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Location:

Millcreek,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 21, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

800m- 2:23

1600m- 5:10

1 Mile- 5:12

3200m-11:03

XC 3 mile-17:55

XC 5k- 19:00

XC 6k- 22:25

Local 5k- 18:42

Local 10k- 41:31

Local 15k- 1:03:55

Unofficial Half (2020)- 1:45:46

Official Half (2021)- 1:49:28

60% (5 miles)- 32:32 (6:30 average)

80% (3 miles)- 18:52 (6:17 average)

16x400s- 82.0 average

20x400s- 82.6 average

SUU Road Race- 23:30 (3.9 miles/6:02 average)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get up to 45-50 miles/week

Run a sub-19:30 5k again

Train for and race a half marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

18:45 or under 5k

Run a marathon

Personal:

26 years old, not married, no kids. Going against the norm in Utah.

Mental health advocate, LGBTQ+ rights supporter. Newly identified bisexual woman. Ex-mormon

Former college runner for Southern Utah University

Current Employment and Community Engagement Manager at a special needs company called Atlas Advocacy Services.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Adidas Distancestar Spikes Lifetime Miles: 3.00
Adidas Boston 7 Lifetime Miles: 430.33
Nike Pegasus 34 Lifetime Miles: 493.60
Nike Pegasus 34 II Lifetime Miles: 365.31
Nike Pegasus 36 Lifetime Miles: 480.43
Nike Pegasus 36 II Lifetime Miles: 319.00
Nike Pegasus 37 Lifetime Miles: 188.01
New Balance FuelCore Nergize V1 (walking) Lifetime Miles: 219.85
Nike Pegasus Turbo Lifetime Miles: 31.68
Total Distance
5.25

So this week will be interesting as I start up my second new job and finish out my last days at my other jobs this week (tomorrow and wednesday). I'll actually have time on my hands.

Last week in therapy, I had a very startling revelation. I opened up about the abuse I endured as an infant (I don't remember it, just what my mom has told me). My therapist said that from what she knows about sexual abuse, it's very likely I was sexually abused. It was confirmed my biological sister was, and my therapist said that if she was, most likely I was as well.

We did ART therapy (a type of trauma therapy) for both that and the trauma with my coach. I was diagnosed with PTSD a couple months back, and I've been having flashbacks/hallucinations. The past week has been okay. But leading up to it not so much. So I think the ART therapy helped.

Today my therapist pointed out that I was dissociating, something I honestly didn't know was a thing. Dissociation is a trauma response. Today we practiced staying in the present moment rather than dissociating while talking about high emotion things. It was incredibly difficult, but crazy cool because my therapist knew when I was dissociating just by observing body language. I could actually feel it when it was happening too in my frontal lobe/forehead area, the strangest sensation when you're actually noticing it for the first time.

Therapy is really cool, and well, therapeutic. I feel like it's helped me so much.

Nike Pegasus 36 II Miles: 5.25
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From Burt on Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 16:24:03 from 70.190.89.106

Wow, Sarah. I'm so sorry that happened to you.

From jtshad on Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 07:07:30 from 75.174.61.53

Happy to hear you are making progress with all the help and care around you.

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