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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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Slept in, checked the mail and email.  Ate breakfast.  Did laundry.  Good to be home but I'm missing my kids and grandkids terribly! :(  Could not find the motivation to run.

But today being National Run Day (I think) and smack in the middle of the two marathons (Ogden and UVM); plus it's first day of the month, I'd better get a run in whether I feel like it or not.  Finally headed out just before noon, very warm, windy with overcast sky.

The legs were stiff, tired and heavy.  The right patellar tendon protested immediately.  I could not get in a good rhythm.  The pace was slower than tar.  Could not get the left footfall to quiet down.  It was as if a rock was embedded in the sole.  I even checked it twice.  Drank from the f.o.y at mile 5, 9, 11.  Ate 3 shot blocks left over from Ogden at mile 5.

The only good part of the run was the surrounding beautiful mountains and valley.  I saw many horses, 3 camels, 1 mule, mothers jogging with strollers and children at Field Day and Dance Festival.  

How am I going to run UVM in 10 days?  It's gonna be a very LONG painful one, I'm afraid! :(


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AM:  Ran easy with Karen.  Good thing Karen reminded me to take my inhaler.  It was very windy and I started coughing one mile into the run and had to use the inhaler.  A bit cooler than yesterday.  Legs still dead!  :(

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Easy run with Karen.  Yesterday I talked her ears off.  Today was her turn! :)

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FUN FUN FUN run with three beautiful friends!!! MANY THANKS to Toby for the invite and for packing our drinks!!!  :)  MUCHO thanks to RAD for the fun chats!!! :)

Drove Karen to the PRT where we met Toby and RAD at 6:30am.  The PRT is perfect for a 12 miler, just the right amount of rollers and up/downgrade, and beautiful vista of the valley in the base of Traverse Mountain!!! Weather was GREAT!  The company were SUPERB!!!!  What else can a girl ask for?!!! Except may be time for breakfast afterwards! :)

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The knee is still bugging!  I am not fully recovered from Ogden.  I will do some serious rolling and stretching this week; tape up the darn knee and hope I finish UVM upright!  But I will have FUN and find JOY!!!  The journey and friendships, the joy and pain in overcoming my limitations and weaknesses is why I run; and the marathon facilitates that beautifully!!!  :) :) :)



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I can't believe last week this time we were driving east from Iowa to Ohio in a 1-truck-2-cars-caravan!  It was hard work but very enjoyable!!!   Missing Emi terribly!!!

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I really like Elder Ballard's Conference talk on "finding JOY through loving service".  I need to have this as my daily reminder:

"The Gospel of Jesus Christ is simple, no matter how much we try to make it complicated.  We should strive to keep our lives similarly simple, unencumbered by the extraneous influences, focused on those things that matter most."

"How can we free ourselves from this tangled web of challenges and uncertainties to find peace of mind and happiness?  I believe there is one simple but profound...principle...that will purify and sanctify us so we can live once again the in the presence of God.  Love of God and of others.  The love the Savior described is an active love.  It is not manifested through large and heroic deeds but rather through simple acts of kindness and service. "

"Great things are wrought through simple and small things.  Like the small flecks of gold that accumulate over time into a large treasure, our small and simple acts of kindness and service will accumulate into a life filled with love for Heavenly Father, devotion to the work of the Lord and a sense of peace and joy each time we reach out to one another."

I love Sister Hinckley's words:  "NEVER SUPPRESS A GENEROUS THOUGHT."

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Ran 6.5 bright and early with Karen (Sky) and her sister Kathy down and up the rail trail then walked 0.5 mile with their mother and sister, Julie.  What a beautiful morning!!!  I'd go swimming if I knew how!  Poor Sky had been slowing down lately.

Foam roll, stretch, little bit of core.  Going to check on Angela.  

Have a great week everyone! :) :) :) :)

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Beautiful blue sky, mid 50s, calm, perfect day for a run.  1 wu, 3 mp, 1 cd.  AP: 9:17. 

Was planning on an easy run; but the thought of *p-dawg beating me* got me fired up!!!  C'mon P-dawg!  I'm ready for ya!!!! :) :) :)

Foam roll like crazy.  Stretch.  Yoga.  Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!


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Ran with Karen (Sky), Kathy and Erin!  Perfect weather!  Allergies galore!  Sweat fest.  AP: 9:32.  

