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Location:

UT,

Member Since:

Oct 14, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

85 marathons, 5 times Utah Grand Slam finisher (division winner twice).

7 Bostons (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016).

Two 50Ks, one 50 miler (Pony Express).

A handful of AG wins in all distance races.

Marathon PR: 3:57:09 (Boston'08)

Half Marathon PR: 1:48:41 (Bryce Canyon '11)

10K PR: 47:50 (Spectrum 10K '09)

5K PR: 22:31 (Nestle 5K '08)
 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2017 Races:

June 10 - Utah Valley Marathon (5:13:43)

June 24 - Morgan Valley Marathon (5:49:01)

July 8 - Hobbler Half (2:19:37, 2nd AG)

July 24 - Temple to Temple 5K (27:43)

July 29 - Timp Half (2:08:01, 3rd AG)

Aug 26 - Mt. Nebo Marathon (5:16:16, 3rd AG)

Sep 16 - Huntsville Marathon (4:48:53)

Oct 7 - St. Geroge Marathon (4:57:11)

Nov 4 - Canyon City Marathon (5:30:07)

2018 Races:

Jan 13 - St. George Half (2:19:45, 3rd AG)

Mar 3 - The Woodlands Marathon (5:01:35)

Apr 6-7 - Ragnar So. California

June 1-2 - Ragnar Wasatch Back

June 9 - Utah Valley Marathon (5:19:22)

June 30 - Morgan Valley Half

Sep 1 - Pocatello Marathon (6:00:43)

Sep 15 - Huntsville Marathon (5:37:08)

Oct 6 - St. George Marathon (5:25:43)

Oct 20 - SoJo Marathon (5:29:23)

2019 Races:

June 1 - Utah Valley Marathon (5:44:24)

June 22 - Morgan Valley Marathon (6:15:13)

Aug 31 - Pocatello Marathon (5:38:47)

Sep 14 - Big Cottonwood Marathon (6:03:51)

Oct 5 - St. George Marathon (5:57:46)

Oct 12 - SoJo Marathon (5:55:45)

2020 Races:

Jan 18 - St. George Half (2:38:28)

Feb 15 - Sun Marathon (5:51:54)

May 5 - Conquer Covid-19 Virtual Marathon (5:49:07)

May 16 - Clear Creek Canyon Half Marathon (2:32:15)

May 25 - Utah Valley Virtual Marathon (5:33:110

June 9 - Independence Run Virtual Marathon (5:55:22)

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run happy and healthy all the days of my life. Be an example and inspiration to my family.

 

Personal:

I'm 64, retired RN, happily married, nana to 14 beautiful grandchildren, mother to 6 children (1 daughter, 5 sons) who are kind, hardworking, caring, wonderful people! Wish they live closer!!!  :)  :)  :)

Picked up running in 2005 at age 50, to stay healthy so I can take care of my husband who had endocarditis resulting in AVR and MVR in 2004, end stage renal failure in 2014, kidney transplant on Dec 30, 2015.  Six months after the kidney transplant, we discovered that he has a rare auto-immune disease that was probably triggered in 2004 with then the undiagnosed infective endocarditis.  The doctors had to make up a name for this rare disease, Monoclono Gammopathy with Renal Significance (MGRS).  It is not curable.  After desperately trying different chemotherapies, the doctor finally found one immuno-therapy, Daratumamab, that works to treat the MGRS.  It is a miracle!!! 

Grateful for the gift of life, blessings, dear friends and loved ones!!! Thankful for the ability to move, walk, jog, and yes run!!!!

 

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2nd Annual RHPC 1/2 FUN RUN!!!!

What a fun run!!!  It was SOOO GOOD to see the RHPCs plus two brave men, Twinkies and JonA.  I haven't seen Marion, Maurine, RAD, Kelli, Kellie, Luz, Catherine, MichelleL, Josse, McKenzie, Ericka, Karin, like forever! 

I got to meet Twinkies' sweet wife, Susie and their five children, their oldest boy is only 8 and ran the 5K...AWESOME!  It was sweet to hold tiny Baby Fartlek...RAD...you done good baking such a cutie!  Met Lily and Aubree for the first time.  That Lily girl is FAST!!!  Also met Kelli's yoga teacher/friend, Wendy...she ran a PR today!  CONGRATZ!!!  Kelli is AWESOME to run with her!

