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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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Saucony Guide ISO Wide Lifetime Miles: 311.91
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Saucony Guide 10 (2020) Lifetime Miles: 60.91
Race: Park City Marathon 04:30:14, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
26.200.000.000.0026.20

PCM was the FUNNEST long run ever!!!  Karen picked me up at 5am, then drove Becca and RAD to Park City where we met up with Teena.  Went inside the hotel to stay warm, use the bathroom and meet up with Lowell.  2 min before start time, *the pod* (consisting of Lowell, Bec, RAD, Teena, Karen and I)  walked out to the start line.  Within 10 seconds Teena left us in the dust and disappeared with the lead pack.  *The pod* ran together picking up new friends (Terry, Erika, Bill, Tara...) along the way and just thoroughly enjoyed each others' company with big lies and jokes.  :)

Temp was in the high 50s but quickly warm up as the sun peaked over the mountains. We waited for each other at each aid station, hydrated, ate oranges, visited with the volunteers...  A strong side/headwind whipped up from mile 7 on.  I had taken 2 puffs from the inhaler at the first aid station and by mile 10 started to cough and wheeze.  My bladder was filling up quickly, stink!!!  We reached the aid station around mile 12.  There was one guy waiting for the ONE pop (he said he would be quick).  We were annoyed when the person finally came out of the pop turned out to be a woman volunteer!!!  She walked 5 feet from the pop to her car.  What the heck?!!!  The grocery store is just a block off the trail...GRRR!  I urged our group to go on ahead...but RAD refused.  She and Karen waited with me holding my Gu's for me.  What great troo bloo friends! :)  THANKS girls!!! :)

Hubby was picking up Karen's husband and kids at 7:30am to come cheer us along the course.  I told him it would take us at least 2 hours to get to the half way point.  I started looking for him on the Rail Trail.  When I didn't see him at the first road intersection I hoped we'd see him at the end of the Rail Trail.  Sure enough, I could hear Karen yelling "Mark!  Larry!  Mark!  Larry!" just as we reached the aid station on Bonanza (about mile 13.5).  They had just arrived 10 seconds earlier and were crossing the road to get to the aid station.  Had it not been for the 3 min pop wait a mile back, we would have missed each other!  :)  We lingered for pictures and loitered around the aid station.

*The pod*: Karen, Becca, Lowell, Smooth and Rachel.  By the stop sign are Karen's husband, Mark and daughter, Abby.

We must've eaten 8 lbs of oranges between us! :)  Oh, it felt so good for my sore throat!

 My favorite part of the course is on Poison Creek Trail along city parks with tennis courts, trees and fun tunnels.  Lowell stopped to goof off with a group of ladies doing exercises in the park, silly boy!  Rachel and Becca began to take the lead up the climb to Deer Valley.  My least favorite part of the course was running on the sidewalk on Deer Valley Dr. from mile 15.  But it was redeemed by the fact that you could see the fast runners running down on your left.  It was AWESOME to see Teena flying down (would've given her a hug but didn't want to interrupt her momentum!:-) )  Also saw some friends, BrentZ, but didn't see Slick or Marcie like I would in years past.  I also saw and cheered on the two ladies, Sue & Margaret, in my age group.  

Running up the Deer Valley loop was not bad at all (thanks to taking the inhaler as suggested by RAD at the half), although I wished they had wash clothes for us like they had in the past.  Looked forward to getting to the top where I know our cheering squad (Larry, Mark, Brad, Max, Beth, Abby and Gracie) would be.

We made it!  Notice the guy running with ski poles?!!  He came to Deer Valley prepared!  Dang, I left mine at home!  :)

 Here comes *the pod* reaching the skiers' bridge just before the last climb up to Empire.  We had lost Lowell somewhere in Deer Valley.  He stayed with Tara! 

Here we were loitering around at mile 19 aid station again! :) So many choices of food and Gu flavors!  We were told the Expresso was the best for the end of the marathon!

What? We have a marathon to finish?!!!  :) :) :) We'd better get going...

But not until we got a couple of *jump shots*! :) :) :)

On the trail again!

