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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 38 marathons: 16 St. George (1995, 2006-2019, 2024). Utah Valley (2011, 2014), Eiluj (2011), Deseret News (2015: 3:40 pacer  & 2023),  Ogden (2009, 2010), Boston (1996,2012,2014,2018, 2024)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:

Last Marathon:

2024 Summer Pace Half Marathons

Handcart July 20, 2024 (1:55 pacer, 1:53:10, 13.11miles)

Hobble Creek  August 3, 2024 (2:00 pacer- 1:58:21, 13.06 miles)  coming back from torn hamstring

PC2PG August 17, 2024 (1:50 pacer  - 1:47:10, 12.95 miles)

East Canyon  August 31, 2024 (1:40 pacer- 1:38:49, 13.15 miles)

Nebo Marathon September 7,2024 (3:40 pacer- 3:37:09, 26.33 miles)

Big Cottonwood Canyon Marathon  September 14, 2024 (3:10  pacer for 17.12 miles)

Gardner Village Witch Run (1:40 pacer-)1:37:57 watch didn't pick up tunnels

Saint George  Marathon #16 after fiver years off-  October 5, 2024

Fall 2024

Halloween Half 10/26 (1:55 pacer)

Thankful Half

2025-   

Boston Marathon 4/21

Utah Valley Marathon 6/7,

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)

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Miles:This week: 8.00 Month: 14.20 Year: 1399.03
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
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8.000.008.00

from campsite 13 granite flats to just past the fork in af canyon and back up.  killer 7th mile.  Was very humid.  Began to rain after I was done. But warm.  8:51, 7:35, 7:17, 7:02, 8:48, 8:27,10:03 (for a while of this mile it showed my pace as 12:13!!), head wind too!! 9:15 first part up last part down, like first mile. Only very winded from the mile before! avg pace 8:25.  packed up as it began sprinkling. Good trip. Miss it already!  

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8.12 miles. 430 am sharp with Brooke c.   8:47 avg.  drizzling   Wet and humid.  Nice run.   Potty x 2. Out and back.  To discovery and then 2000 north ? To 1300 west up to Kim's neighborhood but west throgh new neighborhood to turn church down to light and reverse  route only went straight across from Kim's neighborhood over to 600 west and down. Back to discovery.  9:12/9:01/8:33/8:39/8:47/8:45/8:41/8:31.  HR avg 147.  Easy run. Felt great.  Back 5:44 am. Put on call. So did weights in basement.  12 pounds and 15 for bench press and rows.  2 sets of 12.  Also did 10 pounds for triceps pull backs. Focus on form.  Extremely sweaty.  So humid.  Dripping sweat. Realized suppose to start a mid week 12 miler and with me working Saturday I have to fit it in early in week.  So... ran 3.88  more miles on tm.  Would have been better outside but wanted last two faster.  So last two 6:48 avg.  (0.2 at 6:40 felt too fast on my tm too bouncy it is so potty then finished at 6:49 for 1.6 miles.  Last 0.2 at 6:40.    Held on at times ti catch breath.  Legs felt good.  Just long weekend working out and camping. Avg for last 4 miles=7:33.  Started at 8:34 increased every half mile by 0.1 mph. Until 1.8 miles. Then at the 9 mph. Til 2.  Potty as above. 

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Ate too much sugar yesterday at work.  Very lemony frosted sugar cookies. Woke achy and gross.  Dragged myself to the gym.  
warm up 0.5.   Potty.  Warm up 2.5 miles 8:21 avg.   1 x 800 at 6:15 pace which was not easy    And refused to do another    Next o decided ti do 5 miles down but decided to stop at a 5 k   Mind not in it    5k was 20:38   -2 percent    6:39 avg    9.0 mph except last 0.2 miles was faster   Then figured I needed some max vo2   Ran 10 x 1 min on /offs   3.2 miles in 20 min only I ran only half of it - did standing rest in between   Well 9.5 min standing rest   10.5 running   1-1:24   3-4,5-6,7-8,9-10,11-12,13-14,15-16,17-18,19-20  Last four I increased th 9.8 mph    Last three for half of it       6:15 pace for  1.5 miles  

 

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18.000.0018.00

Out and back.  Up usual five for my 20/21 milers. But turned up by Deerfield elementary and on to trail across from there up that hill out of trail and back on following toward lone peak hs but instead got on road there and went to the church at mouth and continued a mile past there and on ti trail for 0.12. To nine and back. 
9:36/9:25/8:29/8:24/8:27/9:01/8:47/8:28/8:22/7:54/7:59/8:18/8:03/7:55/8:13/8:23/7:55/. And 7:18.   8:24 avg.   no fuel.   8:36 min of stops. Two construction.  Two pipes by park. There and back.  

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