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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
Total Distance
40.55
Nike Miles: 3.00Mizuno Miles: 6.00Brooks Miles: 26.45
Night Sleep Time: 41.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 41.00Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
0.00

Taper time! Step class, with some umph! today, then 30 min ab's class. Volleyball tonight, running tomorrow.

Would like opinions: If I use prednizone or the like  to keep my ITB pain away on Saturday to push for my BQ...is that considered 'cheating'?

Nike Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 0.00
Comments(13)
Total Distance
6.00

BBK day, but I just took it easy and only came for late miles today - that extra 30 minutes of sleep was heavenly! :)

1 mile warm-up, 1.5 mile tempo loop twice, 30 second hill sprints, then cool down to six even.

AP: 8:49 splits: 9:04, 8:53, 8:41, 8:16, 8:51, 8:49

Why is it that the week before a race, trying to 'taper', running seems SO much harder? How am I supposed to run my fastest mile today for 26?!? I must be tired....

Mizuno Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(9)
Total Distance
3.10

Kick-boxing easy and then 3.1 easy on the TM (like 9+mm pace). Good taper day. Got some Prednisone yesterday...still deciding if it's worth it to use it.

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Total Distance
5.00

Easy 5 with the BBK's - did the 3 warm-up, then headed up a group of dissenters to do another 2 miles on the road instead of yasso's on the track (figured I'd best not do them 2 days before a marathon I wanted to race!) AP: 8:57 splits: 9:24, 8:50, 8:44, 9:10, 8:39

Felt good today, started the prednisone when I got home and had breakfast. Then off to yoga..I LOVE yoga!! Here's to Saturday!

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(11)
Total Distance
0.00

Nice night's rest! I even woke up early this morning and (you might need to sit down) couldn't sleep any more. Feeling good on the sleep quotient. I'll do a few bike miles with baby this morning, then I've got a busy day getting everything ready for a trip to Logan this afternoon! YEA! I'm feeling good and excited, but I just wish these butterflies would go away! Thanks for all the well wishes!! My bib is 2072...Smooth, is it looking good so far? :)

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(19)
Race: TOU Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:49:45, Place overall: 113, Place in age division: 25
Total Distance
26.45

I'm having a hard time not being happy about NOT getting my BQ. Despite doping up on prednisone the ITB pain started at mile 14....it was pain, but runnable; whereas before I'd have to walk/run it. Maybe I'm just getting used to running with the pain :) I did have to stop and stretch probably a dozen times, but after bumming some Motrin off a fellow runner at mile 19, miles 20-26 actually felt descent - considering.

This was a 20 minute PR for me...how can I NOT be happy? I also had a good mile 24, I had wonderful Smooth with me, in spirit! It was my positive affirmation mile "I run fast, I run strong, I can run all day long!" I kept muttering it loud enough for me to hear over and over with my footfalls, then when the 'hill' on Main St hit it was "I love hills, I love hills" - poor people around me...hope they had some good loud music on their ipods :)

Honestly, I don't know if it was nutrition or not tapering properly or what, but by mile 4 I wanted to walk. My legs/quads were tired, at that point I knew it was going to be a long race. However, when I hit my 1/2 at 1:46:30 I got some energy...maybe I CAN do this BQ thing after all...then the ITB pain happened. Like I said it was runnable, but between stopping to stretch and some short walking breaks at water stops, I figured it was gone... Then just past mile 23 someone asked me what time it was WHAT? "No, the time you've been running." Oh, and despite auto stop screwing up overall time I was still at 3:19. Hmmm, I all of a sudden realized that I could pull out a sub 3:50 (My watch was probably down a good 3 minutes at this point). So, I went with a smile and 'no bend' knees :)

I had some good memories and learned a lot this marathon. Felt good at the finish, when I turned the last corner and saw the finish I said "YES! heaven awaits". Despite heartburn after the first gatorade stop, getting to the start with NO time to prepare, lead legs at mile 4, ITB pain at 14 I felt great. Seriously...how can I complain? I knocked 20 minutes off my best marathon in 4 months.

My family and I stayed with a friend and her parents in Logan, they were WONDERFUL! I am so glad for running friends that you can meet once, forge an internet relationship with and run an amazingly successful race with! Plus, Craig and the kids met me at a few different places on the route. I stopped and hugged my babies and kissed my honey each time, I'd take that over a BQ any day! 

I think those were the highlights for me, besides seeing so many AWESOME people and being encouraged by them all!! Lowell and Terry at the start, Smooth at 14, pulling with Chris through 24, hearing Bec cheer for me at the finish, and seeing MrsFit on the way out. Friends ROCK thank you all for your encouragement and help (even those I didn't get to SEE!) - I feel like the most blessed person on the earth!

*Remember I forgot to turn off auto stop, so when stretching etc it got behind so some splits maybe faster than actual*

total time - (on Garmin) 3:46:26 AP: 8:33 Actual total time 3:49:45 AP: 8:45

Garmin splits - 7:59, 7:51, 7:52, 8;09, 8:03, 8:21, 8:04, 7:59, 7:49, 8:23, 8:06, 8:18, 7:37, 8:01, 8:25, 9:07, 8:52, 9:24, 9;21, 9:16, 8:52, 9:26, 9:16, 9:05, 9:10, 9:28, 8:50 (last .45 on Garmin) you can really tell where I lost the pace, but it all turned out well! 25th in my AG and 113 Female overall - not too shabby!


Brooks Miles: 26.45
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(21)
Total Distance
40.55
Nike Miles: 3.00Mizuno Miles: 6.00Brooks Miles: 26.45
Night Sleep Time: 41.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 41.00Weight: 0.00
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