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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 (1:55 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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Race: Bryce Canyon Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:29:15, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 1
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How to begin?  This is how I want to begin because I am truly excited for my friend Melanie:  Think Mary Murphy from "So you think you can dance"  and I am Julie Crossley from  "So you think you can RUN?"  Cause Melanie can and she just boarded the HOT TAMALE train, WOOOOOO wooooo!!!!  SCREAM  scream SCREAM  --head shaking wildly here.  In fact the top 5 all belong on the HOT TAMALE train!!!  What an awesome group of fast women at this race today.  Melanie came in 2nd overall in 1:22:56, five kids, a nursing baby, one kid throwing up in the tent at 2am and a true POWER WOMAN!!!!  She got $500 instead of 400 because the first place woman, unfortunately for her : ( could not accept money because she is a collegiate runner.  Anyway she ran awesomely at 19 years old and Melanie hung on to second by over 23 seconds,  YEE HAW!!!!  Okay now my not as excitiing race report but nonetheless a BIG PR for me. 

I was first master (no money here.....yet), 10th overall and ran way beyond my goal for the day:   1:29:15.  I am so happy.  Again, I had gas left in the tank, and didn't give my all under the cirumstances because I don't risk injury when tired and environmentally challenged.  I took it easy the first two miles as the AIR quality was poor and I didn't want to have an asthma attack.  A fire has been in the park since June 14th!!!  There is a morning haze of smoke all through our campgroud (Rubys).  I didn't sleep but one brief 40 minutes in a row and got out of my tent 4  times to use the restroom.  I felt the race should have started at 1am.  I got more and more tired the longer I couldn't fall asleep.  But at 12 to 1am I was a live wire raring to go.  By 4am I was thinking I should have been at work.... great by 6am I will be ready for bed.  That's working nights for you.  It totally screws up your sleep cycle.  But I tried to stay positive and try my hardest to get that rabbit out of the hat.  I've run a marathon on no sleep, no problem here.  Here are my splits, mile three I think I had wings on : D      pace all over the place, mile markers are like the ones seen on highways, invented by the race director.   I got to learn to run by feel someday.

1:  6:56  Ahh nice and easy

2:  7:05

3:  5:48  No kidding,  astronomical, I lose my wings for unbelief after this.

4:  6:37

5:  6:47

6:  6:17  I am a yo-yo.  Fast or slower, which is it going to be?  Save energy for the end three puney hills.

7:   6:52

8:  7:04

9:  6:46

10:  7:11  Don't care cause this course is so friendly, no major obstacles ahead so I think after the next mile I will try to run in at 7s.

11:  7:17 

12:  7:00  :  D DDDDD   Passed two women.

12.1:  33 seconds, obviously off since that is a 5:36 pace, right?

13.1  6:57  !!!  I passed a woman that passed me at mile 2.  She looked over 40 and I could see her the whole race, she blazed it on the downhill but I finally caught her 1/4 mile gain on me and decided to try and actually fight to the finish.  I usually lose all my guts at this point but I dug deep.  This mile probably could be averaged with the .1 that was off so probably faster here slower there.  Realized at the finish that I was first master and the girl I passed was 41.  She came in 5 seconds after me.   I also passed a couple of guys here.  Glad I had guts today.  No chip timing so all is fair here.  Loved this course minus the embers in the air.  Hope to run this again in the comfort of an airconditioned hotel room.  Really feel this course to be quite enjoyable. I can't believe I broke my PR by over 4 minutes!!! 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Smooth on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 19:11:03 from 71.32.239.100

WOOHOO! JULIE! I KNEW you'd win! WOW! What an AWESOME performance! Your pace scares me. Can't imagine what you'd run if you had a restful night and no fear of icky smokey air. OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE! WAY to fight for the master title and chick some guys. You ARE SO SO SO SO SO SO AWESOME!!! CONGRATS on the HUGE PR! They will award you the $$$, won't they? I'm doing the happy dance in your honor!

Kudos to Melanie too. Wow, what a running mama!!!

From seeaprilrun on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 20:44:51 from 205.172.12.229

WOW Julie sub 1:30 and look at those splits oh my goodness that was AMAZING! Awesome first master! I am in awe--and inspired! 5:48 mile dang! And you still had gas left...when are you going to run your 1:20 half-marathon??? Wow wow wow you are a force to be reckoned with!

From josse on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 20:48:22 from 70.193.30.21

Great job on the PR! this course is a killer and it looks like the field this year was fast. I think you came out on top today.

From allie on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 21:15:46 from 208.110.151.113

congratulations on the PR, julie! i am very, very happy for you. first masters as well, you are awesome. i love that 5:48 mile in there, you were cruising! way to go. excellent performance today.

