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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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Race: Pocatello Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:08:00, Place overall: 44, Place in age division: 1
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Day before

The Pocatello Marathon is a sweet little marathon with a BIG BIG heart!!! :D Lowell (who's from Pocatello) tried to get me to run it for the last three years. When I found out Doone (Rhett's sweet wife) was going to run Pokey as her debut marathon, I decided to do it so I could *run in her footsteps*. The weekend fun started with my sweet hubby taking Teena, Kathie and I to lunch at Maddox on our drive to Idaho. As soon as our arrival to our hotel we were treated like royalty w/Lowell giving us our schwag bags: a backback complete w/ a luggage tag, sack of potatoes and hashbrown mixes. He then gave us a mile by mile narrative as we drove the course.  Do you know why they call it *Running the Gap*?  That there are magic at mile 11 & 12?  Where to spot the Portneuf Pyramid and where the Three Lamanites'magnetic power secret hiding place was? Where you might spot a cougar, wild turkeys and Little Ireland? 8-) Well, you'll have to run it w/ Lowell to find out.   That evening we were invited by Doone and Rhett's friends' (Leslie & Ross) house for dinner. If it weren't for Teena's KT-taping the guys, I seriously did not feel like I was going to a race!!! :D 8-) :D

The race

The course was like a U shape in design making our hotel location within 10 min drive of the start and finish. Lowell picked us up from our hotel at 5:30. Got to the start with enough time to meet/greet his friends and do the p-o-p thing. Lowell and couple of girls were the last to hand off their backpacks to the UPS guys (Yes, its a UPS truck w/ nice shelves). We were the last to cross the start mat, about 1 min after everyone (350 marathoners) left. :) The first two miles were the REAL downhill miles. We took it nice and easy, speed-walking with Yolanda Holder, enjoying the cool crisp dawn. The sunrise was made spectacular with fluffy clouds illuminated by hues of soft pink/red sunbeams peeking through silver linings far to the east. We sang and laughed and tried to coax people to run w/ us as we passed them. I hope they weren't annoyed by our friendliness. :lol:

Pokey is organized with Full, Half, 10K, 5K and Kid K on the same course w/ staggered start times (Full @ 6:15, Half @ 8) finishing in the same park. Teena's goal was to make it to the Halfers before they start. Hubby drove Kathie to the Half Start and cheered everyone 'till I got there; then he would drive and cheer along the 2nd half of the course. It was tiring for him to keep track of all my running friends, safely maneuver around runners, spectators and traffic. The first 12 miles were on winding canyon roads w/ such beautiful scenery of pines, aspens, streams, ponds, green fields and hills that makes one breaks into songs, (exactly what Lowell and I did w/our own silly lyrics). :D We crossed the half @ 1:57:20.

Once we entered the town of Inkom, the course flattened out and the temp rose quickly; but we were blessed w/a nice cloud covering 'till about mile 18. We passed many halfers on this long stretch along Hwy 91 and the rail road. Many runners would find this a mentally challenging long straight stretch w/ a long hill at mile 17 and a mean one before mile 20 going up under the Freeway. Thanks to Lowell's pointing out the ancient Lake Bonneville shore line *waves* and the surrounding Bassault formation I was able to enjoy the scenery instead of looking at the long road ahead. The aid station volunteers were WONDERFUL! :D They had mustard packets for me, with the relish packets (provided by Teena, delivered by hubby), the only thing missing was catchup and hotdogs! :lol: Lowell was constantly encouraging the Half marathon walkers as we passed them. The highlight was running into Rita (Metermaid) and her sister. :D :D :D We did a ton of visiting as Lowell is the most popular guy in all of Pocatello. :P :D :P

To the finish

Around mile 22, Lowell urged me to leave him. I tried to entice him with the promise that Larry has his Dr. Pepper waiting at mile 23...he didn't take the bait. I finished my race strong, upright and happy with my last split @ 8:30. The magic at mile 11 and 12 came true with my fastest splits @ 8:15 & 8:12. My time was 4:08:00 and ended up 1st in my AG. The post-race feast was AMAZING! Besides the usual ice cream bars, chocolate milk, milk, juice, bread, bagels, banana, oranges, gatorade, etc....they provided a REAL meal of fresh baked Idaho potatoes w/all the toppings and BBQ pulled pork sandwitches. WOW!!!! :D :D :D :D :D The medal and ribbons is the biggest and best of all the previous 22 marathons I've run!!! Shhh!!! Don't tell Boston! 8-)   It was fun meeting some of the FRBs, jtshad, Bill Mandler, Barry Smith...can't remember who else.

