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UT,

Member Since:

Dec 31, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I ran my first marathon as a teenager in 1981 with my Dad (The Coronado Marathon). Since then I've run St, George (3x) Utah Valley (3x) Ogden (1 full, 2 halves) Park City (1 x) Boston Marathon (1x) Washington DC (1x) Moab Half Marathon (6x) ,Ye Old Freedom Festival 5 & 10K (a million x) and many others.

But I'm all done with that now. I'm officially a jogger.

Short-Term Running Goals:

My running goal is to keep on keepin' on.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Jog into the sunset.

Personal:

I like being outside.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony ProGrid V Lifetime Miles:						479.51
Saucony Ride Lifetime Miles:						841.34
Saucony Tangent Lifetime Miles:						150.93
Saucony Ride Lifetime Miles:						307.50

Sat, Jan 30, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
10.00	3.00	13.00

8:39/8:49/8:46/9:16/9:07/9:12/10:12/9:24/9:33/10:01/9:29/10:44/10:16

See how brave I was for the first 6 miles while I ran with Catherine? (She keeps me young & fast-er). We averaged well in that first half, and then she left me. The remaining 7 splits are all mine. I am really ashamed of all those 10's. But I did run 13 miles (finally), and am at least getting on top of the mileage. We ran into Sarah early into the run, and Sasha & Jeff later on. Saw my hawks down by the lake. It was a sunny beautiful morning, and so there were lots of people out. We ran by a couple of ladies with fuel belts on, and slowed down to ask what they were training for and they said "Surf City Marathon (Newport Beach, CA) -- next Saturday!" We congratulated and wished them luck. Then they asked us what we were training for, and Catherine pointed to me and said "Boston" and I pointed to Catherine and said "Utah Grand Slam". They laides threw up their arms and clapped and cheered as we passed. It made us feel like 'real runners' for a second.' Saying it out loud makes it more real. Those 10's were a little indicitive of my state of mind right now, but at lest the whole run averaged 9:29. If I can stay healthy/uninjured, I'll get there. It takes time, and fast running.

Comments

From RAD on Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 18:35:08 from 67.172.229.125

What a fun and beautiful morning! Don't worry about those 10's - your legs know how to do faster and will when you need them to. Keep up all the hard work and tell Catherine hello for me! I still cherish our Halloween run/photo op! :)

From TBarlow on Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 22:26:37 from 216.194.124.36

Fantastic run! Great mileage!

From Smooth on Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 00:34:48 from 174.23.232.65

Luz ~ What do I need to do to get it in your head that YOU ARE A BOSTON QUALIFIER!!! Don't let those 10's bother you too much! I run in the 10's 90% of the time. Your long run pace can be 60-90 seconds slower than marathon pace.

It is NICE and helpful to have someone keep you on pace though. I'll bet if Catherine had stayed with you, you would have finished your 13 miler closer to your marathon pace. Have a GREAT week!

From LuzyLew on Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 16:05:36 from 208.187.197.42

I'm sorry you guys have to babysit me and my negativity as of late. I'm going to try and be more postive from here out. Thank you so much for the encouragement and support. YOu've helped me feel not so alone in this process I've undertaken to get to Boston. I seriously would have called the whole thing off, but I feel like this is it for me-- my chance in a life time to do something great. I know I don't need to run it like a champion--but it would be nice to run it with some grace. That takes a lot of effort on my part. So the effort, coupled with the time of year, my anxiety over the venue, the dissapointment of Catherine not going has me feeling overwhelmed. But I will go, I will stop complaining, and I thank you guys for the encouragement. I'll try to be tough now.

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