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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: 0.00 Month: 114.50 Year: 1376.73
Brooks Pureflow Lifetime Miles: 309.19
Altras Zero Drop (lt. Blue) Lifetime Miles: 366.29
Mizuno Precision 11 (orange) Lifetime Miles: 610.05
Saucony Mirage 2 Grey Lifetime Miles: 223.70
Nike Pegasus Charc/lime Lifetime Miles: 487.77
Nike Pegasus Grey/blue Lifetime Miles: 428.92
Mizuno Precision Pink Lifetime Miles: 479.56
Nike Lunar Flyknits RED Lifetime Miles: 893.47
Nike Lunar Flyknits MULTI GREY Lifetime Miles: 373.20
Mizuno Sayanaras Lifetime Miles: 292.58
Asics Gel Lyte 33-2 (blue) Lifetime Miles: 163.09
Altra Intuition 1.5 Grey Lifetime Miles: 55.31
Altras Pink Intuition 1.5 Lifetime Miles: 80.00
Kinvara 5s Peach Lifetime Miles: 576.20
Kinvara 5s YELLOW Lifetime Miles: 346.56
Kinvara Blue/lime Lifetime Miles: 578.77
Kinvara 5s Green Lifetime Miles: 47.31
Kinvara 6 Turquoise Lifetime Miles: 531.20
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6 easy with kim 

she texted at 8 am saying jane bailed on her so we met up at timp caves well she got there and started running  i passed her 3/4 miles up and waited for her at the mile mark and we started

9:01, 8:24, 8:38, 7:50, 7:58, 7:27    so 8:13 avg  avg hr 158

67 degrees 57 percent humidityv 815 am start   stopped at potty x 2 and fork and turn around

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rest day

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4 slow miles

1 on own 1035  just bored 

then three with brooke c naturally pick it up but felt easier lol

1035/941/943/936    avg 953  hr 136  50 degrees 52 percent humidity

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dead to planet earth 

arrived home 920 pm landed  waited for shuttle until like 1020.  Drove brooke and david home (used troy's truck)  home at 1210 am  bed just before 1 am  awake at 650 am  out of bed 710 am   unpacked both of our suit cased  got ready to run 22 miles without fuel except two salt tabs sips of a fruit punch gatorade and some waater and tree water melon sour electrolytes and then during run only water.

ran up provo canyon 10 miles (was only gonna go up 8 but i got this far up why not??)  got to the last gate up south fork about 10.1 then down.  went slow whole time just mentally not into it and felt spent from all last week including sunday in park, flying home late ...

938 avg  hr avg 147    unusually high for slowness but also colder and good head wind on return   def not hot at all felt snail like entire jog.   56 degrees 45 humidity.  

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rest day but took evie into disneyland to go on its a small world,  mickey's runaway train, tea cups and alice...then out to nurse at grand californian then back out to disneyland to pirates and pooh bear.  was gonna take her in haunted mansion but line to long.  SHE LOVED POOH BEAR.  Fell dead asleep after alice!!  30 min nap though.   So happy every time we rode into disneyland with her in stroller, talking to her self etc...

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