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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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8 easy 9:17 avg here and there and every where to cook park etc  discovery etc HOT  

avg hr 153

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8 with KIM :D 

up and back down timp caves beautiful blue skies and white clouds and cool at start - 61 degrees per coros watch 48 percent humidity

much nicer than when timp half was held (71 degrees)

up miles 10:02, 9:01, 8:41, 8:46

down miles:  7:27, 7:26, 7:18, 7:08 

other than feeling winded that first mile bc kim made me talk :D the whole way up I felt great coming down

knee tiny trouble (no tape) at mile 6  seems to be a meniscus issue

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2.11 with Raven 9:49 avg 5 secs of watch stopping for a pee stop, happy little jogger

2.13 with Ranger 9:17 avg one poop stop forgot to stop watch but did when remembered which was 10 seconds only, he also peed twice HE WAS SO GOOD

2.12 on my own and 37 second stop to pick up poop  8:46 avg

1.64 miles to get in 8 miles  9:04 avg HOT this loop 80 degrees.

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easy 8 to art dye via 200 north and a little detour due to construction up onto murdock and down silo through nice neighborhood

8:56 avg hr 155  

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Race: Hobbler Half (13.1 Miles) 01:36:59, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 1
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bed 10 pm

up 340 am to springville at 420 am bus 430 am after getting packet

forgot an overshirt but used shirt from race and frozen the disney blanket too much time up top but managed on dirt very slow 0.3 out and back so 0.6 moments before race start

goal under 1:40 and to not do really fast miles so I don't bonk with HR issues HR Did get to 196 during last mile

ONE gel u can chocolate before race at 610 am.  a few sips of water when I woke up.  and every two miles dumped water on my head  and drank a sip andor drank some powerade.

stayed behind josiah 1:40 pacer until mile 3 ran with him for two miles then ran ahead. 1:36:59 didn't look at my watch for overall time just mile splits.  course always short but who knows???  bc Hawk says his is always on (hobble creek half and people get 12.96) any way... avg hr 166, 74 degrees at start, tail wind mile 10 heading south then head wind running back, stopped at aide station mile 12 and walked and before that I ran through the sprinklers that a front yard had on, right on their grass.  so lovely. 

splits for 12.9 miles:

7:25

7:29

7:25

7:31

7:14

7:29

7:31

7:34

7:29

7:39 hill but then tail wind when head south

7:27

8:04 walked aide station and was kind of giving up but decided to kick in last mile

7:26 avg pace for last 0.9 miles

love magelbys fresh french toast at finish :D

got to see jodie who place 2nd over all :D  so good with time of 1:29 :D

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