Roll.  Stretch.  Drink.  Repeat!

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2 circuits of CSE.

Temple and lunch date with friends of 30+ years.  My friends are FUNNY!!!! :)

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AM:  Quick run to loosen things up.  SO many aches and pains!  eeeek!!!

Mid-morning:  Going to packet pickup, luncheon with fellow FRBs!!!  SO EXICTED!!! :) :) :) :) :)

PM & Evening:  Stake Youth Conference, doing the Amazing Race, dinner and fireside!!! Fun! :) :) :)

Night:  Try to get some shut-eyes before heading to Cougar Town for the early bus ride up to Wahlsburg, the start of UVM!  EEEK!!!  WaHOOO!!! :)

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Race: Utah Valley Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:09:03, Place in age division: 4
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UVM:  blessings and a blast!!!! 

Short version:  [the long version is for my journal and posterity ;)

WHAT A BLAST!!!:

  • FANTASTIC pre-race and post-race lunches with WONDERFUL friends! :) :) :)
  • SUPER FUN hanging out with RAD, Teena, JohnV, MattL, Luz & Cath before the race!!! :) :) :) 
  • Had a BLAST running with AWESOME friends:  RAD (3 mi) Lowell (15 mi) Cath (~ 4 mi) Suzette (20.5 mi) and Fonz (1 mi)!!! :) :) :)

THE BLESSINGS!!!  So grateful that I: 

  • Got a BQ (1st half in 2:04:23, 2nd half in 2:04:40, YAHOO for even splits!) with a bum knee and tired legs to boot!!! :)
  • Had no cramps nor collapsed at the finish. :) :)
  • Was loved and taken care of by awesome friends, especially RAD! :) :) :)
  • Had a cloud covering the last 10 miles. :)
  • Have a sweet hubby who faithfully comes and waits for me every marathon even on a busy busy day. ♥ :) :) :)

Long version:  [you can stop reading now :)]

Pre-race:

Had a wonderful Fri. luncheon visiting with many friends and families.  THANKS Paul for organizing it!!! :) At the Expo met the two Kenyans and Mark Marrott (handcycle division winner).  Kinda neat to talk to the champs at eye-level! :)  Went to the store for some banana and sunscreen before heading over to the Stake Youth Conference doing the Amazing Race.  Had a great dinner and fireside with the energetic youth.  Well past 9 by the time we got home...SO tired!!!  Got my running gear ready and took 1/2 AdvilPM at 11 in hopes of getting some sleep, no such luck! :(

Was wide awake entire time wondering how I was to run this thing in the morning w/ tired sore legs?!! Finally got out of bed at 2:30am tired and groggy!  KT taped the right knee (it came off when I removed my warm-up pants before the start, o well).  Put on compression sleeves.  Met RAD at 3:15am.  So grateful she drove me to the bus loading where we unexpectedly met up with Teena, JohnV and MattL.  Waved to Slick and Kodi as their bus pulled away.

So lethargic on the bus ride that I would've fallen asleep if not for the *entertainment* by a *certain royalty* and a very funny RAD.  Has it only been 3 weeks since our silly ride up Ogden Canyon?  Yup, still feeling the aches and pains of that marathon...what was I thinking?!!!  Forced down a banana, yogurt and gatorade. 

The Start:

Did the pop wait where we saw JulieC, Walter, Carina, Flatlander, Sasha and bunch of others.   Found Luz and Cath after walking past gazillion stinky smokey fire-pits.  The smoke seriously made me want to puke.  We lined up for the pop a 2nd time (to be expected when one gets up so early! It isn't even Boston, geez louise!)  Was fun making new friends at the pop line though!  The race started on time at 6am while RAD's time was *ten to*... yep, we were still ten-ding-to-business!  hehehe!!! :)

RAD and I were heading to bag-drop-off when Lowell finally showed up hurrying to the pop.  He wanted us to wait for him.  But we were freezing and it was already 5 min. after gun time.  He and Suzette finally caught up to us at mile 1.  He told us that he and Jason had to rescue the wheelchair athlete who has fallen into the river just before the start, goodness! 

