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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Guide ISO Wide Lifetime Miles:						311.91
Saucony Guide ISO Lifetime Miles:						313.31
Sacony Guide ISO (2) Lifetime Miles:						225.26
Altra Torin (sz 7) Lifetime Miles:						44.49
Saucony Guide 10 (2020) Lifetime Miles:						60.91

Sat, May 14, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	13.00

Met Luz at 6:30 am to run the PRT. She ran down the big hill from Timp drive looking AWESOME!!! We waited 10 min for the others who actually started at the mouth of the canyon (2-3 miles north of where we started). Nice morning, temp in the mid 50s, overcast sky, strong headwind going up the canyon.

Lots of runners & cyclists on the trail. It was like a burst of sunshine when we saw MacK, MichelleL and Josse floating down the canyon. We ran for another mile or so and hooked up with Ericka coming down at my mile 6.25 (perfect spot to turn around). Then the three of us ran down together. What a fun easy chatty pleasant run with GREAT companies! THANKS Luz & Ericka for running with me! :) :) :) :) :)

Side note: Last night Eric KT taped my right quads and knee (I'm his first guinea pig) and put moleskin and bandaid on my left foot blister. He also showed me some quads isometric exercise. Nice to be taken care of! :) Wore the Elixir two days in a row...ball of left foot a little sore. Wore them on last Saturday's 15 miler with the same soreness and some tightness on the plantar fascia. Still debating whether to wear these shoes for Ogden!

Spent the rest of the morning playing with Emi outside. Got silly dizzy doing lotsa crazy fast ring-around-the roseys on the trampoline! :)

Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 13.00

Night Sleep Time: 4.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 4.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Teena Marie on Sat, May 14, 2011 at 17:37:33 from 67.2.88.232

What a fun run! :)

How was your breathing? No coughing or wheezing???? YAY!!!! :) :) :)

I love it when boys take care of their mommas! :) :) :)

Love you.

From Annie on Sat, May 14, 2011 at 18:08:29 from 155.99.206.55

Playing on the trampoline sounds fun! I am hoping I can bust out some fast moves at ogden and do 13 in 2:03! Awesome run!!!

From Nancy on Sat, May 14, 2011 at 19:00:47 from 76.23.21.118

It sounds like a nice run and a fun time with your granddaughter.

From RAD on Sat, May 14, 2011 at 19:18:55 from 98.202.17.113

SO jealous! Sounds like a wonderful run with great company. I did get the 'fun with family' part today, and in the long run (ha, no pun intended) isn't that what really matters? I guess I shouldn't be too upset. I'll get your company for 26+ miles (if I can keep up with you) next week! :)

From MarcE on Sat, May 14, 2011 at 23:26:45 from 204.16.82.120

Nice run, Smooth. I really like the Garmin Connect stuff..especially the "Player". I could just imagine you running up the canyon, and then back down. Cool technology. Enjoy an easy week and good luck at Ogden.

From DaleG on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 00:49:50 from 174.52.230.9

Very cool, Smoothie. Looks like a lot of people ran American Fork Canyon today, including Maynard. You are very lucky to have a place like that to run. I wish we could run up Ogden Canyon, but the road is so narrow and no shoulder. Too dangerous.

From Smooth on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 16:28:20 from 67.2.79.28

SSF ~ The headwind and uphill made the breathing a little labored. So when I started to cough around mile 3, I had to take my inhaler. It helped especially when we passed by the campground where folks were cooking with charcoal. The smell would have been bad for my lungs. I guess I'm still having asthma issue. STINK!!!

Hope you had a wonderful day at PT school! Love you!

Annie ~ Here's to a great magical day for your 2:03 Half at Ogden! :)

Funny when I saw my time 2:03:02 which is the exact same time the elite man won the Boston Marathon and the unofficial world record!!! He was twice as fast as me! :)

Rachel ~ So glad you had a fun family day. That's really what counts. We will have our fun day next Sat. :)

Marc ~ Will do! My sister is visiting from California so for sure I will be taking it easy and eating like no tomorrow! :)

Dale ~ Canyon running is fun if it's safe! The American Fork Canyon is like Ogden Canyon, narrow with no shoulder and quite winding, very dangerous! I used to run there when I was a newbie and had a few close calls so I no longer run there now. We ran on the Provo River Trail in Provo Canyon. So it is not on the canyon road and very safe. You should come join us sometimes. We mostly run on trails/parkways, much safer and very scenic!

From LuzyLew on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 17:19:38 from 208.187.197.42

Hey Smooth lady. Thank you for coming all the way down to run with me, even though I botched the pick up point with the others! It was perfect to run the second half (downhill) together. You always give me such good energy and when we're done running, I spend time remembering things you taught me. I really got out of wack these last weeks and running with you was like a good tune up. You have such good form and I thought we kept a pretty nice, easy pace. You seemed pretty breezy to me with lots to spare (specially, after the inhaler). Good luck to you next week! You are going to do awesome like always!! XO

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