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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 33 marathons: 15 St. George (1995, 2006-2019). Utah Valley (2011, 2014), Eiluj (2011), Deseret News (2015, 3:40 pacer),  Ogden (2009, 2010), Boston (1996,2012,2014,2018)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)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:

2020 Marathon Madness

April  Salt Lake City Marathon April 18

May  Ogden Marathon  May 16

June Utah Valley Marathon  June 6 

July  Deseret News Marathon  July 24 

August  Top of Utah Aug 22 

September  Big Cottonwood  Sept 12 

October Saint George Marathon Oct 3  

November New York City Marathon  Nov 1

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Marathon--  PR (3:06 or better)

10k--  PR (under 40:47)

5K-- PR (under 19:46)

RUN FOREVER!!!

Personal:

Married to Troy since 1997.  We have three daughters- Courtney 21,  Brooke 19, and Amber 16 and one dog-Cocoa (15). Troy works and cook lots of yummy dinners and desserts.  Courtney is back as of Aug 2019 from 18 months in England.  Now working as a CNA and going to BYU. Brooke graduated from PGHS IN MAY 2019. Attending UVU in Fall. Called to serve in the Michigan Landing LDS church mission. Leaves Jan22, 2020. Amber plays for Olympic Montreux Premier 1 soccer team.  And is a junior this Fall 2019. I  work full time (27 years in June 2019) as a registered nurse. Currently working in the special care nursery  at American Fork Hospital.  Our family loves to camp and go to Disneyland.  
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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 39.47 Year: 532.59
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: 369.20
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: 79.00
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
Mon, May 31, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

Ran 2 miles UP to above canal trail to Bonneville Shoreline trail and ran on it north taking varied steep hills practicing walking and running-- walking very steep hills and running down hills.  Just taking it easy and see what pace I would end up with on no fuel or water (9:39 for the 10, feeling very doable so should feel awesome with an AP at 12 to make it in at just over 10 hours).  Trying not to push it at all.  Getting a feel for my big run and how to handle it.  Pretty much an aid station to aid station run (there are 10).  I will try to take brief stops at some and longer ones when I will change my shoes and/or socks.  I am pretty excited to finally get to do this run.  I am so not prepared as a REAL trail runner would be, no fancy equipment  (no trail shoes) or well planned out drop bags.  Just me, my iPod, and my water bottle waist carrier.  Hoping my body is willing as my spirit is!!  

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Comments
From seeaprilrun on Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 09:00:43 from 68.103.243.146

I want to do something like this sometime--just me, nature, no pressure for speed, and the will to be out there all day running 50 miles. Sounds like it could be an almost spiritual experience. How exciting!

From JulieC on Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 15:50:19 from 71.219.41.152

yes April that's how I am feeling about this run, a spiritual experience!! This morning after I got off work and I told people what I was doing they were like "FIFTY MILES!!!??? 50 miles!!!??? We thought of distances we drive in our car on the freeway and I began to take in the length of it and almost got wigged out thinking of it but when I imagined it on the trails it was so much more doable in my mind!! Seriously, 50 MILES?!! climbing to about 9000feet a couple times? I am still kind of in this ignorance is bliss mentality. I don't even have anything I want to have in my drop bags purchased (new socks, compression socks, and body glide). Its best not to "fully know" what is a head. Take it how it comes. Tackle it, like I tackle some of my toughest nights working with sick infants, endure to the end. I hope to have great coverage of the race for you in my report. Thanks for your support : D

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