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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, Nov 09, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.133.1011.23

So I am getting back into the A.M. groove.  I used to love morning runs and I am starting to like them again.  It has just been hard with the shift work.  But I am suddenly feeling better---the clocks back mode has actually benefited me.  Now it is lighter and I can get out.  I always dread Spring when they change my mornings to dark!!!!  I have also been sleeping better.  Not awesome or anything just actually getting some hours in, instead of minutes.  So I jolted out on my run cause I was wearing shorts and it was colder than I thought.  I resisted the temptation to walk back inside to get on my tights.  Red legs were in this morning.  All of this run was impromptu.  Thought about what I would do while getting dressed at 630 am.  Got out at 6:38am.  Ran my 5K route warm up plus the .34 to get to the start at a decent pace (23:40 for the warmup 5K= 7:38).  Oh great now that was too good for a warm up I thought now I have to make myself nauseated or something to really feel it.  That earlier pace was surprisingly easy.  Weird.  OK the 5K tempo was next.  Surprised to be at the first mile at 6:43.  Yay.  Next mile a lot of uphill and last mile a good downhill section but ends on a uphill.  Yuck.  But my time was respectable for me at least (20:58.66!!!! avg pace there 6:46).  I was pretty happy with that.  Didn't feel nauseated until the last .05 when I tried to sprint at the end to beat 21 minutes.  Thought I wasn't going to do it.  Glad I did.  Ran a 4.59 mile cool down at 8:12 pace.  Total mileage 11.23 miles at 7:38 pace.  Work tonight.  So going easy tomorrow, if at all.  Loved this early run on uncrowded terrain.  Brief sunlight at the end so my legs were still reddish at the finish.  Mind over body.  Ate nothing before run.  Couple of sips of gatorade taken before starting out and after the first 5K.  

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Smooth on Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 13:44:22 from 174.23.240.142

WOWEE!!! That's an INCREDIBLE run!!! 11+ miles and very FAST just off a GREAT 20 miler!!!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!! So happy the morning runs are back in your life again...red legs and all!

From RAD on Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 13:55:38 from 76.27.12.70

Nice work! I'm so impressed with a sub 8 warm-up! You did a great job on the tempo and hitting so many miles so fast, plus off a 20 Saturday? Wow...very impressed!

From seeaprilrun on Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 14:34:29 from 205.172.12.229

Nice! You are barging through some seriously heavy and fast mileage! Your fitness level is incredible right now!

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