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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 09, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

THANKS RACHEL & LOWELL for a GREAT 12 miler! Ogden here we come!

Dr. Rachel confirmed it...I have ITBS. She showed me some stretches and went as far as laying down on the parking lot to show me one I could do all day long in front of the TV. What a great friend! I should be good to go for Ogden if I #1 Faithfully stretch that IT, #2 Hydrate properly per Lowell's instructions.

What a great morning. So excited about the run that I was up at 4:30 am. Picked up Lowell at their motel in Sandy and got to PRT right at the same time Rachel pulled in. Lowell, Rachel, Annette and I ran the route we did on Easter Sat. 4 weeks ago.

There are a lot more runners and walkers this morning. The T. was perfect in the mid 40's, sunny, NO wind! Lowell and Rachel took turn telling stories while I huffed and puffed and listened. My IT was bugging me until it got warmed up. Then it got really bad running downhill on the return.

My Garmin was still set at metrics and stopped after 9.66K. I need to look at Rachel's splits later. At mile 10, Lowell announced that we would run 1 mile fast and back down on the last mile. Rachel obeyed and took off like the wind. She has speed in them long legs and even turned around to run us in the last mile. Lowell gave us some great tips and advice for Ogden. I'm glad he came all the way from Idaho to run with us.

Mizuno Inspire 4 Sz6.5 Lime Green (B) Miles: 12.00

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

Comments

From leslie on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 15:13:22 from 76.23.61.78

You are so popular to have people come from Idaho to run with you!! I am glad you got some tips for IT band, we don't want anything messing up this running season!

From Smooth on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 15:25:34 from 71.36.74.243

Les,

Lowell is a mutual friend of mine and Teena's. He's an awesome guy, funny, generous and caring. He's like a guardian angel. His beautiful wife came to Utah to show her quilt at the Quilt World Cup Expo all week. He came to be with her this weekend and so graciously ran w/ me. I hope to connect with him and his best friend at Ogden.

From marion on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 16:26:26 from 71.219.50.191

Those darn ITB!! :) You know wimps would NEVER run, it's far to complicated and requires far too much tenacity to keep doing it.

I love reading your blog entries! WHAT a great athlete you are and an AMAZING example to us! LOVE xxoxoxoxo!!

Hey- ask Larry to email me one of his old stake conference talks to me to use in church tomorrow :) Tell him I will swap him one of my old stake conference talks :)

From Kathie on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 16:32:09 from 207.155.176.10

The weather was great today! It sounds like you had another great party...ummm I mean run today!

From Teena on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 16:44:53 from 67.177.20.13

Smoothi!!

Stretch and hydrate!!! You know what I'm talking about! :)

I love you!!!

From RAD on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 17:02:34 from 67.166.99.8

Thanks to you!! I'm so excited that I got to run with you and Lowell, he sure is a neat guy!! I'm also enjoying his advice...even though I'm not sure if he was just using a runner's lie or not :) It may take me a couple years to put it all to practice :)

Annette seemed to have a good time too..tried to call her, but haven't connected yet. When I'm not too lazy to go downstairs and get my garmin I'll send you the splits :)

From RAD on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 17:03:24 from 67.166.99.8

Oh, and take care of that ITB!! I'll ditto Teena's stretch and hydrate, I'll be right there with you :)

From maurine on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 17:56:57 from 97.117.66.96

Smooth - roll out that IT Band every night before Ogden. And try anti-inflammatories. I find the IT Band 'Band' helps keep the pain from hitting as quick. Also - during Ogden, try and stay on the crown of the road or switch from side to side to keep the irritation down on that left leg. Oh - and don't push the downhills too much - that can irritate it more.

Great run - you have a real neat social life in your running world. Mine usually involves a furry (dog) butt staring me in the face.

From crockett on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 18:23:11 from 70.56.101.61

Careful with the ITB. Can't run through it, only gets worse. When I had it bad several years ago rolling it out seemed to help the best and also wearing a band. Eventually it went away when I had to lay off for two months after a knee scope.

From Smooth on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 18:45:36 from 71.36.74.243

Marion,

THANKS! You have to talk tomorrow? Mother's Day, of all days? I had to do that once...sure ruined it for me. I told Larry about your offer. He asked what's her last name. Don't know why.

Kathie,

You've got to come to our "party" one of these days.

Teena,

I will try really hard to hydrate and stretch. I'm not as obedient as you! :) Just don't snitch on me. ;) LLL LLL Do you like the shirt Lowell got from the Expo? I wanted to see it. Lowell cracks me up!!!

