| 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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| | Oh I feel good. Yesterday I puked my guts out, but woke up this morning feeling good and wanting to get to the gym - so I did! (that darn cleanse idea just got naturally started a day early). Did a full hour on the spin bike (one foot clipped, the other booted :)). Nice sweat drippage the entire time! This is what I've been needing!! Then I did an hour of miscellaneous resistance stuff - legs, core, pt stabilization for hips and core, just a little of everything - except arms :) I did leg presses on the advice of my PT. He said doing the leg presses in the boot (with my heel of course) would help keep the bone strength up for when I do start running again. I want to be ready to go when the foot is! I feel great this morning, getting a good workout totally makes my day! I really need to remember this and not sleep in just because I can't run!
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Another fun morning at the gym :) Boys had swim lessons, so I dropped the baby off in day care, then while one was swimming I took the other to the basketball court and while he played I planked, push-uped and wall-sat. Did the 60/60/60 planks then 20 push-ups (on my knees, I can't GET on my toes because of my foot) then to the wall for a 2 min wall sit. After 2 sets it was time to go do the switch in the pool. The first swimmer wanted to go in and shower so I waited, then got tired of just sitting around and wasting daycare time! So, I did another 3 sets of above. So, a total of 5 sets. 100 push-ups, 10 min wall sit and 5 min front, and 5 min each side on planks. I never realized how much I sweat doing those!! Felt kind of foolish doing them all on the deck of the pool, but hey - it was better than sitting there painting my toenails like the other lady!! Sent the boys off to the basketball court and I went upstairs to the spin bike. I pushed really hard for 45 minutes, because the day care caught me just as I was about to start and baby needed a diaper change - whatever. So, I only had 45 min not 60 - go time! Great balls of sweat! Even started beading on my arms - LOVE it! I know spinning will get old here soon, but right now I'm doing okay with getting my sweat on as I pedal away. Good 90 min workout in my 2 hours at the gym :) HAHAHA! Just saw this on youtube - SO funny. Just thought I'd share- Marathon Thoughts
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| | Good workout day at the gym. Bike butt is getting to me, but a few mid-ride adjustments helped enough to get me through! 60 min of cardio on the spin bike, good consistent effort the entire time, tried to not let cadence get below 80 unless I did a few minutes of hill climb to get my butt off the seat :) Since Kelli had brought her plethora of workouts, I stole one from her (I think it was the same one she and Wendy did today). It was super sets: chest/back, biceps/triceps, upper legs/calves, abs/obliques. I only got through 2 of the whole rotation, but it was a good workout. Then I did my leg presses as prescribed by the doc to keep my leg bones healthy and strong.
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| | Another fun day on the bike....okay, it's getting old. Especially because I have to sit and stare out the window at the beautiful weather. At least today I had some company for my misery! A lady on crutches and a regular cast was at the gym. She came over to the hand crank bike, which is next to the spin bike, and we got to chatting about our injuries. Both of us are runners and she was hit with a table while setting up for a Christmas party at the church and broke her fibula clean through. CRAZY! So, we sat and had a nice pity party as we worked out. It was great to chat with someone instead of being alone. She lives out by me, but can't drive and I offered her a ride to the gym if she ever needed one - I'm sensing I've found a good new friend :) 60 minutes on the bike and since I was able to chat I could tell my breathing was pretty similar to an easy run. Makes me feel good that the cardio effort is keeping up there! Then I did a circuit of 60/60/60 planks, push-ups, 2 min wall sits, band walking. Repeated 3 times. Just enough time to get that done and a little visiting with some friends at the gym too :) Good news day?!? YES! Yesterday I noticed the SGhalf has a 5K with it. I called to make sure that the 5K would qualify as a runners series race and they said YES! Soooo....if I can get clearance from the doc to walk the 5K in the boot and my hubby can still make work arrangements, then I'm still going!! This was the highlight of my day :)
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| | Back to back spin classes. 7 & 8, had to take a short break half way through the first class to run down and get a pass for the 8 class, but other than that was on the bike the whole time. Not a bad ride. Nice sweaty mess. I really liked the 2nd teacher - so far my favorite there! But, she giggles...A LOT! Kind of crazy, but she is a good teacher so I'll keep coming :) Now off to the weekend of - same as every other day in my life this last week and next week until my husband finally comes home. A mother's work is never done. Was a little jealous I didn't get to run in the snow this morning - would've been a nice run, not slippery just slushy and lightly falling...nearly perfect.
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