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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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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
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Oh I am SO happy!! I finally went to the PT and now wish I would've done it MONTHS ago. A simple problem with an easy fix (and my running on it wasn't the best thing for it, but PT said he didn't see it causing any long-term problems/fractures etc). 

I went to the gym and did elliptical (my quads are SO sore from the half. Even taking it easy, that downhill pounds your quads like no body's business!!). 60 min @ L12 - 5.0 miles

Then 15 minutes of stretching to try and loosen up these quads.

Headed off to the PT and after just a couple minutes of assessment he had it nailed down. Oh, how I love my PT!! He did extensive tests to rule out other issues and now hopefully this will be just 3-4 days more of x-training, then with marked improvement I should be able to run pain free (fingers crossed) on Saturday. Two weeks should put me back at 100% - with calf strengthening ongoing I shouldn't have any other issues with it. So...the problem? Popliteus  a muscle I didn't even know existed until now :) When I ran on the TM and he could see my 'hobble' it also fit perfectly with popliteus issues (no full extension of the knee). Wow, I love smart people :)

So, a few more days of blah, blah, blah with the blogging x-training then I should be back in top form and ready to go for my next adventure with QP!

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Calvin on Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 15:55:55 from 66.133.117.3

That diagnosis sounds really promising. (Hopefully the PT knows his stuff)

From RAD on Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 16:04:35 from 67.172.229.125

Cal, the more I asked him about it and the more he told me about the muscle the more and more it all made sense (the different pains I've been having all over my leg!), so I think he's found it. Problem is we don't know what exactly caused it to flare up...so we're hoping just increasing the flexibility of the knee again and strengthening the quads will push the problem away permanently. Hips, knees and ankles all seem to be lined up and functioning well, so the outlook is hopeful right now. Real test will be in 4 days to see how it will all come together and if running re-injures it after 'healing' it.

From Maurine/Miles on Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 16:13:51 from 63.255.172.2

Glad to hear it. Any chance it was caused by the soft tissue changes that occur during pregnancy and post pregnancy? I've heard that it can be easy to mess up muscles during those periods.

From allie on Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 19:22:06 from 174.23.195.124

ah, the popliteus -- that is what took me out at ogden in 2009. yes, it is an easy fix, but if you don't know what it is you would think you were severely injured (which is what i thought). great news for you! :)

From Nancy on Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 19:26:23 from 76.27.19.206

I'm glad you have such a smart PT. I wish all injuries were such an easy fix.

From RAD on Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 23:51:33 from 67.172.229.125

Maurine, it certainly could. Because I let it go so long before coming in, it's kind of a mute point now. We'll have to see if it happens again.

Allie, I was actually wondering that the more I researched it! I never had a 'pop', but you now know the pain I've been hobbling along on for the last 3+ months :)

Nancy, I think I'm REALLY lucky this was an easy fix! He did get the tuning fork out to see about a stress fracture and I was SO glad there was NO pain!!

From DonGardinero on Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 02:36:56 from 152.216.11.5

That's great news!!!

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