Rhett, Kathie and Leslie (Doone's friend) waiting for the Half to start

Pokey 1.jpg

 Ross, Leslie, Kathie, Doone, Rhett, Smooth, Teena at the finish

Pokey 2.jpg

Award ceremony, 3rd place gal must have left to check out of the hotel, we were lucky to have late check out! :)
Pokey 3.jpg

******

Dale, Yes, Lowell is for real!

Here's a pic of him running couple steps behind me at Pokey! 

 Here's Lowell running on my Ragnar team last year!

Maynard, here's a pic of the medal & ribbon w/ a $.25 coin for comparison.


Inspire 5 Purple (3) Miles: 26.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Teena Marie on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 00:55:27 from 174.52.45.85

SSF~

Thank you so much for such a wonderful weekend! I can't begin to tell you how much fun I had.

As for your race: YOU ROCKED THAT BABY!!! (And you did that while singing, dancing, taking pics, eating relish, and telling big lies!!!)

I love you, soul sistah!

I have been waiting for your report all day. Now I can finally go to bed!

Sleep well. Goodnight! :)

From DonGardinero on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 01:36:09 from 75.162.186.144

Smoothie, the queen of marathoning!!! Wow, what an awesome time you all had. I wish I was there with you guys. I'm seriouslly considering running that marathon next year. Perhaps I will if you will be there. Thanks for the phone call, it cheered my up from my miserable illness. You rock!!!

From RAD on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 01:43:53 from 67.172.229.125

You are so stinkin' amazing!! SO proud of what a wonderful person and runner you are. You've done a ton of marathons this year and are still capturing AG wins and running strong!

We'll miss you at Onion Days w/Larry's no running on Labor Day rule! :(

From Tom Slick on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 02:57:25 from 69.171.174.198

Oh Baby Doll, that was all way too cool. Congrats on a fab run in the land of spuds.

From flatlander on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 06:39:54 from 75.223.226.225

What a fun race, good job skipping your way to the finish and getting the AG award. I'm pretty sure no one was annoyed by your friendliness! That sounds like a really fun marathon, have to put it on my to-do list.

From jtshad on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 07:38:44 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on a great race, Poky does put on a quality event! It was great meeting you in person, hope you come back to this race again.

From artichoke on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 14:22:27 from 97.126.184.64

Congratulations on that 1st place in your AG! Nice job!!!

From Kelli on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 15:26:46 from 71.219.102.155

Sounds like you had an absolute BLAST!!! You are the marathon MAMA for sure!! I can not believe that you just keep cranking them out (and winning your AG more often than not!!!) I want to be just like you when I grow up!!!!

From Toby on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 17:20:03 from 66.133.97.196

What a fun race (but you make every race fun)! Big congratulations on the awesome win! I hope you totally pigged out after - what yummy food!

From Nancy on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 21:47:03 from 76.27.19.206

I love hearing your race reports. You have so much fun as you run along and you never seem to get tired. Congratulations on your 1st place in your age group.

From Kathie on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 22:46:56 from 63.248.105.188

We had so much fun I am not sure we can ever top this weekend!

From leslie peterson on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 23:20:36 from 174.52.158.81

You are amazing!!!!!! Congrats on first place in your age group, what a fast time and a FUN time!!!! See you in a few weeks!

From Maynard on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 23:27:20 from 71.213.1.230

You too, young lady are awesome. And I'll throw you into the same category as Teena:

R O C K

S T A R !

So, about this way cool medal. I think maybe a close up picture just of the ribbon and medal (with you wearing it, or course) would be in order.

From Smooth on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 23:42:03 from 174.23.160.38

SSF ~ :) :) :) :) Still smiling thinking about what a great weekend we had! :) :) :) :) You know you want to run a killer Spanish and cheer me in! :D Love you!

