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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
2.000.006.000.008.00

Today's workout calls for 1x6 miles @ 10:30 (threshold pace), with 1 mile WU, 1 Mile CD.  Coach Green's note says: "Aerobic threshold pace - PR plus 1 min. " His notes are very generic.  He rarely gives any feedback comments!  But he did reply my question/concern (by text) couple times even though his replies were always very very brief.  If I were a beginner runner, I would be inudating him with bazillion questions!!!

39F 9mph ESE wind cloudy.  Wore similar clothing as Tue. Ate one Chobani and 8oz water. Took 2 puff albuterol.  Legs still had some residual faitue and tighness from Tuesday's workout.  Warmup mile felt good, paused briefly (30 sec.) to stretch the quads and calves at MCT trailhead.  1st mile was 14 sec shy of target pace, a bit of wind and navigate icy patch at the 1200E tunnel.  Anyhow, I cound not hit 10:30 pace, I was either a bit slower or a tad faster.  Breathing was a bit of an issue with so much muccus buildup.  Good thing I took albuterol beforehand so never got into asthmatic wheezing.

The headwind from the east combined with slight incline made the 4th threshold mile a bit tough, had to push really hard and still came up 9 sec. shy which I attributed to navigating the slipperies at 1200W tunnel.  Had to hurry the last 3 miles because I had a lunch engagment for Gisela's birthday.  I did pause briefly (10 sec.) after mile 3, 5, 7 to clear the muccus and drank.  The last cooldown mile was dejavu, felt some calf cramps coming on...but I never slowed to jog or walk like on Tue.  What's with these cramps at the end of workout or races...crazy neurotransmitter thing or what....

8 miles in 1:24:17. AP: 10:32.  Splits: 11:47 (WU), 10:44 (walked the 2 icy patches at 2 east tunnels,) 10:18, 10:10, 10:39 (icy patch at west tunnel), 10:11, 9:56, (hurrying up) 10:29 (CD, this is finally the pace I should've been running). 

I know I should not be too hard on myself...but it's really depressing to see how slow and out of shape I've become.  I remember when I first picked up running at age 50, my goal was to run 10 min mile.  I did not own a GPS watch, just put on a timex watch and some exercise clothes to get out and run.  After a couple years, my goal was to BQ.  I was running 4 hour marathons and able to BQ 5 out of 6 of the yearly marathons I raced. I think I had my best racing years in 2010, 2011, running and even winning my AG.  Now I run/train solo because I'm so slow. a 10 min pace is VO2max for me!!! Sigh!  But I will NOT give up running or jogging for as long as my body let me! :)

Saucony Guide 10 (1) Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tom Slick on Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 18:44:38 from 66.87.127.231

It all starts with the first step! Keep the faith and keep on moving. Talk about some great training days Ms Smooth, you are all about it! Just make a plan and follow it till you accomplish it, and beyond. I have to get into my “yasso” training really soon. I’ve got about 10 more pounds to lose and a bunch more speed to gain in the next 12 weeks.....

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