First half:

My!  That first mile was a huffer...not too concerned as I knew it was uphill.  RAD pulled away at the mile 3 aid station.  I have got to learn not to linger at aid stations.  Ran with Suzette and Lowell, what a hoot! :)  It was like Poky all over again, singing, laughing, telling jokes and completely lost all my dignity with Lowell's incessant teasing and harassing.  Good thing I love him so much or I would've ditched him and his ole-fartin' at the mile 8, 9 & 12 hills.  Instead we (Suzette and I, the sassy women according to him) stayed with him passing runners making lots of friends who were either amused or annoyed by his: "What's your name?  We're wondering why you don't have any friends?  Can we walk the hill with you?"  "Good morning, Pain!  Tell us your story!"  "Smooth and Suzette are two sassy women!  They lied.  They are evil women!"  I was only guilty on one count when I told Miles from Calif. (think that's his real name since I told him my name was Smooth) that once we got over that snow-peaked mountain, it would be *smooth miles* to the finish! :)  I thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful green mountains & rolling hills of the canyon while ignoring the traffic noise on the concrete hwy! :)

Second half:

I never looked at my watch until at the Half, 2:04:xx.  I was happily surprised when I saw hubby on the north bound lane shoulder cheering! ♥ Was fun to see AlisaB and wish she would latch on to our group.  We also caught up to Cath and she got to listen to Lowell's story of his early law days.  Don't know when we lost Cath and Luz; but we stopped to take pictures for two girls who wanted the water-fall scenery as backdrop.  The fun part of running at the back and middle of the pack is that you get to pass/meet all these people who run as friends, father-sons-daughters together.  You get to hear inspiring stories.  You get to cheer and encourage first-timers, people running for a cause, etc. :) :) :)

While I enjoyed the comradarie, I tried to listen to my body's signals, pay attention to my form, remember to drink and gu.  UVM did a great job putting the aid stations close to the odd number miles and positioning the gu, powerade and water just right.  That made it easy for me to gu at the stations where they handed out gu and took orange slices where there wasn't any gu.  Thanked the volunteers profusely. :)  A cyclist almost clipped me as I ran too close to the orange cones doing the tangent!  That was scary! :/

We lost Lowell after mile 15.  I think he stayed with Sarah, a first time marathoner. Suzette and I ran together till the mouth of the canyon where I told her that the race really begins and urged her to go for it.  Now running with my own thoughts on University Ave. fearing charlie horse would hit any minute.  My thoughts immediately turned to my missionary son, Steven, who's been in the Provo MTC for exactly a month.  The first sign of cramps showed up at the top of my hamstrings where I've never experienced before; usually it's in my calves, shins or toes.  The hymn, Called to Serve, immediately popped into my head.  I sang that in my mind over and over, lengthened the back-swing-strides,  far and wide His love proclaim...ONWARD...pressing onward...until the cramps subsided.  I concentrated on good posture that Eric taught me, side-fived the children, thanked every officer at each traffic light!

The finish:

Just before mile 25, I saw a smiling Fonz jumped onto the course to run with me! :) :) :) He said: "I don't have a watch and don't know your goal but I'll stay with ya!  What time do you have?"  That's the first time I looked at my watch since the half.  It read 3:59:xx.  With that I told him: "Well, it looks like I'm not gonna make sub-4.  But unless something disastrous happens, I should have a BQ in the bag!"  I asked him how Teena and his other friend did.  It was wonderful to run with him side by side.  I just latched onto his energy and smooth strides.  He grabbed two cups of water and dumped them on me while I took a last drink of powerade...felt soooo good! :)  He pointed the blue thing - the finish line...but we still have NINE blocks to go...dang those street signs and traffic lights...and I couldn't even see the blue thing!!!  I just fixated my eyes on the Wells Fargo building.  Fonz peeled off at the last traffic light with a, "It's all yours!  Enjoy the crowds cheering!"  I saw Canyon (MarcieN), my hubby and Doone and I think I heard Kathie, Kimmy and friends cheering wildly!  Finished at last where RAD was so kind to walk in circles with me and help me recover and find my hubby!  Marathon #27 in the book!  It was a successful training run!  :)

Post-race:

Had a hunch that I placed top 5 (I passed two of my competitors) but didn't stay for the award.  We had a great lunch/birthday celebration organized by Doone for Rhett.  It was the best to top off the UVM weekend!  I am so grateful for such great and wonderful friends!  I am so thankful for the ability to run! 

