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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: 20.13 Year: 674.05
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
Totals
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16.100.0016.10
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Mon, Apr 27, 2026
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

vasa (put on call so went around 920 am)

raining out 

5.81 miles,  8:53 avg 9:31 /9:13/9:00/8:41/8:27 and 8:15 for 0.81.  Potty

0.21 miles  8:57 avg (was at 8:15 pace) contemplate do 8 i was thinking of before potty break so stopped at 6.02

one mile 7:38 avg(7:30 for most of it but tm is slow to get to pace)

finished 8 with one mile at 8:01 avg (ended faster to 7:13) again tm slow started at 7.5 mph then 7.4 mph then 7.7 mph to 8.3 i think

felt great  legs feel great

but two hours later sOOOOOOOOO tired i took a nap watching The Chosen for the first time  episodes 3 and 4  I find the episodes relaxing

 

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Tue, Apr 28, 2026
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5 very easy and hard at same time because 238 pm with amber out and back creak creak goes my body   10:00 avg 140 hr

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Wed, Apr 29, 2026
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work

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Thu, Apr 30, 2026
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.100.003.10

3 before heading to logan really tired    had to go to bathroom badly  had to stop for two min then finished slowly  9:55 avg  avg hr 135

logan for 10 am grad for david  busy morning out to lunch at Angie's with poppy and poppa and kyle amber and of course david brooke and evie   i held evie during the meal :D she slept entire time

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Fri, May 01, 2026
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amber's grad at 8am

got yelled at by traffic guy jumping out of moving to a slow car to get amber her gold cords

went to brunch at first look  sooooo good

came home david and brooke left for wendover about 230  

i work all weekend

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Sat, May 02, 2026
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work

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
16.100.0016.10
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