Dale ~ How are you feeling today? Hope that flu was the quick passing kind.

Rachel ~ No way I could have race Onion Days today. But I had a wonderful day w/ my honey...walking, breakfast at Kneaders, shopping for ski stuff and running shoes, movie, dinning out!

Slick ~ Thanks! You'd like Pokey!

Flat ~ You would love Pokey. Lots of wonderful folks organizing and running this. I met a fella from Houston TX in the early miles and we talked about the races there. He commented on how much better the weather in ID compare to the hot and humid conditions back home! I thought about you!

Jeff ~ Absolutely putting in on my calendar for next year. It was nice meeting you.

artichoke ~ THANKS! :)

Kelli ~ Thank you for your kind words. Wish I could run as fast as YOU! May be in my dream! :)

Toby ~ I sure did! I think I gained 5 lbs over the weekend! :)

Nancy ~ I did feel tired around mile 18 and realized I had not taken a gu since mile 11; so I took one at mile 19 and felt revived. It really helps to have someone to run w/. Lowell made everything FUN! He is witty, hilarious, kind, just the best running buddy!

Kathie ~ C'mon...you know we ALWAYS have fun when we're together!

Leslie ~ Can't wait to see you! I went to Wasatch Running Center to check out trail shoes today. They don't have my size. They do have FiveFingers in my size though. I almost bought a pair...almost!

From Smooth on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 00:19:43 from 174.23.160.38

Dale ~ I posted couple pictures of Lowell above...hope you get to meet him someday!

Maynard ~ Just posted a pic of the hefty medal and the ribbon which is printed on both sides.

From DonGardinero on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 00:27:23 from 75.162.100.193

Awesome!!! Thanks for the proof. LOL.

Also, very cool medal!!!

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 02:24:01 from 75.162.85.220

Congrats on your race and placing 1st... woohoo! So cool. I enjoyed the pics and the report. Very nice Smooth.

From RivertonPaul on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 11:04:30 from 67.42.27.114

I love the inclusion of the quarter for size reference. Way to go.

From Rhett on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 13:23:22 from 74.36.34.147

Smooth, I loved seeing you and Larry and Teena and Kathie. I had a blast chatting with Larry for a while after I "started" the the half marathon while I waited for Doone. Congrats on the AG victory. You constatly amaze me.

From Andy on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 13:49:17 from 199.190.170.29

Excellent job. You are like the energizer bunny. You just keep going, and going, and going.......

From Jon A on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 15:08:01 from 67.214.249.195

Great job Smooth! Sounds like a great time!

From Doone on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 16:48:00 from 184.10.153.95

You are amazing and so are your race reports. Are you sure you even broke a sweat? It sounds like you were having way too much fun! You are one speedy woman and I am so proud of you for your 1st AG- CONGRATS. It was a great weekend and I was so glad to get to visit with you, Larry, Kathie and Teena. You are so amazing. You might even be able to convince me to run another marathon someday.

WAY TO GO!!!!

From Jason McK on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 20:02:44 from 63.255.173.99

Awesome race and report - as usual!

From Smooth on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 21:17:54 from 174.23.160.38

Maynard ~ Nah, I'm SO NOT in the same category as Teena! But THANK YOU for the kind words! I posted a pic of the cool medal just for you! :)

Scott ~ THANKS! Can't wait to see how awesome you're gonna be at TOU next week!

Paul ~ :) Thanks! :)

Rhett ~ Larry enjoyed chatting w/ you while you waited for Doone AFTER you crossed the start. He thinks Doone is PERFECT in every way especially for you!

Andy ~ Are you talking about my race report or my running or both? :)

Jon ~ You and Kelly have got to do this one. You will love it!

Doone ~ Larry and I just adore you! You are so FUN to be around. Thanks for the kind words. Hey, I KNOW and YOU know you want to run another marathon. I'll bet you BQ in your next marathon...you and Rhett can train thru the ideal winter weather in AZ for a sweet Spring marathon.

Jason ~ THANKS! You're gonna ROCK TOU next week!

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