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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 40 marathons: 16 St. George (1995, 2006-2019, 2024). Utah Valley (2011, 2014, 2025), Eiluj (2011), Deseret News (2015: 3:40 pacer  & 2023),  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),  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-   

Lucky 13 Half 1:40 pacer (1:37:36)

Riverton Half  3/22- 1:36:26 (8 miles at MP, rest steady state)

Boston Marathon 4/21- 3:40:31

Farmington half 1:50 pacer -1:47:30 (course short)

Ogden half 1:40 pacer-  1:39:46 (long)

Utah Valley Marathon 6/7- 3:33:57

Freedom Run 10K  7/4-  

Deseret News 1/2 Marathon  7/24-

Hobble Creek half  8/16-

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)

RUN FOREVER!!!

56 years of age goals:

marathon 3:15

1/2 marathon 1:28

10 K 43:00

5k  20:30
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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 7.25 Year: 1764.27
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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
40.800.0040.80
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Mon, Jun 23, 2025
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.300.007.30

7.3 easy at lava hot springs  watched died at 2.58 miles.  course tooled it and knew time coming back was 34 min.  9:18 on way up hill on way back.  rolling steep.  coming out of town steep :D

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Tue, Jun 24, 2025
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

10 sw miles.  at vasa

3.6 warm up. one mile dif tm very easy 10 avg pace

2.6 on my fav

brief rest

3/2/1 with equal sw.  started with easy pace  x 4

7.5 mph for the easy pace

SW paces:

3 min  were at 8.3 mph, 8.4 mph 8.5 mph 8.7 mph

2 min were at 8.6 mph, 8.7 mph, 8.8 mph, 9.0 mph

1 min at 9.0, 9.2 mph, 9.6 mph, 9.8-10.3 mph for last one

48 min = 6.48 (alway 20 secs to get to pace so there is that).

7:23 avg pace for the sw.  no stops.

felt better the longer i went.

 

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Thu, Jun 26, 2025
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.500.008.50

8.5 miles with jessica s  8:48 avg, hr higher than i thought it was 157 avg.  legs inner thighs tight but not bad from 10 squats after sw tuesday.

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Fri, Jun 27, 2025
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.000.0015.00

15 miles.  7.3 up to tibble from bottom no stops at all.  no water at top so stop was 30 secs then ran into the girls becca, jane, kim, chandi and julie e.      both up and down very easy pace.  no pushing it but my body was thankfull, some knee joint inflammation and body fatigue.  Slept only 5.5 hours.  binge watching blindspot.  at fork went back up right fork for  0.2 miles so it was exactly 7.5 up and 7.5 down.   avg pace 8:48,  1253 feet of gain.

9:53 mega wind

10:09  wind city

10:02  lots of wind, pretty good

9:52

8:59

9:03

9:23 (tibble steep climb, crazy this is faster than first three miles!! wind no longer D:)

8:42 part up part flat part down, just going easy no pushing

8:26

8:28 (includes the 0.2 up right fork)

8:17

7:50

7:44

7:39

7:29   

absolutely just creeping the pace.  iced 11 min across the red bridge bottom of canyon. so nice and cold

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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
40.800.0040.80
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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