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Location:

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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.000.003.00

And when I woke up with the realization I had an extra hour, I looked outside to find the pavement black with fresh rain.  I threw on my shoes and windbreaker and headed outside. The air is fresh and clean smelling with that hint of wet soil.  The trail, the river, the sky are all yellow fallen and falling yellow leaves.  The clouds hung on to the mountain tops like cotton candy clings to your fingers.  The fallen leaves lined the trail making a thick yellow brick road.  Beneath the trees, and above my head, a never ending stream of fat, yellow confetti twirls and falls to the ground.  A thick yellow carpet beneath my feet muffles the sound of my shuffling footsteps. The dogs are jubilent and can not be contained.  The river eddies are clogged with floating yellow leaves that remind me of one of my favorite MC Escher paintings (Three Worlds).  My mind is filled with the words of  one of my favorite Shakespearan Sonnets (73)
That time of year thou mayst in me behold

When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang...

That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by.

I have been outside twice a day every day for a week trying to take my fill of this season before the yellow leafy carpet is ground by our feet into the pavement into tiny flecks gold dust soon to be covered by a block of solid  ice. I have a few mental visions in the library already tucked away for later reference. I feel like a starving woman trying to gorge myself at a feast. Deseprate to fill my senses with the warm yellow sensation of these days to last me the grey and white winter to come. 

Saucony Ride Miles: 3.00
Comments
From Lucia on Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 15:56:17

You certainly have a way with words, Luz! That description really put me in your run! I've missed your entries for a while, sounds like you've had some issues but you are getting back smartly. You have a great attitude about it all, and I know you'll bounce back strong!

From marion on Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 22:14:58

You are a poet! It has been so amazing outside this weekend. I am so glad to see the miles ;)

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