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Location:

Herriman,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

St George Marathon: 3:23:54 (10/6/12)

Half IM: 5:44:03 (8/25/12 - course was long!)

25K trail - Buffalo Run (16.5) 2:34:50

Half Marathon: American Fork - 1:30:44 6/23/12

Spectrum 10K 43:42 3/17/2012

Best 5K: Spanish Fork 21:55 05/30/09

Short-Term Running Goals:

Okay, so for 2013 I am going to have FUN! Not that running isn't always fun, but I had a wonderful breakthrough year last year and I want to play this year :) AND get faster! So, my first goal I'm going to put out there is my yearly mileage goal.
It is 2,186 miles from my driveway to my sister (QP's) driveway! I want to spend this year on a virtual trek cross country running those miles. So, that is how far I will run in 2013...from my house to QPs. It will take all year and yes, this is measured on Hwys so it isn't really exactly how I COULD run it, but good enough. 43 miles/week...totally doable, and a fun goal to track how far I've traveled as I go along. Who knows...maybe I'll even run PAST her house :)

I will do more trail runs, Boston, Pacing duties, another Half IM and some other tris. I'm excited for this next year and look forward to having fun with all of you out on the roads, and trails! Maybe bag a few peaks this year too!!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Big Dreams: 5K in 20:2X; 10K in 39:XX; Half in 1:29:XX; Full in 3:15:XX; complete the Rim2Rim2Rim run and not die; Comrades; Iron(wo)Man.

Run for the rest of my life!

Personal:

4 children: twelve, eight, five and baby Fartlek - 2 1/2. Wonderful supportive husband that lets me drag him and the family all over for race after race!

Finished 13 marathons and LOVE running that distance! I'm definitely hooked to the marathon monster and hope to constantly improve my endurance, speed and stay injury free!

I've also found a love of trail running! I hope to keep improving on this front.

After being injured with a broken foot at the first of 2012 I found a tri group and started training with them and am now loving tris! The half IM was harder than I'd ever imagined...and am ready to do it again. I'll earn my bike butt and someday have enough time to train for a full IM.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
BIKE MILES Lifetime Miles:						1168.40
LUCY MILES Lifetime Miles:						25.25
Adidas Lifetime Miles:						319.66
Orange II Lifetime Miles:						390.41
Boston Mizuno Lifetime Miles:						568.97
Fargo Nikes Lifetime Miles:						500.03
BEANS Lifetime Miles:						755.00
Orange Bostons Lifetime Miles:						527.59
Solomon Trail Lifetime Miles:						363.98
PI Tri Shoes Lifetime Miles:						4.00
Boston Mizuno 10s Lifetime Miles:						140.75
New Orange Lifetime Miles:						157.05

Fri, Feb 10, 2012

Total Distance

4.50

Spin class, not my favorite, but a pretty decent outdoor ride. This teacher doesn't really push too hard, but keeps it more like a normal outdoor ride on flat/rollers. Good times and I kept nearly falling asleep - I think it is the only time I've wished they'd turn the lights ON in spin class.

4 TM miles at 4%, one at a time with .1 walk breaks between each mile. I would start the pace at 6.1 and end at 7.0, sometimes increasing throughout the mile and other times just the last 1/3 or so. Even with walk breaks I was staying about a 6mph pace. If I did my math correctly, the AP for my running portions was 9:15. Not too shabby :)

I did drop it to 2% for the last 1/2 mile again. Man, it really does feel SO much easier to run a 7:30 at 2% than an 8:34 at 4%! Crazy how big a difference incline makes.

Now off to prep the house for drywall repairs today...

Cookie, Cookie Miles: 4.50

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

Comments

From Toby on Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:11:12 from 199.101.229.254

20 FREAKIN' miles this week! Hip hip hooray! Good luck on the repairs :)

From Rachelle on Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 13:27:21 from 159.212.71.173

Nice job!!! I think this incline training is going to make you so strong. I see a BQ for you in the very near future. :)

From Tom Slick on Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 17:10:38 from 69.171.160.48

Hows that foot?Oh, by-the-way, whats your running schedule for 2012? Are you going to share it with us?

From RAD on Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 16:13:07 from 98.202.23.178

Toby, due to unforseen circumstances, that may be it for the week. *sigh*

Rachelle, I'm still keeping my fingers crossed! Even if it doesn't happen until I'm 50! :)

Slick, foot is on the mend, but I'm still stuck on the TM incline. So far, I'm planning on Ogden, Park City and SGM. Those will probably be the only fulls I do. I want to pace a few halfs and race one or two. I'd also like to PR at DesNews 10K and if it happens, I'd like to push and try to PR at SLC half, but as of right now it looks like the race is most likely a no-go. I'll have to find a new course.

From James on Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 18:47:57 from 174.23.146.70

I thought that spin class was every women's favorite?

From Nancy on Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 19:54:18 from 76.23.21.118

It sound like you are keeping yourself it good shape.

From RAD on Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 22:09:35 from 98.202.23.178

James, I've come to loathe spin classes. With a broken foot since Christmas I'm done with them! But, in this context I was referring to that particular class and more so, the teacher.

Nancy, sometimes I wonder! I can't wait to put it all to the test out on the road soon.

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