I started out with Luz, Catherine and KellieS who soon left us in her dust.  We stopped at the first drinking fountain, the fountain of youth, where JonA and Kelly caught up to us.  I ran with them and soon joined by Ericka, Kelli and Wendy.  Around mile 4ish Fly On the Wall came *flying* by us.  He stayed with us 'till our turnaround and he ran further up the canyon.  It was so good to see him and have his company. 

Ericka and I ran together from then on.  THANKS Ericka, for running with me.  JeffL passed us around our mile 9ish.  So cool to see him running so strong at the end of his 17miler.  We stopped to chat briefly at the mouth of the canyon where he parked his car. 

The first half was uphill into a headwind.   The legs reminded me of the workout I did 12 hours ago.  We stopped to drink at all the fountains.  The return half was AWESOME.  Lower calves felt some twinging after stopping to drink and pick back up the pace.   It was a GREAT training run with WONDERFUL company.

Luz made these FANTASTIC medals for us,  a HUGE diamond ring on silver ribbons and CUTE tiara.  McKenzie had to relinquish her trophy, a coveted colorful ceramic rooster (that cost Marion $50), to this year's winner, MichelleL.   FUN FUN FUN FUN TIME!!!!

THANKS Marion, Luz, Josse, Kellie and whoever else for organizing this run.  I had so much fun.  The food/treat afterwards were mucho deeeelish!!!  The prizes were FABULOUS!!! 

Have a GREAT weekend everyone!

Inspire 5 Purple (3) Miles: 13.10
Night Sleep Time: 4.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From flatlander on Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 14:44:17 from 76.31.26.153

Good job, great run after a hard workout yesterday.

From Jeff L on Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 14:49:57 from 74.81.252.152

Good run today. Nice seeing and talking with you guys for a moment.

From Lily on Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 17:05:17 from 67.199.181.73

You are so very kind smooth! I just loved talking to you. Thank you for your generous comments. I am not the fastest but I always put my heart into it.

That was a fun morning. Can't wait for next year wohooo!

From fly on the Wall on Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 17:52:56 from 166.70.192.189

Smooth, I was running on tired legs today. Your company gave me a boost and saved me from a run of drudgery.

Thanks!

From Twinkies on Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 21:32:21 from 67.166.116.191

Smooth, I just want you to know that you are the greatest. It was fun to see you at another race. Keep it up.

From Kelli on Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 22:18:21 from 71.219.99.30

It was GREAT TO SEE YOU!!!!!!

From Rhett on Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 23:43:26 from 184.10.154.170

Sounds like a lot of fun. I loved seeing the photos on Kelli's blog.

From calliej on Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 00:30:38 from 97.126.145.70

What a blast!! Glad you all had just an awesome time! I would love to do it next year!

From Nancy on Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 09:07:18 from 76.27.19.206

Your 1/2 sounded like a lot of fun. You always make running sound so easy.

From Teena Marie on Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:45:19 from 174.52.45.85

How I missed you!!! I am so so so glad you girls had such a fun time. Jealous, of course, but very very very happy as well.

Hope you are having a wonderful time at church. Thanks for the text, it meant a lot to me.

Can't wait to see you! :)

Enjoy your Sunday.

Love you love you love you!!!

From LuzyLew on Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:26:53 from 69.169.167.157

Sorry I didn't get my post up until this morning. I too have company, and have been busy every second since last Thursday! Bad for blogging. I was so glad you came today. I wasn't sure if you could come and it was nice to see you again. Kelli/Rachel took a really nice picture of us (altough I look like a giant next to you). I had such a nice run. I wish I could have kept up with you for longer. Cath and I were going so slow. I just feel lucky I'm still at it. I've been so slow going recently. I don' t know how you do it (the back to back marathons). I'm not used to it yet and have felt the need to really back off in order to get my strength back. Some of us are made of Diamonds and Titanium, but others are asipring to be :) I love you. You are such an inspiration to all of us. Isn't Ericka the best? I just love her. I'm so glad you and she could run together. Anway, I hope you had a great run and a great day. So good to see you again to grab a quick hug :)

From Kelli on Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 14:01:32 from 71.219.99.30

Callie---you and Toby BOTH better be there next year OR ELSE!

From Jon A on Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:41:27 from 67.214.249.195

It was great to see you, so much fun to run with everyone.

Kelly sure enjoyed running with you for a bit. Thanks for being a great friend.

From Nancy on Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 19:21:11 from 76.27.19.206

It sounds like a fun race. You are one speedy runner. I can tell you love running.

From Teena Marie on Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 22:29:39 from 174.52.45.85

Hope you are having a good day.

Miss and love you!

See you tomorrow. :)

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