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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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Saucony Guide ISO Wide Lifetime Miles: 311.91
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Wendy called and wanted to know what my training plan was.  I am still figuring it out..  Meanwhile, I want to run at least an hour everyday, throw in one long run of 2 hrs and rest on Sunday.  I want to build my base miles up again before putting in any speedwork. 

I got the feeling she's all recovered and ready to bump up her training.  I figure this is a good time to see where her fitness is.  She ran a 5:08:xx at St. George.  I know she can run for an hour no problem.

I took her on a fairly flat 6 mile run.  Her 16 year old daughter joined us for the first 3.5 miles.  I kept us on a 10 min pace.  It was a nice easy run.  Other than the "numbing/tinkling" on the balls of her feet, she was doing great at that pace.  We've got to figure out what's wrong with her feet. 

6 miles in exactly 1:00 hour.  Will do some yoga tonight. 

******

Did the core workout from www.beginnertriathlete.com link that Teena posted last week.  Thankfully no one was looking.  Great fun.  Does that make me a closet athlete? :)

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From huans32 on Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 17:54:43

Wow you hit that pace just perfectly. Nice job. What is the next one you have planned besides Boston??

From Teena on Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 20:33:43

Nice run my dearest Smooth. I think your plan sounds great ... but do you really want to have your mileage up in the mid to high 40s already?

Just a thought.

I love you!!

From Smooth on Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 23:32:58

Mark,

The races I wanted to run were Snow Canyon 1/2 and VOF. But I can't because of scheduling conflicts w/ Larry. It's driving me crazy 'cause I've been so used to doing one race a month. I'll probably run Painter's 1/2 and Spectrum 10K again.

Teena,

I don't know what I'm doing. I think I can safely get the mileage up to the high 30's in the next 2 weeks, and crank it up to the 40's before the holidays. I seem to always struggle between quantity and quality.

What do you think? Do you have any suggestions? I'm all ears.

Love you!!!

From Teena on Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 23:53:06

I wish I knew. I'm still trying to figure out what I am doing!! Right now I am just playing it by ear. Maybe Andy, Cal, Rhett, Jeff, or Mark will have some good advice for us!!

And ... love you too!!

From huans32 on Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:05:56

I am crashing my way through this recovery still. And planning on hitting up near the 70s winter or no winter. Or I will go with more of the Rhett approach with running a bit less and more cross-training. I just dont plan on losing my base and continue on. As for what races. I might do Painter and the 10k too. I dont know about tring to round up extra money and go down there right now.

From Teena on Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 15:41:36

Glad you like the core workout. I LOVE IT!!

LOVE YOU!!

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