 


 

 




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Spoke in the Stake Youth Conference fireside.  I shared my conversion story and my testimonies.  The scriptures I used was 1Ne 3:7 and Moroni 7:19-22.

The best comments I got was from Sister Haws who is the Stake YW Pres.  She said I made her son cried! (Hope that was a good thing!)  She couldn't wait to ask him how the Spirit touched him.  Later Bro. Moss (the Stake clerk) said that his sons said they liked me better than John Bytheway!  Now, that might not be a good thing! :)  Sister Hillary Weeks said: "I want to be like you.  Thanks for reminding me to be the woman I have always wanted to become!"  I humbly take that as the kindest compliment.  In all sincerity, I just hope that the Spirit was there to inspire the youth to search their own souls, to seek a testimony of the Savior and live to keep that testimony alive!

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Walked, jogged with Mary and Laura.  Nice cool cloudy day.  Legs are a bit tired and tight!   Lots of stretching throughout the day!  Ate more protein.

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Nice and slow recovery miles.  Would have gone swimming if I knew how.

3 circuits of CSE.  Biceps and triceps.  Lots of stretching with some light foam rolling.  Tightness in quads getting better.  Right patellar tendon still tender at the insertion point.

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Easy recovery run that got progressively faster.  Legs felt pretty good.  Knee is bugging post run and after sitting for awhile.  Lots of stretching.

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Nice run on a breezy morning.  AP 9:20.  Tightness almost all gone.  Knee not better or worse.  Really like running in the Elixir. 

3 circuits CSE.  Biceps and triceps.  Foam roll--stretch--repeat!

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6 easy, although it didn't feel easy.  0.5 mile on dirt checking out the construction progress on the canal.  Can't wait 'till it's all done and have the canal trail back!  Nice cool morning.  Ran by the field where my hawks were seen last year and nearly got attacked by some pesky black birds...GRRR!!!!

 

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Karen picked me up to meet RAD, ScottW, Chad, Maynard and Annette at 7 at the JRP.  The river was very high and calm.  Thanks to Chad guiding us around Willow Park to avoid the flooded tunnel under Center St.  and the FUN chats, the miles flew by.  Saw a deer, lots of birds (a Falcon?), a remote control airplane and a snake freaked RAD majorly when Maynard pointed it out to her! Ha!!!  Good thing I was too blind to notice!  :)  Knee bugged here and there during warm up and at the end. 

THANKS Rachel for the invite and everyone for coming; you're AWESOME company!!!  I wouldn't have run this many miles and not nearly as FUN if it weren't for y'all! :) :) :) :)


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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!

There are only two fathers that I love more than life, my sweet hubby and my Father in Heaven!  I want to spend the day honoring both of them! :)

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Didn't get up early enough for a run before the drive to Sun Valley Idaho.  The drive took 6.5 hours.  It normally takes us 5 hours.  But we took our time to stop for lunch plus there were a lot of road construction delays.

Got to Sun Valley, spent some time visiting the vendors for UBA, hope I win some sweet prize.  Wanted to run but had to get ready for the welcome BBQ dinner and evening events. 

Went for a walk with hubby before it got dark!  Such a beautiful place! :)

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Had breakfast with hubby then went for a run while he attends the UBA Conference business sessions!  Ran an out and back first northward to Trail Creek Lodge/Cabin for 3.5 then south to Ketchum to 4th St bike path and hook onto Wood River Trail.  There is a drinking fountain on the trail about a mile from 4th St. So drank at mile 6 then turned around at mile 7.5 and drank from the same fountain (mi 9.15 since I took the wrong fork of the trail).  Got back in time to shower and head down to the last business session before lunch by the duck pond!  Very enjoyable run and morning.  Temp in the high 50s to low 60s, sunny blue sky!  :) 


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Decided to sleep in rather than run the UBA 5K.  Sleep and health is more important to me now than the $25 gift card prize or even pride!  But hey, I did win $100 yesterday at the vendor's final prize drawing.  

Filled my handheld with the can of lemonade and small pack of jelly beans that I got at the vendors exhibit.  Headed out for a loop run.  I ran portions of this route as out-n-backs over the years I've been here.  With the help of Google Earth I figured a route for the loop.  Turned out to be perfect distance. 

