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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
46.00
Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 46.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.20

I still can't breathe, but I had to get the miles in! This 1,000 mile goal is really doing a good job of keeping me motivated to run. Not only did I have to get in 6, but I had to do it early because I work today, so I can't put my 'work' in the day care so it was get up early or don't get it in! It's funny, because 6 miles a day is just enough that it's easy to do each day, but if I skip a day it's hard to make it up. I may have to find a goal like this to hit each month!!

Up and at 'em early at the gym. I thought it would be horribly crowded (resolutions starting early), but it was a virtual ghost town - even compared to what it usually is early! So, it was boring but I got it done and got home in time to get a short nap before 'work' came over.

6.2 miles - AP= 9:08. Started with a nice and slow 9:30 for the first couple, 9:13 for the next 2, then 8:57 for the 5th and a progressive 6th (increase every .25) then 6:57 for the .2 over 6 miles.


Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 6.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.20

Met the pirate out at the lake for a couple freezing, early morning loops. It turned out to be a beautiful sunrise that warranted stopping to take pictures. Mother nature created a beautiful send-off! Now that I've gotten up early 2 days in a row I'm wondering if I should try it again tomorrow or be lazy and sleep in....

AP:  9:20 splits: 9:37, 9:22, 9:30, 9:01, 9:02, 9:28, 9:12 (last .2)

Then I hit the gym while my spoiled daughter got to go to Kneaders all you can eat French Toast breakfast! I crashed Kelli's workout group and it ended up being a VERY good workout.

The rest of the day was filled with fun and family!! I'm gonna miss this....

Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 6.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.20

I can actually record my sleep, because last night I got 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep!! It was heavenly. After 4AM the normal cycle started, but I got good sleep until then. 

Decided to sleep in and run during boot camp, which was a good decision because the regular teacher wasn't there and I would've been ticked off if I'd made the effort to get to class and had a substitute. I slept in as long as I could, until my neighbor needed me to come jump start her car. Got up and going, albeit slowly, and when I got to the gym there was one TM left - positioned perfectly between Kelli and Amy! I AM the lucky girl today!

Those 6 miles on the TM felt like H$%%!! I feel better and am coughing less, but my body is still recovering and my breathing is CRAP. Oh well, I got them in. If it wasn't for this 1000 mile goal I would be on the elliptical or sleeping in. I'm SO glad I have this goal to keep me consistent. The pace was slow as molasses, but I got it done. Had to stop talking the last 1/2 mile as I sped up, but it was nice to have it over and done with.

AP: 9:33 did a progressive run, but started at a 9:40 ish pace. Didn't get below 9:13 until the last mile. Sprinted (haha) out the .2 to the end at 7:30 - then hacked up a lung when I finished. I did actually run until .3 on the TM because I had jumped off enough times to drink that I had to make up a full tenth of a mile! Man, I feel like a slacker... I hope this cold/flu thing goes away before Painter's or I am going to be struggling!

Came home and had to shovel THE heaviest 5 inches of packing snow ever! It felt like 18 inches. I was SO exhausted by the time I was done, I came in and snuggled baby on the couch, drank chocolate milk and played couch potato for the rest of the afternoon! I'm going to be sore, again....

Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 6.20
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.20

Oh how I love yoga, but not waking up early to run so that I can GO to yoga at the gym. I laid in bed contemplating how I could get out of having to get up and run: skip yoga, run a few before and a few after, Do an extra long run tomorrow...c'mon think! think! think! Couldn't come up with a good alternative, so I got my lazy butt out of bed and went to the gym to run on the TM.

The miles were MUCH easier than yesterday and the paces were a tad faster, so I'm taking this as a good sign that my body is starting to recover. There were people to watch at the gym, but no one on a TM to chat with :( But thankfully I'd remembered my ipod and it kept me entertained.

AP: 9:18 Started a@ 9:31 for 2 miles, then 9:22 for one then 9:13 for 2, then I started mile 6@ 8:57 and worked my way faster every .15 or so and ended at 7:30 for the last .1 of the run. Another good progressive run!

Went home, showered, grabbed the baby (hubby left for work) and ran back to the gym for yoga. I was SO tired I kept nearly falling over and/or fainting. Similar thing yesterday on the bike and shoveling snow. I don't know what is wrong with me, I guess I'm just exhausted! It was a good class though and I really needed some of that stretching and workout. Wendy is the BEST yoga teacher around!

Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 6.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.20

Had to get up early, because I was working @ 8:30 this morning (I'm a little ticked she isn't here now and it's 9:45!! UGGHHH!!) Anyway, I got my 1000 in and some to spare! I felt SO good this morning, it's been a long time since I've felt good on a TM run. I was also able to keep the pace a little better today. I don't know splits, because I went by songs on my ipod and didn't look at the TM until almost 4 miles. AP was 8:57 - very happy to see the paces falling under 9mm again and it not feeling like death!! It was a progressive run, starting at 9:22 then the last mile starting at 8:34 and the last .2 @ 7:30, it didn't even feel all that hard today - yay!

So, now to get my stated goal for 2011 - I'm going for 2011 miles! I know I can do it - consistency! 40 mile weeks, easy cheesy! 6/day and then 10 on Saturday as a min week, that is a nice, easy goal for me to handle and it is VERY doable as well! So, I'm going to start tomorrow off by running 11 miles and get those out of the way, then I can start my weeks out on Monday towards the 2000!

Happy New Year everyone!

(oh, as a side note, one thing I've decided I like about watching Sports Center on the TV while I run -its the ONLY option! is that when I'm watching plays where the athletes are running fast down the field/court I feel like I run harder to help them :) It was funny when I realized myself doing this today. I was more 'into' sports center than I have been in a long time, obviously).

Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 6.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
15.00

Had one of the BEST runs ever, let alone a NEW YEARS run! I've now decided that good things come to those who SLEEP!! Perfect timing for getting in touch with Smooth to meet up to go to the Oval to run; run into Maurine there and although I'd figured out a 'fool proof' way of counting laps by 'losing my marbles' she provided us with a more superior, although not as creative, way of keeping track (I now have her push counter hehehe). Then Teena and a guy from my Ragnar team Calvin were there, so we had even MORE company! Excellent, simply excellent!! 

I was planning on running 11 miles today, so I could make my goal of 2011 miles for the year and just get the 11 out of the way, but Smooth needed to do 15, so I decided to take a bigger chunk out - only 1996 to go!! Woo Hoo! I'm already going above and beyond :)

It was a perfect uneventful run (except the lady who fell while skating and was covered in blood and had to be ambulanced out of there), and I just thoroughly enjoyed ALL the company I had! We figure that we ran about a 9mm pace, which is wonderful considering my breathing issues lately. I just had a wonderful uplifting run and it set my day on the right course right from the beginning. Onward and Upward! Thanks again Smooth, Teena and Maurine for making the run a wonderfully memorable one - and helping to reinforce my laziness of bringing good things to those that sleep :)

Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 15.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
46.00
Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 46.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
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