
| 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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Miles: | This week: | 20.21 |
Month: | 66.83 |
Year: | 273.17 | BIKE MILES Lifetime Miles: | 1172.40 | Purple Mizunos Lifetime Miles: | 110.08 |
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| | I couldn't sleep because of this crazy world we live in, so I took Adam to school and then took a nap before I got out to run. I did my normal Monday route, which is my Graffiti Rock loop. I start at my house, go to the middle school and then take the trail up and over to graffiti rock and then run down from the cove. So it is about 1.5 on the road, 3 on the trail then a couple miles home on the road. The trail was great when I started and it was over 50 degrees! Then I started getting mud sections, then they got worse, but by the time I should've turned around I was closer to the end so I just kept going; but it was slow going! Things did clear up a bit, but I still had muddy shoes. Not that it bothered me...I love a good mud run. I just hate abusing the trails. Then the next couple miles home on the road were nice and downhill...totally worth the effort to get there slogging through the dirt.
My uphill and start miles were slow and the slogging miles were worse, but I had some good downhill miles around 8:30mm. Still had a full ap of 11:34, but I'm trying to look at the good side and be positive.
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| | Regular Tuesday Ten, except I did the loop from my house because no one else was running. I kind of hate doing it that way, but I would be more annoyed having to drive 3 miles to run by my house...so I do the loop the hard way when I'm alone. It is nice to have the first 3 miles of nice downhill, but then I have flat and climbing for the next 4 miles! Today it was SO windy that it was uphill into the wind what seemed like the rest of the way. I do get one good downhill mile at 8, but then the last two are flat/uphill home. So I had a good pace on all the miles except the uphill into the wind ones. Still finished my ap at 10:15....but 7/10 miles were closer to 9! So, a good early morning run even if it was windy at least it was warm.
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| | I've been trying to get speedwork on the treadmill since on Wednesdays, but I had to leave home early and couldn't hit the gym. So I did my neighborhood route early so I could get home in time to get ready before I took Adam to school. It was windy again... warm and windy! The wind even kept me up through the night, it was crazy. Miles not uphill and into the wind were decent, but the other two were rather pathetic. Oh well, at least I'll run tomorrow! |
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| | Regular old Shaggy Mountain for the morning crazy run. Daisy was being very protective of her front paws and with yesterday's issues I chose not to take her...which is always sad for me when I don't get to run with Daisy. But I did have Kristyn and she was tired and sore so she was okay slogging along with me slowly. I actually did a lot better at keeping up than I thought I would and even had an 8:25, 8:09 and 7:52. So the downhill, as always was good. I even had one of the split miles at 9:29 and 10:20 on the last big hill. So it was a good morning with great company. Love my shaggy mountain route!
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| | Well, I was meeting Rachel Small (Martinez) at Wheadon Farms for a run after dropping off Adam at school. She had a meeting at 8 so I did a few miles myself before she got there. I ended up with 5 miles and figured we would do 5 or 6 so I was good to get a longer day in. I got back to the parking lot and just decided to walk the big loop unil she came....well, a few minutes turned into 90 minutes! Daisy and I just walked, I knew her meeting was for her son so I figured it had just gone long and I didn't want to push her plus, I knew she'd need a good vent session after and all I had was picking up Adam at 1, so I just kept walking. I finally got to a point where I figured I was getting close to do it or don't time. I sent her a text to tell her I was starting on the loop, but maybe I could meet her somewhere along the way if she finished her meeting. I hit the start button on my watch, ran 10 steps and she called me! HA!! Isn't that the way it always works. So I walked one more loop and then she pulled in and we got our 5ish mile loop started. However, I didn't realize how tired my legs were from so much walking! Plus, I had no fuel which I didn't think about until after the run but man did I drag those 5.25 miles with Rachel. For different reasons we both opted to take a walk break at different times, but taking those breaks out we kept the AP at 9:52...better than the 10:12 I did solo! So, it ended up being a decent morning with lots of time on my feet. Good company and Daisy and I had a fun windy morning outside with friends. I got Rachel and Daisy got Coco! Oh, as a side note, it was so cute they both were happy to share a bowl of water and drank together, noses together. It was so cute! I love my puppy.
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| | Well I almost dropped out of the run. I wanted to sleep in and not wake up early, so I slept in and then decided I wanted to be lazy and not run. But I did it anyway. Then I thought "I'll just do 8 and not the upper loop to make it 12", but I'll start and see what I decide when I get there. So, I drug myself out of bed and got ready and started my run walking uphill (which I normally do on this upper Shaggy loop - it is SO steep at the start!). I got involved in my podcast "Fartlek Running Show" and then Herimanology that before I knew it I was going up the upper loop. So, I did what I didn't think I would do. From then on, I ran further than I thought and pushed faster than I thought I would. I had a really good 2nd half of the run. Granted that is the downhill part of the 1700ft elevation gain loop, but it is basically out and back, so I earned every step of the downhill. I ended with my last quarter mile at a sub 7mm pace. It isn't long and as I mentioned it is really downhill, but I did it. My legs were turning over and doing well. I probably don't give myself enough credit for what I do accomplish, but I feel so slow and weak lately...sigh. But, I got it done with a 12:49AP with all my uphill walking. So I'll try to pat myself on my back and keep moving on.
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