Saw a fox just before I ran on the second bridge.  He probably took a drink from the river and was leaving when I ran by.  He turned to look at me then went back into the woods.   Saw couple elks on the hill side.  Stopped at the drinking fountain at the Elkhorn/Wood River junction but the pressure was too low.  Forgot to restart the garmin.  Drank and ate jelly beans at the fountain on Wood River, the same one I drank from yesterday, great tasting water! 


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Only had time to do a short run.  Decided to do the hilly Dollar Mountain route.  Good bye beautiful Sun Valley! 

Nice lunch and visit at the Tateoka on the drive home.


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Was I spoiled the last four days up at beautiful Sun Valley with nice cool temp, sunny blue sky, gorgeous mountains and river, luxurious room, fine dinning every night!  Bill Cosby was so stinkin' funny at last night's outdoor performance...I got a belly workout from laughing so hard! :)

Here I am back in Utah and looks like summer is finally here! 

6 circuits CSE, biceps, triceps, yoga!

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Race: AF Canyon Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:49:10, Place in age division: 2
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KUDOS to the organizers and volunteers of the AF Canyon 1/2 marathon & 5K!

I signed up for this race because 100% of the proceed goes to cancer patients who can't afford treatments.  It is the first year and possibly first race ever running down the American Fork Canyon.  Very impressed with its superb organization,  especially for a first year race.  We received 3 email reminders with pertinent information during the week.  Packet pickup was efficiently set up at the finish/bus pick up area at American Fork High School.  They gave out gender specific Nike tech shirt that is true to size, YAY!!!  The volunteers explained the course on a huge map and pointed out where the finishing chute was.   They had prize drawing that took place prior to or during the run so all you had to do is check the list at the finish for your name and claim the prize, no waiting around!  I won a free mammogram. 

Picked up Karen at 4am, got to AF HS in 15 min.  Saw Maynard and his two beautiful daughters on the bus so we sat by them! :) Couldn't have planned it better! :) The start staging was at Tibble Fork Reservoir, a beautiful setting surrounded by mountains.  The parking lot has plenty of room for pops, music, etc., no cow pies, muddy field or angry farmers! :)  We had plenty of time to do the pop twice.  The race started on time, may be even a min. early.   We lined up behind the 2:05 pacer but passed the 2:00 and 1:55 pacers within the first 1/4 mile. 

The river and run offs was so high that it spilled/washed over onto the road.  We got our feet wet right before the first mile marker, not too concerned.  I told Karen with the course huge elevation drop (1471' according to the race website), we could PR (sub 1:50 for me, sub-2 for Karen) even though I wasn't planning to race it.  I wanted to treat this as a training run and just ran with feel.

AF canyon is a winding 2-lanes road so I tried my best to do the tangents since we had to stay on the westbound lane.  The scenery was BEAUTIFUL, lush green mountains and roaring river!  I pointed out the rock formation to Karen.  Did anyone spotted Abe Lincoln's profile? 

Mile 1 - 8:28  (200' elevation drop)  EZ warm up while weaving around runners.

Mile 2 - 8:00 (~ 75')  Surprised by this but feeling good.

Mile 3 - 8:04 (~125')  Focused on downhill form and relaxed.

Mile 4 - 7:48 (~200')  Followed a boy w/ the UVM'09 shirt on. 

Mile 5 - 7:14 (~400') Biggest elevation drop of the course.  Passed UVM-boy.  Gu'd at this aid station.

Mile 6 ~ 7:39 (~225')  Started to cough (campfire smell?).  No inhaler, stink!

Mile 7 ~ 7:20 (~250')  Started to feel warm but saved by a canyon breeze. 

Mile 8 ~ 8:04 (~75')  Got onto the trail at the mouth of the canyon.  Legs started to feel the accumulative fatigue!

Mile 9 ~ 8:25 (~50')  Rolling and winding along the trail by Cedar Hills Golf Course.  Started to fade while Karen gradually pulling away.  She looked like she was just out on a Saturday long run, smooth & effortless!

Mile 10 ~ 8:48 (~50') Thought I was running in the 9's.  Feeling warm and tired.

Mile 11 ~ 8:59 (~50') Had to walk on the small incline, coughing! 

