| 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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Slept in and decided to drag the kids with me to the gym. Then, I got phone calls that I had to take care of, so I didn't get to the gym until 11:00. But, I turned on a few General Conference talks (LOVE the new iphone!) and got down to business. 3 on the track, thinking I would only do a total of 6, then 4 on the TM, got a little distracted :)
No idea on the track time
33:50 TT on the TM, AP: 8:27 - progressive the last mile.
Last mile on the track. Should've timed it, but I didn't.
Finished up with 4 sets of pt/weights set. Monster walk, big toe/little toe calf raises, lunges, weighted one leg raise bridges, sprint a lap, back raises.
Stretched, gathered the kids and went home. Good morning! |
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| | Only one or two other times in my life has this happened, but my alarm didn't go off this morning...or I subconsciously turned it off. Either way, I didn't get in my Tuesday 10 with the Newtons, because when the alarm DID go off, it wasn't mine. It was my husbands and it was 7:05. Shoot. So when he left I got ready and headed off to the gym. 3 miles on the track. No idea on the time, but no one was there (I thought for sure I'd get to run with Kelli, but she is sick and Kim was just finishing up on the TM) so I plugged in to another conference talk and ran on until it was time for spin. 55 min on the spin bike, 16 miles. Lots of climbing and standing. 3 miles on the track. Amy was nice enough to keep me company! She and Wendy were there before too, but I was in the middle of a talk and decided to just keep listening. So, I did get company for the last 3 miles. We we're keeping a good 8mm pace, because we finished in less than 25 minutes.Good thing too, because I had to rush home and get baby to music class. Sigh. Back to 'real' life.
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| | After Saturday I knew my hill legs were fading, so I decided I needed a hill workout...cue Mexican Mtn Goat. Slept in today, trying to avoid it. The first 40 minutes I was at the gym I'd run ONE mile, trying to avoid it. I finally got down to business. 2 warm-up miles on the track 10 min @ 8:29 pace on the TM 1% - warm up, then took pace to 9:13 (6.5) for the rest of the workout.
2 min @ 2%; 2 min at 0% 2 min @3%; 2 min at 0% 2 min @ 4%; 2 min at 0% you get the idea? up to 6%...then 1 min @7%; 1 min 0% 1 min @8%; 1 min 0% 1 min @ 9% 2 min recovery break...then I worked my way back down. Again, keeping speed constant. I also start the incline moving 10 seconds before the minute starts so it is there (or almost) by the time the minute starts. Whew! I'm glad it was over. The last couple @ 4% and below on the way down I did with 1 min recovery and then the 2% I did at 8:29 pace. Then, the TM shut down and so I had .4 to finish to round miles to 7.0. So I went progressive speed to finish up .4 miles in 2:50; topping the speed at 9.0mph. TT: 62:50; AP: 8:58 Vert: 900ft I'm glad it is over, and it wasn't as bad as I remembered. I guess I'll have to increase the speed next time :)
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| | Up early....I know, I can't believe it either :) Did the Urban Trail Loop with the Newtons: Ronnie, Chad and George. It was a particularly nice morning! Almost 40. If it wasn't for the wind, it would've been perfect winter running. Trudged through the snow, but it was pretty well tracked out so it wasn't bad either. Almost makes me want to do it again soon. I didn't start my Garmin after the first stop for Ronnie to fix his yak trax, so I lost a couple miles along the way, but AP: 9:36 (for the six/eight that got recorded). I'm happy with that. Maneuvering through the snow isn't easy on my ankles and calves, so it takes a lot more effort and slow going for me. It was just plain nice to be out! I was glad I made the effort to get up! Slept for a couple hours then hit the gym. Spin class - good hard climbing and speed work...while climbing! TRX class - resistance class that uses your body weight. I see it as the public gym's answer to cross-fit training. Stations that you work your way through. It is a really good whole body workout. Always good to have something new! PM: Met Kristy at the gym and ran the track for 3 miles with her. Two together (one with the stroller, until hubby came to relieve me), then walked a few and then finished up. Kristy is a biker and getting into tris. She has had knee surgeries that prevent her from running long distances or high speeds, but she is working hard! Plus, it is good company :) Full day at the gym and afterward went to dinner with the family. I liked the evening family workout. Boys rock climbed and played, dad walked, Lauren swam and I ran. Can't get much better than that!
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| | Does gutting my boys' bedroom and organizing 2 more count? What about throwing in a shopping trip to Ikea with 4 kids? Putting together a dresser...by myself? Staying up until 2AM cleaning and scrubbing the last bathroom? I guess I'll count it :) |
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| | Kelli was nice enough to join me at the Oval this morning. When I saw what the weather was to be on Wednesday night I proposed this venue for Saturday. After some convincing (looking at the temp herself) Kelli agreed. I tried to go early enough that I could still get back for some of Lauren's swim meet and sleep a LITTLE bit. Well, I found out I can't have my cake and eat it too. Despite running an 8:40 AP for the 15 miles (which isn't too shabby for me) I still missed watching her swim. Stink. Oh well, I guess next time I'll have to sacrifice sleep. It was a crowded day at the oval, but the company was excellent. Kelli, Kim, Christine, Scott, Jake, Andrea, Rob and lots of others were hanging out there. I'm telling ya, it is the party house! The speedy guys (and a bunch of XC teams) were trying to do speed work, but on one corner it was narrowed down to 1.5 lanes due to the skating competition that was going on. Made for a rough go of it. Plus, with so many you never knew if they were passing on the inside or outside. I felt like I was just in the way most of the time. I always appreciated when they'd take the breath to yell "Inside!" Then, I'd move. It is hard to keep track of people that lap you 3X/lap! :) My last couple laps I picked up the pace to push to the finish. The last lap was a 6:30 pace. It was fun to lap THEM and take the inside for once. Of course they were on their recovery laps (still running faster than my AP), but I still got to make them move :) Had a great morning and a busy(ier) afternoon/evening. Now...I'm just looking forward to bed and sleeping in tomorrow!!!
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