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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
5.00

After a fun, but LATE Christmas party for hubby's work I just knew getting up was out of the question. Went to the gym for the same 'ol workout. However, I'm finally almost to the end of my book which will equal more TM time here soon :)

40 min @ L14 on the elliptical = 3.8 miles

5 miles on the TM @ 8:55 AP on regular incline. I was chatting with a friend while running and I didn't even realize how far I'd gone until I looked and it was 4.73 miles! Love a good chat that makes you forget how hard you're working. So, I sped up from 8:57 mm to 8:34 for the last 1/4 mile, but that was it.


Mizuno Inspire - Oscar Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Toby on Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 14:20:16 from 66.133.97.196

Hooray for being able to run and talk at the same time - I'm not that coordinated!

From DonGardinero on Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 14:31:38 from 67.2.121.205

Awesome!!! What book are you reading?

From Smooth on Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 15:48:58 from 67.2.117.249

I'm just finally getting caught up on your week! NICE 5/day plus all the other workout and multi-tasking stuff on NO SLEEP! You're super girl!

Umm, your pace are scaring me. I dunno if I can keep up with you tomorrow! Please have mercy on me, please do all the talking while I huff and wheeze... I am a good listener! :)

From RAD on Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 18:58:36 from 67.172.229.125

Toby, I actually had to run a bit extra (I went to .05) just to make up for the fact that during one of my stories I had to jump off and talk with my hands :) So, I guess I'm not so good at it either.

Dale, I'm just finishing up the "Girl with the dragon tattoo" series. It's a criminal mystery kind of thing, but I can't really recommend them. They are definitely R rated books, good, but don't get involved with them if you can't swallow the R rating. In retrospect I don't think I should've even started them (I was warned) but once you stop you can't stop!

Smooth, sleep schmeep...I'm finally starting to get used to the no-sleep thing again. I'd be happy to spend the hours chatting your ear off! :)

From DonGardinero on Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 19:13:56 from 70.6.169.239

Rachel, I'm all about the R rating! Doesn't bother me one bit. Those books sound intriguing.

From RAD on Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 19:30:32 from 67.172.229.125

If you don't mind the R rating seriously READ them! They are good, a little hard at first to get into, because they are Swedish (translated obviously). But, all the names and places and 'culture' are Swedish and so it takes some time to really get going, but once you go - watch out! It starts as one big hairy rat's nest of a mess and then it all starts to unravel and make connections. It's hard because I just want to get to the end and figure it all out! They are good, but I haven't gotten to the end yet....

From The Quiet Pirate on Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 21:53:38 from 71.77.158.102

RAD- good workout esp without the sleep. What book is going to be next on the list?

Hope you get some sleep tonight!

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