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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
Total Distance
11.25

I was lucky enough to have an amazing running partner for my downtown journey. I met Allie at her house and she showed me the traditional wood-chip path at Liberty Park, Sugarhouse and an amazing little street off of 1300E that I now want to live on :) it is beautiful!! I just need about 3 million dollars to get there...

I loved the run, except that when I thought the uphill was over, there was more. I should've known! I had a great run and felt good, which hasn't happened in a long time. I could tell my legs weren't hitting any sort of speed, but Allie was nice and never complained about my slowness. I'm glad she is tapering! 

Got back to the hotel and showered then crawled back into bed. Black-out curtains help kids sleep like nobody's business! another 10:30 wake up day. Then, we were off for a day of fun for my oldest boy's 9th birthday! Took trax to Einstein Bagels, walked down the big hill of 400S then went to the planetarium. Played and watched a star show. Then took trax to Leatherbys downtown and met my mom and sister and her family for ice-cream. Took trax back to the hotel where the boys enjoyed some sesame chicken from a Chinese food place on the trax route. We finished the day off with a swim in the hotel pool during a hurricane. It was SO windy!! But, the boys had a good time so that is all that matters. Dinner at Settebello finished off a fantastic birthday and, of course, a little gelato to wash it down. SO much junk! Staying downtown near some of our favorite restaurants will get me into Athena for the Utah Half before I know it!

Fargo Nikes Miles: 11.25
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Toby on Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 13:11:49 from 198.228.216.173

I'm jealous you got a Liberty Park AND Allie run. Double bonus! Plus it sounds like you had a super day! Hooray for you!! We need to run someday soon.

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