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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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Race: Pioneer Day Classic (6.2 Miles) 00:51:23, Place overall: 31, Place in age division: 1
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.506.208.70

Who loves PIONEER DAY? I DO! I got a Gold Medal and everything.

I was actually planning a 10 mile run today, but Camden suggested the Pioneer Day 10K Classic in Provo. It's a hilly course, which I love, so I thought putting my thick pioneer calf muscles to good use today would be a great tribute to my Danish grandmother who came across the plains with one of Handcart Companies.

I ran a 2.5 mile warm up up and down University Ave. and then went to meet Camden who is staying at her mom's (.4 from the start). It was so home-town, but well organized. I was excited about "the hill" ("Goliath" as they were promoting it). They even had a bag-piper at the foot of it playing for the runners. It's not like I PR'd or anything, But I got first in my age division and 31st overall (well, there were only like 200 people in the race). But it was a good run. I kept it steady and strong. I loved the uphill parts and found a great downhill stride, but lost a little steam on the last mile (mostly because I was mis-directed by a volunteer right before mile 5 who shuted me into the 5K race, where a block later, another volunteer recognized my 10K sticker and told me to go back (I had missed the 10K turn). It's ok, a few extra tenths today. Jeff won the whole thing (but technically tied because of some glitch with the chip). He needed a ride home because his wife had to take the car to get to work. So I gave him a ride. He still had to get to work himself. I was thinking, what is that like? Get up in the morning, take first in a race, get a little money and a beautiful winners watch, and then head off to work. I guess I'll never know.... because I have the day off. My daughter loved my gold medal and has been wearing it for half an hour. I said "live it up sweety, that may be Mama's only gold medal EVER." It's no Deseret News Marathon, but Happy Pioneer Day!

Comments
From josse on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 13:14:00

I loved that entry, it made me laugh. Great job with divsion win and running a strong time on a hard course. Have fun on your vacation!

From Jody on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 13:37:32

Congratulations! You ran a great race on what sounds like a tough course! An Age Division win is fantastic! Go celebrate!

From Christi on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 14:01:52

Way to go! Congrats on the gold medal!!

From mattk on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 14:23:37

Nice run, and great job on the divisional win! Gold's $1000 per ounce; I'd take that "gold" to a pawn shop!

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 14:31:06

What distance did your GPS measure for the race including the detour?

From marion on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 15:53:56

Cool race! I want to grow up and be you! I think a nice sparklie medal would look very nice a church ;D Congratulations!!

From sarah on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 16:42:32

I'm so happy for you. What a great way to celebrate Pioneer Day! I know how thrilling it is to win an age division even if you are the one in your age group (that's pretty much what happened to me...okay maybe there were two or three of us but not the usual show..I was still excited) And 31st place overall does look cool too! Have a happy day.

From luzylew on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 19:26:26

I'm pretty sure I was the only 40 year old woman in the race. But there were only 3 other 40 year old men ahead of me! Wait, there was a 2nd and 3rd place on the podium, so I guess I wasn't the ONLY one. As far as the GPS-- it read 6.34 miles at the very end--just far enough to be annoying when I was already fading mentally. Thanks you guys!! You made my day that much more happy!

From Bonnie on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 21:30:14

Talk about hero -- great race LuzyLew! I would love to come up and run with you sometime!

I hope you are having a wonderful Pioneer Day!

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 21:37:26

So your time would have been in the low 50:00. On that course I think it is very good. One day we should take you for a 10 K time trial.

From Lybi on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 21:39:52

Yea for medals! You definitely deserve it, especially with the extra mileage and everything. Without that little detour you probably would've been under 50! Excellent!

From luzylew on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 23:31:49

Sasha, I would love to run through a 10K time trial. You and Jeff have already given me an informal 5K time trial. I'd love to try 10K. Maybe it would be a little like a 6 mile tempo run for me? I'm trying to get to 3 then 4 sub 8:00's in a row. But I would settle for 6 straight 8:00 m/m or better(no up/down hills). That would be a PR for me.

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