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Location:

West Valley City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 05, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

5k-29:50

Half-Marathon:

6 completed and aPR of 2:17 in 2005

Full Marathon:

10 marathons, 5:36 my first and fastest, almost beat it this year in Portland but my training slacked the last 6 weeks and it hurt me. Someday I will beat it!

50k 6:39 Goblin Valley 2010

 Disney World Goofy Challenge Finisher!

Short-Term Running Goals:

To train consistently.

Races:

5k PR

Marathon PR (hopefully at the Arizona Marathon in Feb '11)

Possibly a 50k in April.

Bear Lake Marathon June

Fresno Eye-Q Marathon Nov '11

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Hmm, I got my first PR in 5 years but I want to get some more.  I want to be a consistent middle of the packer not just "not last place"

Personal:

Married to Chris, "krashman" Pope, Have Natalie 6, and Loren Paul 4.


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Two laps around the fitness center then it was about  mile more to get there and back from my house.  

Mile one 13:09, stretch,

mile two 12:18

mile three 13:18 (one minute was readjusting shoe laces because of numbness)

mile 3/4 11:50 pace

 Still was a good workout not my fastest possible but I just wanted some good miles in.  I even did it without my ipod, no, with my ipod but without music because it was dead less than a mile into my workout.
 

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3 hours of weeding, planting, and digging up grass where I don't want it anymore.  Ouch I'm a bit stiff and sore.  My daughter tried to keep the wormed she named jellybean as a pet, but eventually decided it was better to leave it with the flowers.

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Race: Ogden Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 00:02:50
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I was so nervous to start this race. I started running with a friend of a friend, and we stayed together for about 6 miles.

The start of the half is a bit hard because that first big hill is only about a mile in.

mile 1 13:36
mile 2 14:21(this is the big hill)
mile 3 13:10
mile 4 13:30
mile 5 12:51
mile 6 13:22(I started running by myself after this mile)
mile 7 12:37
mile 8 12:29
mile 9 12:00
mile 10 11:37(5k pace)
mile 11 11:59
mile 12 13:11(rolling hills here slowed me down a bit)
mile 13 13:34(potty stop, more than a little irritating when you are that close to finishing)
mile .1 I'm not sure, I forgot to stop my watch but my daughter was running with me and we were doing a decent pace to finish.

Overall I am extremely pleased with this race. I want somewhere between 2:50 and 3:03, getting the bottom of the goal is great. In 4 weeks I went from not running to this. I am excited. I have decided that my goal for Portland marathon will be 4:59:59.

Emphasis on that four. I have never been faster than a 5:36, and I really want to get to the four area and I think if I can keep up the training I can do it.

Oh side note, I had a blast at the race watching all those fast running blog jerseys start to pass me at mile 10. It was fun to see them going so fast. I still have no aspirations to be that fast but definitely want to start moving closer to the from and finish half marathons well before the marathoners start coming through.  Oh on a side note, Once the police came through with the first marathoner, I made sure I stayed to the right where the officer told me to go to stay out of they way, no dodging around me needed :)

 The extra distance was doing the kids race with my daughter, they loved the race and especially the clowns with the water.


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