Mile 12 ~ 8:38  Course flattens out.  Dig deep to fight the urge to walk.  Passed lots of 5K walkers.

Mile 13 ~ 9:23  Saw Lucy Gull, a friend I met in Spanish Fork.  She was volunteering at the last aid station.  I wasn't going to take a drink.  But she handed me two cups and asked how I was doing.  I dumped the water on myself and walked to talk to her. 

0.17 ~ 1:30+ (8:36)  I stopped my Garmin (1:48:25) when I crossed over what I thought was a timing mat and jogged to the balloon arch (about 100 yards away) where I realized sat the REAL timing mat!  STINK!  The clock read 1:49:04.  The posted time at the finish was 1:49:10.  Will take the PR albeit on an aided course and the division award for 2 movie vouchers! :)

Walked around at the finish and found my neighbors, Wendy Clark, Emily & Brian Hansen who all placed in their divisions.  Karen ran a 1:47:48.  I am SO SO SO SO PROUD of her!!!  Heard they announced Walter's winning time!  Saw and visited with AlisaB, but never found Kelly & JonA.  Bummer!:(  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JonA!!! :)

It was a GREAT DAY (temp mid 50s-60s), beautiful downhill course, lots of food at the finish (french toast w/ honey butter, yogurt, grapes package, mini banana, chocolate milk, etc.)  Hubby missed seeing me come in as he was getting there late from attending the 6am temple session.  He found me in time to say goodbye as he had to be in the parade at 9.   Not complaining as he is so very supportive of my running!  I love him so much! ♥

Thoughts during the run:  Susan who died of pancreatic cancer.  AlisaB's mom who died recently of uterine & lung cancer.  My neighbor dying of brain cancer.  My nephew Alex, a great kid and runner, fighting Lymphoma.




Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 13.10
Night Sleep Time: 4.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.50Weight: 0.00
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Nice cool morning easy recovery run with Karen.  I didn't wear my Garmin.  Karen took hers just for mileage sake, neither of us knew how far our legs would let us go.  Quads are a little tight.  We stopped to stretch at couple stop signs and felt pretty good the rest of the run.  I ran 9.25, Karen did 7 since I ran to her house and back!  

My Texas grandkids and their parents are arriving today!  I am so excited!  Need to get the bedrooms ready and stock up the fridge and pantry! :) :) :)

Inspire 5 (4) Miles: 9.25
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AM: Ran with Karen (Skye), Mary, Carolyn and Wendy on the 3rd W-rail Trail-3200 N loop bright and early.  Very pleasant cool weather, the trail was shaded.  Got warm running east and uphill on 3200 N.  No Garmin.  Legs definitely did not like the hills.

Foam roll.  Stretch.  Core.

PM: Fun day shopping with Larissa.  Picked up Lily at the airport.  Went to Ocean Market on the way home.  Cooked a nice dinner: chow fun (Larissa's favorite) and mahpoh dohfu (Brandon's favorite). 

In the evening took everyone to Day Break to visit Jeff and Jenn.  Took the grandkids to the lake and park and walked over to look at the site of the Extreme Makeover Home edition.  Long day, my dogs are tired! :)


Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 6.50
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Karen had to take her daughter to gymnastics so we didn't get started until 7:20, by then the temp was already getting up to 70.  Thankfully we had partly cloudy sky most of the way; however it was still warm & windy!  I don't know how people in AZ or TX train in the summer.

I was planning on no more than 11, Karen's schedule was supposed to be 7, we ended up running 12!  Glad I carried Gatorade.  We ran to the Alpine fountain of youth so Karen could get a drink and turned around.  It was a pain running around the construction zones across SR 92 and the canal.  My legs were fried!  Let's see... I ran a downhill marathon 18 days ago and a downhill Half 4 days ago... no wonder they don't like me now!  Ice bathed the legs, ahhh!  So glad the grandkids enjoyed coloring & drawing after lunch so I could *rest*!  :)

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Cloudy breezy morning, felt cooler than yesterday.  Ran EZ with Karen on Bull River.

On my way home from PCMC, I got a surprise call from David telling me he's driving home tomorrow!  I am so excited! :)

Is anyone running long on Sat.?  What are your plans?

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Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 82.32Inspire 5 (5) Miles: 34.60Inspire 5 (4) Miles: 17.00Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 37.90
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