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 21:40:13 from 192.168.1.1

Congratulations on a PR. Shows you have the speed for a low-3:00 in St. George, just a matter of building the endurance. Tell Melanie to update her blog.

From MichelleL on Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 12:01:40 from 67.41.190.219

Great job Julie! Congrats on the pr and for the gutzy finish. To be the first masters and top 10 in a race with that many people and a deeper than usual front is an accomplishment.

From marion on Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 18:14:09 from 71.213.106.139

JULIE!!! holy smokes! (literally, it sounds like ;) CONGRATULATIONS!!! Way to go! That was a smokin' (yes, more smoke references) fast race. TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL! :)

From Ruthio on Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 18:28:08 from 75.169.245.137

Amazing race! It was great to meet you yesterday and I can only hope to be as fast as you at 40! Way to cruise in an freakishly fast time and great place as well.

From jtshad on Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:43:39 from 204.134.132.225

Congrats on the great race and PR!

From JulieC on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 14:27:03 from 71.35.212.143

Hi everyone. I am still in shock. I really am not sure what I have in me to run at these next races? What are your opinions, hobble creek faster or slower than Bryce? My longest speedwork plus the 10k 4th of July was 3 miles. So I need to get going to do any better there I think. I just don't like to do speed, I use races for that. Also my calves hurt the worst(no upper body pain at all), was it because I was "breaking" too much or not fueled well? I hiked a few 3.5 mile hikes at Bryce after the race and worked last night and still they are sore. Haven't had time to run and now after I just woke up I am forced to run in the heat, gross. PS April: 1:20 will happen in the next life when I am eternally running PRs, first I will try 1:25 (next year) if I can stop freaking when I see a 5:48 mile. Thanks everyone for cheering me on : DDDDDD

From Smooth on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 17:23:06 from 71.36.83.220

Don't know what to tell you about Hobble Creek vs Bryce. I won't be surprised if you run a faster time.

I think speed work is over-rated. You do alot of tempo paced runs. Your mileage and pace are awesome. Your race times reflect that; so you're training great. You're your own best coach.

Are your calves in knots? After Boston, my calves were pretty beat up. Lots of gentle stretching and deep tissue massage might help. You're doing great with the active recovery. Being on your feet (working) is tough though. Stay cool running in the heat. You do so well running in that furnace! Amazing!

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 17:51:46 from 64.81.245.109

Hobble Creek appears to be a minute faster. Possibly a minute and a half in the 1:30:00 range.

Julie - you should not be doing speed work if you are not sleeping. Plus, your performances still indicate your aerobic base is not at the point where you are able to fully use your current speed. So I would recommend just plodding along through the miles at whatever pace feels natural and racing once in a while until you run an equivalent of 3:05 at St. George in good conditions. Then to go further you may need speed/tempos, but you will need to start sleeping first.

From JulieC on Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 20:08:09 from 67.42.127.35

Couple of questions for you Sasha- first iPod running- improve or hamper time? I started running with one when everyone, well almost everyone, was running with one in races and I had noone to talk to. Then I decided it was a good distraction. But there are times I think it may slow me down because I speed up or slow down due to the beat of the music. And then I am not really focused on my leg turn over and picking it up it critical areas. Sooo....what do you think? I know you don't run with music. And that Hawk won't allow iPods for the top runners. Second- perfomance drinks ie the ones with a lot of vitamins and CAFFEINE, high doses. I for one do not take them but have several friends that do take them before longer runs or races. I can't take them because when I did once and by accident in a GU, my heartrate soared and my breathing difficult. But for others it appears to truly benefit them, so in that case I am not as quick to take off in runs. Who knows? I figure if iPod running enhances speed and caffeine is still fair game then what difference does it make for either to be taken out of the equation? Basically, I will still run without caffeine but still wonder about the iPod?

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 20:21:54 from 192.168.1.1

iPod - no personal experience. However, I believe it is important to listen to your body when you run. Music could be a distraction. Music that is too lively is not good at the start of a long race. If you listen to music you need to know what you are doing. The music should be the kind that will help you read your body and respond properly rather than distract you from the body signals.

Caffeine - a short cut with long term damage. You are lucky, you get short term damage as well and are not tempted.

From JulieC on Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 20:47:02 from 67.42.127.35

Elaborate on long term damage? especially as it relates to running. I think I will try the Speedy Spaniard 10k on Friday minus the iPod. See if I can be in tune another way : D

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 09:49:28 from 192.168.1.1

Caffeine causes your nervous system to work harder than what is healthy for it. Overtime the nervous system gets worn out. First it cannot perform at the normal level without caffeine. Eventually it cannot perform at the normal level with or without caffeine.

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