| 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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| Mizuno Inspire - Oscar Miles: 18.00 | Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 38.00 |
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| | After 3 days of getting no more than 2 consecutive hours of sleep at night I'm done... tired and done. I needed my 90 minutes of time 'away' at the gym more than anything (well, other than sleep) this morning, attitude is NOT in the right place. Even formulated a 'good-bye' post in my head about how I no longer deserve to be called a runner and have no business being apart of a site for runners. Be glad I had 90 minutes and a good run for some therapy this morning! 40 min on the elliptical (I need to finish reading this book so I can do more TM miles when needed) = 4.1 miles @ L13 5 miles in just under 45 minutes on the TM (AP: 8:49) maintained an 8:57 for the first 4 miles then bumped it up to 8:34 for the last mile and the last .25 mile sped things up just to get finished ending at a 6:30 pace. Please oh please help me find some sleep and sanity tonight!!!
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| Mizuno Inspire - Oscar Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Thanks everyone for your support, I really need(ed) it! I've decided there is a time and season to everything. So, I'm not going to beat myself up over not getting up early to run if I don't. I will give myself a '2 wake' rule: If I wake up more than 2 times before my alarm goes off to get up and run early, I'm NOT doing it and won't stress! Trying to take it all in stride... I was only up 4 times last night, so a bit of improvement :) 40 minutes on the elliptical 3.7 miles @ L14 5 mile progressive run on the TM @ AP: 8:34 on incline (only 1%, but I usually do .5 so it was double). Started mile 1@8:49, 2 @8:41, 3@8:41, 4@8:34, 5 started @ 8:27 then increased each 1/4 mile and the last 1/4 increased every .05 mile to end at 7:30mm AP for last mile was 8:08. I always feel SO much better after the run! I've also decided 8:13 is a 'comfortably hard' pace for me right now on that incline, didn't feel rough at all until I hit that one.
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| Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 9.00 |
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| | So, again only up 4X last night. I'm getting more used to it, although it is still difficult to get up in the morning! Same deal as the last couple days: 40 min on the elliptical 3.9miles @ L14 to get some reading in. 5.0 miles on the TM @ AP of 8:30mm. First 4 miles were at a steady 8:41 then the last mile I increased the speed to 8:27 for the first .25 mile then increased .2mph every quarter until the last one and I did .1mph every .05 mile. Ending at 7:30mm. Felt good and had a nice chat with Kelli for the majority of the time, which always makes time fly!
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| Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Got up early to run, because I wanted to do yoga for gym time. I'm getting more used to the no sleep and getting up was easier, even though I still hit snooze and it seemed like wandering around as I got ready. Planned on a 7 mile run, but ran out of time before I even left. I knew I'd be able to get 5 in though, so I stayed steady in my 5/day. It was holy cold this morning. I swear every fat cell in my thighs and butt were frozen solid!! I thought for sure if you took a hammer to them they would shatter (wishful thinking, I guess). It's a lot harder to run in the cold than I remembered, what I thought was a normal sub 9 pace came out to be more like a 9:30 - kind of disappointing, but I was out and running! It did make me a little nervous that Painter's is going to be a disaster, but oh well - time and season, right? AP: 9:04 splits: 9:49, 8:48, 8:31, 8:52, 9:19 yoga afterward and then 30 min on the recumbent bike to read and finish out day care time.
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| Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 5.00 |
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| | After a fun, but LATE Christmas party for hubby's work I just knew getting up was out of the question. Went to the gym for the same 'ol workout. However, I'm finally almost to the end of my book which will equal more TM time here soon :) 40 min @ L14 on the elliptical = 3.8 miles 5 miles on the TM @ 8:55 AP on regular incline. I was chatting with a friend while running and I didn't even realize how far I'd gone until I looked and it was 4.73 miles! Love a good chat that makes you forget how hard you're working. So, I sped up from 8:57 mm to 8:34 for the last 1/4 mile, but that was it.
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| Mizuno Inspire - Oscar Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Got up to go to spin class and with the snow it was SLOW going, so I was 15 minutes late, but still had a great class. Then headed off for some outdoor miles! Went to Smooth's house and we decided it would be better to do the trail with newly fallen snow than getting splashed with slush on the busy streets, so we headed down to the JRP. It was nice to run on the newly fallen snow, but it made it slow going. It is a lot harder to run in 4 inches of snow than you'd think it should be; however, I had wonderful company and had an amazing time! I KNOW I wouldn't have done the miles if I didn't have Smooth there, I probably would've done 6 or so on the indoor track and called it good. I love Smooth! I wish I lived in her neighborhood and could run with her everyday! I left my garmin at home, so when/if Smooth posts splits I can do it then. I'm sure the pace was over 10mm, but it felt more like a 9 or sub effort because of the snow. Even though we seemed to be FLYING down the trail SO fast the the hunters thought we were ducks and started shooting at us! Always an adventure - trail blazing through the park to find the path, sloshy shoes and getting shot at by the lake, fun times, good miles and GREAT company! Thanks SO SO much Smooth, I needed this run more than I think you know!
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| Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 15.00 |
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| Mizuno Inspire - Oscar Miles: 18.00 | Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 38.00 |
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