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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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Had sooo much fun hiking the trail from Brighton to ridge above Lake Katherine with Wendy, Diana and Diane.   I ran where the terrain is safe. :)

L to R Diane, Diana, Wendy

Mama & papa moose

Taking a lunch break at Lake Katherine.  L to R Wendy, Diane, Smooth, Diana

Lake Katherine

Above Lake Martha

Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Maynard on Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 00:28:47 from 71.213.5.19

That is SO awesome! Especially that you got so see some moose too! I was just up there a couple of weeks ago--went up to Sunset Peak--and had a great time. Lake Mary was a bit of a disappointment though, with most of the water gone... I'm going to shoot for Red or White Pine Lake the weekend after TOU if I can swing it.

http://www.effortsinfutility.com/2010/09/lake-catherine-plus.html

From Teena Marie on Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 01:20:28 from 174.52.45.85

Absolutely beautiful!!! :)

Lotsa Love! :)

From DonGardinero on Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:28:13 from 75.162.101.24

Wow, Smoothie, look at you!!! Goin' on hikes with a little running on the trail. Awesome!!!

From Smooth on Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 16:08:20 from 67.41.235.104

Maynard ~ Are you kidding me? You were just up there? Lake Mary was dried...wonder why they drained it. Your blog is AWESOME! I only went to the ridge on the trail that fork to the right before Lake Catherine. The ladies were afraid I'd be lost.

The moose were AWESOME. They weren't afraid of us or anything. I kept my distance when I took the pix. I was surprised to see how *SKINNY* their legs were!

SSF ~ Thanks for the phone call! Sorry I sounded grumpy b/c I had just hung up talking w/ my baby and was kinda upset that he was sick this whole week and I couldn't do anything about it.

I am so happy you got to go to REAL game w/ your fam. LOVE & MISS you!

Dale ~ It was a lot of fun. I was trying to be careful not to twist an ankle or anything. I like running up on the soft dirt trail. I took it easy on the way down. It was so fun to run on the dirt trail. I wish I had someone to run it with, I'd do it more often.

From timp on Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:15:37 from 136.182.2.26

beautiful hike - !

From Nancy on Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 13:54:59 from 76.27.19.206

Beautiful pictures. The hike looked fun.

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