I am fiddling with my iPOD for the 50th time I was like "oh my heavens, forget the garmin Julie and actually try to kick it in. It was hard not knowing what my time is but I did ask the last water station (just after mile 11) guy the REAL time of day, since the race started on time, he told me it was 7:10. I knew I couldn't be that fast so I guessed about 1:11-1:12. I am so happy that it went well. With MORE CONFIDENCE AND MORE POSITIVE SELF TALK I THINK A 1:24 at BRYCE AND HOBBLE CREEK IS GOING TO HAPPEN. Plus I will be more recovered from the UVM. Recovery at over 40 is a lot different than 20s and 30s. Time will tell but I am pretty sure that SUB THREE AT SGM IS SOOOOOOO HAPPENING : DDDDDDD Since my friends are all sore and I am not apparently I didn't push myself hard enough.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From seeaprilrun on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 12:15:47 from 174.70.177.86

Oh WOW Julie WOW!!! That is incredible!!! The though of 6:30 pace for 13 miles makes me want to vomit! That is SICK, FAST, DANG! You are totally, totally, going to demolish the 3 hour barrier at Saint George! ...and you still have over 3 months of increasing fitness to go....WATCH OUT SAINT GEORGE!!

From RAD on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 12:25:14 from 98.202.17.113

WOW...I am seriously in AWE! So many good things happening and all on the perfect day. Thanks to people you know! Always gets you into good placed :) Congrats on an awesomely FAST race and being able to get the hardware for your efforts. Even though it wasn't that much effort - according to YOU! :) SGM isn't gonna know what hit it! Excellent race Julie, and congrats again!!

From josse on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 15:06:28 from 69.98.175.53

A pr!! I am so jealous. And no sciatic pain I am even more jealous, you must tell me your secret. Great job girly!!

From scotthughes on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 16:00:38 from 174.253.184.126

Do this explains how I ended up 2nd in the 50-54 age group, I will take it anyway I can get it....final results are final results. Great race, I signed up late this week and shouldn't have run since the body was trashed from utah valley and summer games 5k & 10k. I loved the course and the race!

From Smooth on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 16:05:05 from 67.2.109.45

CONGRATZ Julie on the PR sans watch, sleep, and not even trying! You are WAY AWESOME!!! Yep, sub-3 at SGM here you come!

Sorry I missed you, I looked for you at the start and finish and when I didn't hear your name announced, I thought you didn't run it! SO HAPPY you did! :)

From allie on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 17:15:11 from 24.10.191.18

with every race you do, you demonstrate what great shape you are in. awesome job, julie!

From Carina on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 18:16:52 from 204.15.86.83

So fun to meet you today! You ran an amazing race!! My legs will definitely be sore tomorrow, I can't believe you are feeling so great after such a fast time!

From MCKENZIE on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 18:20:14 from 67.2.56.136

PR?!?!!!! Thats Awesome...so happy for you! You crack me up :)

From JulieC on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 20:29:07 from 70.56.108.100

at least my PR is actually in my name McKenzie ; D.

--chip times however aren't being posted for some reason.

Also- Running would be boring if I didn't have a story to tell that ran along side it. I think I have runner's ADHD...I should stop talking and focus, but I can't seem to NOT talk and race.

From Scott Wesemann on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 20:36:39 from 205.158.160.209

Sweet! Nice race and a really fast time. Impressed!

From Teena Marie on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 11:38:02 from 67.2.101.26

WOW!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!! What a wonderful day for you. Seriously ... a PR and no pain. I cannot wait for your sub 3 at SGM. :) :) :)

So happy for you!!!

From Walter on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 18:21:21 from 75.220.176.150

Nice running there!

From JulieC on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 18:30:22 from 67.41.189.215

so Walter do you know what the mileage was at the "halfway" pad by the golf course? I am trying to get my split for out of the canyon. Thanks : D.

From Walter on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 18:33:29 from 75.220.176.150

I dont. I think that was about mile 9 or so right there. I do know I almost missed my turn if it werent for a policeman that guided me back. Some of those Volunteers were a bit clueless to my cluelessness of the course. I admit I didnt even look at a map of this course. Bad me. But I made it ok.

From JulieC on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 18:43:01 from 67.41.189.215

I thought I knew the course-- but then we swung up the other side of the pond to climb that hill and I was like great now I don't know the course and I have no garmin to tell me when to kick it in. I am so materialized--- so I guess running without a watch is supposed to be liberating ....IT IS ONLY liberating if you don't ask 1500 people along the course where you are at. : D. I have only had my garmin for a year and half and look what I have come to!! I miss my stopwatch.