The paparazzi's are everywhere! :)

We were SO grateful for the cloud covering between mile 17-23.  But was now getting hot with a full sun beating down and a warm south headwind.  The last 5K in a marathon is always work.  This is Karen's 2nd marathon.  At mile 24, she started to feel the effect of the miles but also felt so much stronger than her 1st marathon at SLC.  With one mile to go, my shins started to cramp up, probably due to wearing the Elixir.  In the last 4 PCMs, I had always feared succumbing to cramps on the winding narrow bike path that hugs the condo.  There seems to be never-ending corners to turn with no sight of runners ahead or behind.  But this year's different...it was so AWESOME to run side by side with Karen drawing strength from each other.  The guy with a sprinkler hose was another blessing!!!  With 100m to go we saw darling Abby and Gracie who ran with us to the finish with the cutest, happiest smiles ever!!!

The fun resumed at the finish and carried over to Cafe Rio! 

Post-run assessment:  Thanks to my SSF's giving me the inhaler at the finish, was able to get the coughing and wheezing under control!  Knee held out okay.  Shins would need some rolling.  Need to recover well... Pocatello is in 2 weeks!!! :)

Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 26.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From flatlander on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 15:32:48 from 198.207.244.102

Wonderful report, thanks for the photos. Someday I am going to run a marathon that way.

From RAD on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 15:43:21 from 76.27.16.189

I love all the pictures!! I too had a wonderful time and reading your report just made me smile. I love the jumping pictures! I may have to steal some of these from you :) The one on the parkway with Becca in front you can tell what an amazon I am!! It looks like no one is taller than my shoulders. I had such a wonderful time - best marathon EVER!!! I need you with me during every marathon.

From Toby on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 16:26:10 from 216.194.124.36

FANTASTIC race report Smooth! I can feel the excitement from your pictures! You guys look like you were having a blast! I wish I could have been there! Good luck with recovery! Maybe I'll see you Saturday?!!

From Chad on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 16:28:34 from 168.177.153.27

Yay, your report is here! Congratulations on another marathon conquest. It's easy to tell that you guys had a wonderful time. I would have loved to have been there.

I can't believe you are running another marathon in a week and a half. That's just crazy awesome.

From Andy on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 17:33:19 from 199.190.170.21

Loved that you included all of the pictures in your report. We should all have personal photographers following us during our races. Glad there were no cramping issues. It always worries me when you run that course.

From timp on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 19:13:27 from 144.188.24.33

great report and pics Smooth! Looks like a great time.

From Maynard on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 20:55:08 from 71.213.12.77

Looks like you had a fun time. I am sorry I missed out on the PCM this year, but the time spent with the boy was worth missing it.

The dude with the poles--was he wearing a flame print skort thing? Flame print evertyhing actually?

From Smooth on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 21:18:20 from 174.27.193.15

Bradley ~ I'm glad you had a wonderful time with your boy, yes definitely worth missing PCM for.

That dude was wearing a skort held up by suspenders, not sure if it was flame print, but it was bright and busy looking and the hat was the same. The hat has a "helicopter fan" on top...kinda dorky! :)

Flat ~ Yes! You should definitely run a marathon this way...you'd love it!

Rachel ~ you jumped the highest too, none of our heads cleared your shoulders! hehehe!

I will be at your next marathon...just not the paparazzi. You know you can have the same fun at Pocatello right?!

Toby ~ Recovery is going very well. I have zero soreness. That's the nice thing about running for fun!

I saw the email about Sat's run! That is EARLY!!! You are super woman. But if Karen with Teenagers can make it, I have no excuse! Hehe! :)

Chad ~ How ya doing? Sure wish you were part of the pod. I am running 4 marathons within 6 weeks, so still have Pocatello and TOU before SGM...crazy fun!

Andy ~ Yah, you knew about my infamous collapse caught on the finish of PCM 2008! The punishing hills, the heat combined with the funky turns at the finish spells trouble for cramp-prone legs! I concluded that PCM should be run for FUN.

Tim ~ We had a blast! :)

From allie on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 22:35:31 from 24.10.191.18

great report, smooth! i love all of the pictures. looks like you all had a blast.

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