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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.256.000.000.009.25

Did tomorrow's workout today because hubby is having early morning lab tests in the hospital follow by two doctors' appointments tomorrow.  This 6x1 mile workout is the same as the one scheduled couple weeks ago.  At that time I didn't do the workout well, not knowing how to program the workout on my Garmin, ended up including the 3 min recovery time in the mile reps mileage, plus there were some icy patches on the road then.

Since I only had one day rest from last workout of 16 miler and got only 5 hours sleep last night, I was feeling a bit tired.  The weather also not looking good with wind blowing and rain storm forecast.  So, I opted to do this workout on the treadmill which works out fine for setting the pace and also trying out new compression sleeves, shoes, socks.  Here's how the workout went:

1 mile WU @ 12 to 11:40 pace on incline 1.

Ran the 6 x 1 mile reps at these treadmill pace: 9:50 (6.1mph treadmill setting), 9:40 (6.2mph), 9:31 (6.3mph).  Increased the speed setting by 0.1 every 0.33 mile within the mile rep.  Jogged (blew my nose) 3 min @12 pace in between reps which comes to 0.25 mile, kinda nice and tidy.

1 mile CD gradually slow the pace from 10 (6.0 to 5.5mph) decreasing the setting by 0.1 every 200 m.

9.25 miles total in 1:35:19.  AP: 10:17

Wore Ghost 7, new compression sleeves on calves and new freebie socks from Revel Race which is a mistake.  This caused the blister under the left bunion to become bigger and redder, and a new blister also formed on the left pinky toe.  Hope these blisters healed up before this coming Saturday's half marathon.

Brooks Ghost 7 Miles: 9.25
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tom Slick on Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 16:26:33 from 174.148.60.190

Get more sleep!

From Tom Slick on Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 09:25:17 from 174.148.137.196

Good luck at the St

Geo 1/2 Mary...........hope it isn't raining on you down there in the red rocks.

From Smooth on Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 19:09:42 from 75.169.203.49

Thanks Slick! Forecast says it will be sunny with temp 36-58 in SG on Sat.

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