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September 07, 2024

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Location:

Idaho Falls,ID,

Member Since:

Feb 07, 2010

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2012 City of Trees Half Marathon 1:53:59

2012 Boston Marathon  4:11:24

2011 Top of Utah Marathon 3:55:10 (PR)

2011 Firecracker 5k Run 23:31

2011 Coeur d' Alene Half - Marathon  1:51:08 (PR)

2010 Boise City of Tree's Half - Marathon 1:59:57

2010 San Diego Rock & Roll Marathon 5:37  (this is what happens when you're undertrained)

2009 Spud Day Half - Marathon 2:06

2009 Mesa Falls Half-Marathon  2:15

Local 10k's 2009 & 2010

Short-Term Running Goals:

It's been a challenging year so far since Boston 2011.  When I got home from Boston my world changed when I found out I had some pretty severe food allergies. Since being tested I have been focused on building my health back up which has been a long slow process. What a difference it's made and I feel extremely blessed. For years I knew something was wrong and it's amazing to finally know that food can actually be a persons medicine to live a healthy life. 

Long-Term Running Goals:

"You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement."
- Steve Prefontaine

I'm hoping to start building more miles when I can and be injury free.  Maybe one of these days I'll be fast. Just for now I'm just very happy to be running.

Personal:

Happily married to Marlin Ordway. We've got 4 grown children between the two of us.  It's been fun watching them go through life - making mistakes and picking themselves back up.  I love seeming them happy and succeeding.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 82.20
Total Distance
8.00

Marlin ran his marathon this morning.  It was alot of fun seeing him take off with everyone.  We'd had a great day the day before going to the Expo and then a winery to eat lunch and tour the wine celler.  What a beautiful place we were.  I was really glad my sister and brother in law were there with us.  We'd gotten a hotel room from a friend at home who's family owned a hotel in St. Helena.  It was a great location.  We got Marlin up at the start by 6am and it was raining. Everyone got pretty wet, but it was fun hanging out at the start.  Once the runners took off we drove down to mile 7.  We didn't have to wait to long and here came Marlin.  He didn't expect us.  It was great!  He loved seeing us.  Once he passed by my sister and I wanted to get a run in and we'd dressed in our running clothes so we just took off at mile 7.  We'd kinda of planned it because the day before at the expo the speaker said you could run with a loved one or friend if you wanted to on the course.  I didn't want to interfear with Marlin's race so we'd planned on running after he'd passed by.  There wasn't many places to run in St. Helena so this worked out well.  It was very nice running with all the runners.  I really enjoyed it.  We ran 8 miles and Larry was there to pick up us.   After that we were going to head down to the finish line.  We stopped for coffee at a small shop first.  Once we got to the finish it wasn't to long until Marlin came in.  He was there sooner than we'd expected.  It was AWESOME!!!   He'd had a great race!  Made me want to do it next year! 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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