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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: 20.00 Month: 142.50 Year: 1404.73
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
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5 before work Labor Day.    Worked Sunday too.  933 avg avg hr 141.  Very tired. 

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2 mile warmup 838 avg.  very exhausted from past four days.  Work Friday Sunday Monday and 20 miler Saturday 530 am.  No stop all day. And run before work yesterday. Bed early each day but broken sleep.  Packed for Disney at 11 pm after two hour nap at 830 pm last night.  
up 550 am. Gym by 615 am.  Two potty stops start warmup 

3/2/1.  1/2/3.  3/2/1.  1/2/3.  3/2/1.  1/2. 
jog 1/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1
 

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disneylang fligh yesterday got into park during a  heat wave !  thank goodness Troy and I were right across the street! 

desert inn and suites room 509  lots of steps took them all the time except coming and going with suitcases

came back to room after seeing Evie and Brooke and David for 5 min

we had to put our luggage in the back (this is all tuesday)

NOW today i ran at 642 am for 6.3 miles an L shape out and back around disney nearly full square   903 avg  hr avg 149   81 degrees 66 percent humidity

DCA  then disneyland;  brooke's rest day  saw her for 10 min at 9 pm after downtown disney

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7 the day after major heat wave!  108 degrees in park yesterday  feels like 112 it said

out and back down disneyland drive to haster then to harbor to the target to use bathroom, cont down harbor then left on lampson for a bit until 3.5 miles same return route

hr 143   pace 905  temp 80  63 humid  646 am

disney california until 1 then disneyland the DCA from 512 to 615 pm to see brooke and her in laws dressed up for halloween- toy story  brooke was jessie david buzz evangeline  green alien

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636 am  avg hr 147  avg pace 842     85 percent humidity  ouch! with the wet heat!

out and back first toward brookes hotel so could us mcds bathroom early in run so mile back to my hotel then disneyland drive to clementine to all the war around again

disneyland the disney california then disneyland until 11 pm

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avg pace 853  avg hr 145   73 degrees 85 percent humidity  could tell the humidity for sure

did out and back to brookes hotel then loops around anaheim boulevard (haster), harbor, and clementine to avoid too many peeps as i left later.  657 am.  

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