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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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Busy day...didn't get to run 'till late afternoon...so hop on the TM while watching the news.  Decided to do the "1 min ON 1 min OFF' workout.  Last time I ran this workout was before Boston.  I believe I ran the ON @ 8mph.

2 miles warm up in 19:20.  Began the workout at 20:00 with the ON @ 6:40 OFF @ 10:00 for 15 intervals.  Then started to tire and wimped out for the remaining 5 intervals with the ON @ 7:30 OFF @ 10:00.  Finished the run @ 8:00 to round off the mileage.

7.25 in 1:01:35.  AP: 8:29.

Pfitz's stretching exercises.

2 circuits of Pfitz's core stability exercises.

Hope the legs won't be dead for the RHPC 1/2 tomorrow morning.

Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 7.25
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From RAD on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 22:40:10 from 67.172.229.125

holy moly on those speedy paces! nice work! Can't wait to see you tomorrow!

From DonGardinero on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 23:01:04 from 152.216.7.5

Mrs. Speedy!!! Nice job onthe run. What is the RHPC 1/2? Is that a race?

From Smooth on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 23:05:57 from 174.23.191.197

Dale, it stands for Red Hot Pink Chicks. A bunch of girls on the FRB organized it last year. It is more of a training run. Guys are welcomed too. We wear pink or red. The run starts at the park just south of the Riverwoods. We run on the Provo River Trail up to about Vivian Park. LuzyLew and Josse mark the course for us. Some will run 13.1 or 10 miles or 10K. We bring treats and fun prizes to share. It is a lot of fun.

From Rhett on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 23:23:23 from 184.10.154.170

Oh I love that workout. That makes me so jealous that you ran that today. :) Good job working on speed.

From Kimmy on Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:33:25 from 75.169.134.68

Smooth....what a great workout. You are one speedy chick. Wish I could run with you girls...that sounds totally fun. Maybe another day!!!

From timp on Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:46:04 from 66.167.51.119

nice work! - that sounds like a fun TM workout

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