Rachel,

You were so super nice to run slow with me AGAIN. That was the first time I ever run with Lowell and was thoroughly entertained. He really has a lot of wisdom to offer with his years of running marathons. Yeah, it might take me couple years too! ;)

Maurine,

THANKS for the tips. Where do you get the IT Bands? I've never used them so may be I shouldn't try them at Ogden? I run solo most of the time; not even a canine partner. The FRB has been a blessing, allowing me to meet great friends such as you and the gang.

Davy,

Should I not run Ogden? Do you use foam roller or "the stick" to roll it out?

From marion on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 19:08:25 from 71.213.104.28

Tell Larry it's Mahonri Moriancumer ;D No- it's McClellan. My bishop is so funny- he suggested that I speak on how Mary must have felt at the Crucifixion of Christ. Any mother can tell you in 15 seconds how she felt, it would be a very short talk ;)

From eric on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 19:56:12 from 75.167.84.194

Hi Mom,

Sorry to hear about your IT band. I know some OMT (Osteo. manual manipulation/treatment) that can help...one of the benefits of attending a university with a D.O. program. I'll call you to discuss. You should strongly consider sitting out Ogden. ITBS takes more time than you think to repair. Remember what kept me from running Boston 3 years ago...

From Maurine/Tarzan on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 21:45:36 from 97.117.66.96

Smooth - you can get the straps at any running store. They put pressure on the IT Band to try and keep it from rubbing and getting inflamed. I will tell you that it might not be good to run Ogden. It is a downhill course and downhills are hard on the band.

Of course - I'm not one to talk. My legs started spasming in the store tonight and I just had to torture myself on my foam roller.

From crockett on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 22:18:42 from 70.56.101.61

See if it calms down and try a strap. You can run through the pain, but it will just make it take longer to heal from it. It depends how severe it is. I used one of my kids balls to roll over. Hurts, but does good. You want to roll clear up to the hip, but not on the knee. On the stretches, don't overdo those. Whether to do Ogden or not...you are asking the wrong person because I'm still planning on it and probably shouldn't.

From Burt on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 13:37:41 from 98.167.151.26

Happy Mother's Day Smooth.

From MarcE on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 22:04:04 from 206.225.68.52

I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day, Susanna! You deserve it.

From DonGardinero on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 22:32:54 from 75.162.165.85

Happy Mothers Day Susanna!!!

From RAD on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 23:06:02 from 67.166.99.8

Happy Mother's day!! Thanks for being a good mom to all us young 'uns that look up to you - maybe not physically, but mentally :)

From eric on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 23:33:18 from 75.167.84.194

I wanted to thank all of you runner friends of my Mom for being so loving and supportive to her through all her running adventures. It means so much to me that she has all of you that care so much. I'm a bit jealous that some of you get to spend more time with her than I do...Can't wait for her to meet Emi.

Happy Mothers Day Mom!!

From marion on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 00:06:34 from 71.219.56.75

Happy Mother's DAy! Eric- you are very blessed to have such GREAT parents :D

From Amber on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 08:40:37 from 64.255.88.143

Happy Mother's Day Smooth! You are so influential to sooooo many people!

Great run too, I'm SO sorry about your IT Band issues! DAnG!!! No fun, I wish we could magically make injuries disappear so we can just run our little hearts out! Sounds like you've gotten a lot of great advice though, and you are very smart so you'll know how far to push your body. Hope to see you at Ogden :)

From Smooth on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:06:53 from 71.36.74.243

Maurine,

THANKS for the tips. You've been there so you know what it's like. You're right about the downhill aggravating it more. The weird thing about it is, it seems to come and go. It bugs me after sitting. I feel it most when I lift or bend my knee.

Davy,

I don't know how you run through so many ultras with so much pains and issues. I can never be as tough as you. I really admire your tenacity and the great adventure you've experienced. I love reading all your reports and blog. I live vicariously through you. Keep on keeping!

Burt,

THANKS for the M'Day wish. You're so thoughtful.

Marc,

Right back at ya! It's great to have so many wonderful friends such as you.

Dale,

THANKS! Kiddo! Gosh I've never had so many M'Day wishes from so many "great kids".

Rachel,

Hey, my daughter is a year older than you. So, you can be my daughter. Thanks for not treating me like an old lady when you run with me and NOT looking "down" on me literally. You're great. I sure hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day.

Eric,

Can't wait to hold Emi...one week!!! THANKS for the wonderful call and for helping me so much. You're a GREAT son. I don't know how or why the good Lord blesses dad and I with such good kids. I LOVE YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH!!!

Marion,

Hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day. Happy for your miracles and the upcoming new stove.

Amber,

THANKS! You're the smart and good example to me. I marvel at all that you do and the patience you had, not running, so you can heal. Hope your shin is all better and you are good to go at Ogden. If one can run without any issues, one would run all day long!

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