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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: 15.00 Month: 137.50 Year: 1399.73
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
50.500.0050.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Mon, Aug 31, 2026
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

8 easy miles

so slow

cul de sac and side walk jog

136 avg hr

1004 avg pace  32 seconds pace

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Tue, Sep 01, 2026
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

4 before work 5 am :D

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Wed, Sep 02, 2026
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

VERY RIDICULOUSLY FATIGUED SLEPT 9.5 HOURS AND STILL fatigued

dragged my sorry legs and heart to lone peak pakr and did a 2 mile varying but mostly same loop x 4 around the pond

1006 avg   hr avg 134

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Thu, Sep 03, 2026
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.500.008.50

8  w/sw x 24 min

3 mile warm up at vasa in 26:34  850 avg  started slower ended faster some sort of math used

  1. 3  2  1  1  2  3  3  2  1  1  2  3 ons at 730/713/658/649/709/724/709/658/631/627/649/658-703 if i remember correctly    anyway 730 too easy.  felt good 7 and under as speed  (just checked my coros watch prediction for speed and it does say 618 - 656 for speed.   tempo 713 and slower is my guess     watch says 657-738 for threshold

2  1  1  1   1  2  2  1  1  1  1  2  at 905 pace each

cool down to 5.5 miles to get the 8 miles ( actually 8.5 miles forgot I did 3 mile warmup ) 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Fri, Sep 04, 2026
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.000.002.00

2 easy before work at 515 am   

933 avg pace

hr 132

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Sat, Sep 05, 2026
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
20.000.0020.00

met melanie at provo cayon 532 am start  i added to potty that was closed 0.12 miles waiting on melanie to get back from her walk warm up

7 up (1 up south fork)  7 down

then out and back toward provo for me 6 miles

avg hr 155  avg pace easy 855

one gel c30 at mile 11   also about 6 electrolyte sour gummys that stuck to my teeth and honestly just bugged my palate   was craving milk or protein not sugar

stopped at campground water, south work on way up and down, campground again and eternal fountain briefly at each prob 6 min total of stops

melanie ran 14 miles

i did not stop from 13-20

iced in river two min after finish for 12 min

home to vacuum then be uber nannay to take brooke and david and evie to airport for disneyland with david's family    

troy and i going on tues for a few days staying right across the street

1009/923/915/908/905/857/943 the steep and swerves/847 0.15 of this up/837/843/844/829/829/829/839/846/835/ turn around at 17.12/ 856/857/ 834  

hr shot up here from dehydration   no water since mile 13 and so sick of the sour patch like taste in mouth

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
50.500.0050.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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