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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 11, 2011

Total Distance

0.00

I decided to x-train today because of my dead legs and tired body. I'm trying to hit 45ish miles each week until mid March when I'll start increasing for UVM training and I am already at 30 for the week and I'll do at least 15 tomorrow, so I figured I'd let my body recover a bit before pounding it out tomorrow. Not to mention I've got a wonderful head cold I'm dealing with.

At the gym I hit the bike and got on my favorite one, but forgot Kelli said it was broken the other day when she was on it. You can't increase the resistance, so you have to do a program if you want to do anything other than 1. So, I did the 'interval' program - 60 min and 14 miles later I felt like I'd gotten a good workout. It varied from 1-18 resistance, I'd say averaging around a 10.

With some time and book left I spent the next 20 min on the elliptical, I put the ramp up higher than I regularly do and had it at 10 on L12 for 20 min and finished 1.9 miles.

Good cross training day, enough to feel like I did something for myself, but not the beat down I gave myself at the first of the week.

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

Comments

From Toby on Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 14:28:52 from 66.133.97.196

So smart to take it easy! What are you reading these days?

From catherine on Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 14:37:08 from 216.49.181.254

Good job on all the miles! And on getting a good workout in on the bike. I always think it's harder to do that on a bike.

From RAD on Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 14:40:41 from 67.172.229.125

Toby, Right now I'm almost finished with "Watermark" it was on the reader's choice list at the Library and just caught my eye. So far, it is a good one - but the end will make or break it for me.

Catherine, I agree! I don't think my HR was anywhere near where it gets while running, but I think I needed the 'break' today. Well, my body especially.

From Nancy on Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 19:07:05 from 76.27.19.206

Sounds like you got a good workout. Have a good run tomorrow.

From Smooth on Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 17:01:45 from 67.2.89.227

Sounds like you have a good plan going! NICE run and workouts as always!

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