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Location:

toquerville,ut,usa

Member Since:

Jan 24, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

-I'm an avid runner and crossfitter turned obstacle racer.  This year has brought on new and unexpected opportunities racing in Spartan races.  I'm in love with this new challenging part of my life.

Here is what I've come away with so far

1st - Socal Super Spartan 2013

1st - Texas Sprint Spartan2013

2nd- Las Vegas Super Spartan 2013

3rd - Arizona Sprint Spartan 2013

3rd - Atlas Obstacle Race 2013

5th - Spartan World Championships 2013

 

Future Races

October?? maybe Sacramento Beast Spartan

December - Texas Beast

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

I am working to become the best obstacle  racer I can be.  If that goes hand in hand with a National Championship title, than I will have met 2 of my goals/dreams.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Another sub 3 hour marathon

Sub 1:20 half marathon

I want to complete an ironman and some ultra races.

I Hope to be running until I'm 100.

 

Personal:

I have 2 boys (7 and 4) and a little girl (14 months) that keep me on my toes and make life worth living..  I've been married to my better half (Jim clark) for 10 years.  I teach fitness classes and am a personal trainer - my 2nd love is Zumba!  I love what i do!

I hold Obstacle Training Groups at my house on saturdays -I feel so blessed to be able to help others.

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Zumba - my head so wasn't in it.  Worried about my stupid hamstring the whole time.  When I started it just burned right by my bum.  Later I found out that I had used a spoon to scrape that had a little nick in it, and it had scratched the crap out of my leg lol.  So lots of worrying for nothing. 

Did hamstring and ankle exercises after

 

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My new running goal - get my climbing legs back!  I don't even know how much I need to worry about speed right now.  I have a knack for being able to turn my legs over again and again going up steep hills - and I'm going to need that in Vermont next month!  I don't know about Virginia in 3 weeks though.  I have yet to have a Spartan race not have some serious hills yet.

My high hamstring insertion wasn't too happy from the beginning - but I've decided that if it wasn't sharp I wasn't going to stop.  I was able to climb Toquerville falls road needing to walk 3 x ( 2.5 miles uphill).  I was happy that it wasn't the worst thing ever - I just don't feel terribly strong yet.  I have to keep reminding myself that there's time though.  I'm happy to be able to run.

 

I got to the top and wanted more, so I extended my intended 7 into 8 up the next hill.  Calf wasn't hurting anymore!  So yay for progress.

Upper insertion ached all day! 

Later that night while scraping - I found a really bad spot on my hip/ glutes and dug in.  I think that did the trick cause I didn't feel hamstring anymore!

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Today was supposed to be a rest day, but I did not make it to cross fit mon or tues - sooo it was crossfit today:)

4 sets of

3-5 push press - 4 x at 90 lbs!

15 toe to bar - getting faster:)

3 rounds for max reps

60 sec thrusters - 65 lb - 39 total

60 sec pull ups - I did 50 total

60 sec double unders - I officially suck at these again after 2 mo -

Hamstring felt fine today!  I couldn't believe that scraping worked:)

 

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Track Workout - This felt MUCH better than last week, but I'm still playing catch up.  My 400s were 1:25 - 1:35 - which is quite slow for me.  My upper body was shot from yesterday's crossfit, so I made it a lower body focus for the strength part of it.  all done with a 21 lb sandbag

 

400 m warm up

40 sandbag lunges

30 plank - knee to elbow

400 m

30 sandbag squats

side plank - knee to elbow

400 m

20 bench jumps

seated leg drops

400 m

50 speed skaters

400 m

5 times run up stairs with sandbag

400 m

repeat 2 x

end on an 800 m

 

 

 

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I just did not get a chance to workout today:( 

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Today I got to run with friends - on my course - it was awesome!  Marci and Heidi came all the way over to try out the Spartan course.  It is seriously so amazing how much easier running feels when you are with people. 

So we ran the cholla creek course today, which involved sharing a sandbag for a mile up a steep hill, bucket carry, heavy rock throw, tire carry, 3 times up the rope, rope traverse, 3 x wall climb, Hercules hoist, 10 x tire flip, and spear throw.  Marci and I sped up the last mile to make it back for my training group.  I was stoked that the 6:30 mile felt pretty easy:)

Later we had loads of fun digging holes in the ground - getting ready for our monkey bar contraption:)  Gonna start building this week:)

 

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