| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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Halloween 1/2 marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:00:32, Place in age division: 47 | |
WHAT A FUN HALLOWEEN RUN! I had a great time! Again, let me remind you I wasn't 'racing' just having a great time with friends on a lovely Halloween morning. Met Walter, Becca and Shelly on the bus up and then at Aspen Grove found Josse, Julie, Steph and Heather. Finally, after wondering if my bride would ever show...Luz and Katherine came! The race started an HOUR late. I was hungry and tired of standing by the time we finally started, that's a new one for me. Started out slow and at the back of the crowd (chip start time didn't work, so I'm using my Garmin time instead of their time) and it was really fun to see all of the costumes and how fun runners can be - we DON'T have to be seriously competitive all the time!! Stopped once down the canyon to do a little 'bridal' shoot of Luz, then at mile 5 stopped behind 4 or 5 people for a potty break. Then at Bridal Veil Falls we HAD to stop and do another bridal shoot and some action shots. Stopped again at Vivian park to check bathrooms and do another photo op of me to reply a pic text to my sister (Quiet Pirate) who ran a 10K this morning. Finally around 10 it warmed up and we were getting hot and miserable (Luz in her dress, Katherine in her 'bug' and me in my wig). Decided just to finish it out, but saw Katherine's hubby and kids and made another pit stop to say hello, then took off again. At mile 12 Katherine's long awaited wish was answered with a pop available so I finished the last one on my own. It's great to have enough energy to push fast through a crowd that has paced out to 9+mm...a few of them didn't see me coming and it's a lot easier to catch people at that pace :) When I crossed the finish line I'd always wanted to have enough energy to 'hitch kick' at the finish line, so I finally did! I don't know if they got a picture of it though...I don't the photographer saw ME coming either -hehehe Overall it was a wonderful race and I had the best time ever! Seriously, the miles just FLEW by thanks to Luz and Katherine!! Afterward looking at the race board, I knew on this course with the CRAZY downhill at the start I could've taken at least top 5 in my AG (3rd was 1:38 I think, so I may have busted that!). That kind of got to me and I started regretting my finish, but then I realized that if I had done that I would've missed the AMAZING experience, conversation and fun that was had for those 2 hours with those 2 ladies. No regrets...no regrets! AP: 9:12 splits: 8:59, 9:19, 7:43, 8:11, 12:02 (pop), 8:56, 10:09, 10:16, 8:38, 10:04, 9:04, 7:54, 7:38 (last .1) - so, it looks like our miles w/out stopping were really around 8:30-9:00, so somewhere in there must've been our REAL AP for running. However, this wasn't a race...it was a photo op :)  
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| Mizuno Inspire II Miles: 13.10 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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