From Smooth on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 19:36:42 from 67.2.109.45

I believe that was placed at mile 7.5 or so! The course was pretty accurate! I stopped my Garmin at the first timing mat (who'd knew there was another one under the balloon arch! Usually if there are two, they're placed close together?!) with the mileage at 13.17. So figure in the last 100' and the twist and turn tangents, it is pretty close!

As for the 64 yo finishing in 1:26 and the first female finishing in 30 min. It's a no brainer that those are 5K times mistakenly put into the Half.

Millisecond did that last year in the Park City Marathon! They listed two ladies' Half time as 1st and 2nd in my division. I took my award and left. The following week they caught the mistake that the ladies ran dead last in the Half and NOT the Full. The award was a ceramic tile so I didn't bother to contact the RD.

I am sure Millisecond will catch that mistake and change it tomorrow or sometime next week!

I think when it comes to racing for the overall positions, one should go with gun time, line up at the front and race with the fast pack, to me that is fair and square. In a marathon with big money prize, the USATF rules is very clear that the timing devise starts when the first runner crosses the start line and the winner is the first runner who crosses the finish line! They had that discussion with the overall female winner of the SLC marathon this year! Of course this rule doesn't apply to this race whose course is not even USATF certified!

From RAD on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 20:26:32 from 98.202.17.113

I would ditto Smooth's remarks. Most of the time I've had timing issues it ends up with Milliseconds as well. Crappy! I think the lack of experience (on the RD part) is what made the changes. The whole gun/chip time thing can be confusing. Especially when someone come to you begging and pleading about how fast they ran. Gun time for overall prizes...always gun time. For those of us that don't need to worry about overall prizes/placing we can sit in the pop's at gun time in a chip race :)

I do hope everything gets worked out for you! But you are right - a PR is a PR!

From JulieC on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 21:49:45 from 71.35.250.127

btw Smooth, I know what you mean about the two mats. I wasn't going to cross the finish and suddenly there was the first mat after the ramp....ooops. Hence my follies and having to talk to the RD. Why do they have two mats at the finish?

From RAD on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 22:27:52 from 98.202.17.113

That is just WAY too weird! I'm telling you...something strange is going on. Maybe YOU should call the RD and complain er um well, ask why this has happened? They have a FB group for the half. Maybe you could go there and start asking around.

From Smooth on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 23:49:19 from 67.2.109.45

Milliseconds needs to fix the inconsistency of their result posting. The three women are NOT the only ones with chip time posted. I did some "clicking" on the division results. I found a 54 female who took 2nd in the division got chip time but not the 1st whereas in my division the 1st lady got chip time but not me (2nd). The 1st & 2nd females in the 60-64 got chip times. None of the female divison winners in the 35 and younger groups got chip time. The males results is just as bizarre: a 60 y.o.male who took 2nd in his division and a 57 male who took 8th in his

division got chip times but not others! What a mess!

From JulieC on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 23:58:09 from 71.35.250.127

Well at least they gave the TOP Five women the awards according to GUN time. Strangely since they changed the results around since that time. GREAT detective skills SMOOTH :D. basically we should all go by our own garmins, if our batteries of course were working :D.

I am grateful for a SANS watch experience. It will be a better experience when I just run and belt it out and not ask for any splits. When WILL I ever learn.

From Smooth on Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 00:04:49 from 67.2.109.45

Here's more given chip time results: a 36 yo Dave Crockett (obviously not our own Davy Crockett) who took 1st in AG. A 26 yo David Wilson who took 5th in his AG! A 34 William Shaddox who took 6th in AG! Hmmm, what makes these individuals so special that they got chip times???

From Smooth on Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 00:11:40 from 67.2.109.45

The RD did their best to satisfy the top runners! Milliseconds just couldn't handle the changing of bibs or the ability to manually overwrite or correct the discrepancy!

Good thing this is a fun run for a good cause and really everyone that finished got his/her COURSE PR! :)

From Smooth on Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 00:38:43 from 67.2.109.45

I agree with you on the sans Garmin run! You are such a great runner that you don't need the thing to give you splits.

My brother-in-law ran the London Marathon this year, his goal marathon (the last of the 5 world Majors he wanted to run by the time he's 50 and run every one of them in 3 hrs or better). Well the battery in his Garmin went dead when he was standing in his starting corral. So he ran sans Garmin! His finish time was 30 seconds off his goal time! I don't think he asked fellow runners for splits. He doesn't talk when racing the Majors!

So, Julie! You are right! Just run your heart out like you always do with or without a watch! :)

From JulieC on Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 20:51:55 from 71.35.248.29

Smooth, on facebook they explained the problem. The guy running milleseconds accidentally pressed some button so all runners who crossed before "about" 40 seconds or less did not get their chip times. The statement was made by milleseconds.

From Kelli on Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 13:57:56 from 71.219.92.225

NICE!!!!!!! Awesome PR.

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