| 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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I had to go get my stitches out and then planned to go to volleyball for an easy recovery, but Adam slept until 10:30 and so I didn't get any time to play. I showered after dropping him off, then went and got a massage. Ahhh, that was worth it!
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| | Well, it was a normal Tuesday run. I'm getting really emotional and crazy about these runs. I HATE being slow. It is getting me so worked up and ornery with myself, then I get depressed and sad and well...a nice little circle.
I am too slow. That is all. I truly don't think I should be running with the newtons anymore, but I like them and they are my comfort zone, so I keep going back. This morning was a hard one for me and there is a reason it has taken me almost 3 weeks to blog it. I know I'm slow and the group is GREAT to tolerate me, but I'm just too slow now. No one wants to pull the short straw and run with me. So, they all run together and I get to run with them for about 90 seconds and then everyone takes off. They are nice and wait for me, but then I again get to run with someone for 90 seconds and then I'm behind again. It gets SO frustrating. I actually broke down crying on this run, because I was just too upset. I'd heard "it is so great to have everyone back on the run again!" but I think I got to run "with" the group for about 5 minutes total. The rest of the time I just watched them fade into the distance laughing and having a good time and I ran alone. If I'm going to run alone anyway, I might as well sleep in and run later. But, I just love the group. My spirit is willing to run fast, but the body is weak! Then I just get so embarrassed that I'm so slow that I just leave and don't say anything. It is such a bad cycle. I just wish I could run a decent pace again. If only for the few miles I get to be with them.
Sigh. Anyway, feelings out now. I'm going to put my big girl panties on and stop crying and just adapt or quit. And, we all know I don't quit...so it is what it is. Necessity is the mother of invention...
Another 10.15 slow miles chasing the Newtons
Boxing and legs day at the gym afterward
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| | I'm a horribly lazy person lately. But, 2 point classes at catchweight help to motivate me. I slept in, but then did Lina's core and pump class...which always makes me horribly sore. But, always worth it!
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| | Stupid Shaggy Mountain run...
I started early so that I wouldn't hold up the run as much and maybe be able to keep up on the downhill so I wouldn't end up feeling like an idiot again. About 2.5 miles up the canyon I stepped in a pot hole and rolled my ankle pretty darn stinking good! It just made me roll my eyes. I seriously can't catch a break. I finished the run, but my ankle was nice and tight and swollen. Even now, as I blog this two plus weeks later it is still tender, swelling 90% gone...but yeah. It was a good twist.
Finished off the morning with boxing and arms day at the gym.
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| | Power lifting with Cyle. Last session before he goes in for his neck/spine surgery. Then finished off with boxing. No running...attempting to recover my legs and find some more speed. Somewhere.
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| | QP came into town Thursday to get stuff going for Sophia's wedding next Saturday so she asked me to do a trail run with her. I didn't realize how snowed in some of the trails up yellow fork were! We spent more time post-holing in knee/hip deep snow than we should've. The nine miles took us 2.5 hours and we were working hard! It was a nice loop and I had an incredible time, even if the mileage was low and the pace was slow. I certainly couldn't have gone any faster if I'd tried!!
I then got to do technique class and sparring. But I didn't spar. I played with the ball suspended with bungee cords. It was crazy hard! But so rewarding. After playing with it for an hour I feel like the pro on it now!
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