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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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Race: Top of Utah Marathon (26.39 Miles) 04:01:07, Place in age division: 5
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Morning frenzy:  Got out of my sleeping bag and looked at the cell phone reading 4:45am.  Quickly went upstairs searching for a bathroom in the dark.  All the doors of the upstairs rooms were closed.  Dang!  Hope I didn't wake the sleeping occupants! :)  Quickly put on my compression sleeves, socks, shoes, fleece and jacket; grabbed the drop bag and out the door by 5am!!! Christine dropped us off a block from by the Park. Walked to the designated meeting place and called Lowell who was 5 min. away.  He brought along a fella from his hotel.  Meanwhile TomSlick has arrived.  We saw no other Forumflyers.  The six of us got on the bus.  Ate my banana and a few chex mix nibbles and water.  Marcie shared her gatorade.  I was very sleepy and not coherent. 

The start:  Got off the bus at 6:15ish.  The pop lines were L-O-N-G!  Got separated from the gang.  Thankfully Lowell had his blue flash light and I my pink flash light.  We went to back of line for a second pop visit.  It started to rain.  Lowell and I found a damsel in distress, name Gretchen, I think.  I gave her my garbage bag, Lowell gave her his gloves.  Soon we heard announcement that the clothing truck leaving in 5 min.!  We quickly stripped down.  I kept my Boston jacket on,  Lowell gave Gretchen his spare jacket.  He was so kind to take our bags plus two other people's bags to the truck while we were stuck in the pop lines.  While still in line I heard the gun/riffle shot.  Oh NO, the race has started!  No worries, it was for the handcyclists start!  Made it down to the start and found Lowell standing by the clothing truck.  He had stepped into a huge puddle and both feet were wet.  There were people huddling under a tent.  Loved this wet madness! :)  Walked over to the starting arch and hollered: "GO allie!!!!"  Those toeing the line turned and I was able to get a glimpse of allie as she looked over my way!" :) :) :)

The riffle went off with a loud bang!  Then 20 seconds later another bang!...hope it didn't hit anybody.  We cheered on the speedsters and Marcie's 3:50 group then jumped in between the 4:00 and 4:15 balloons.  The sun was up hiding behind heavy clouds but light enough we could see the wet road and puddles.  :)

Goal of the day was to run a 4:10:00 (a 5 min BQ cushion) so Lowell could register for Boston that very afternoon.  I have total confidence that he could do it as he ran 4:15 at Pocatello two weeks ago.  I secretly wanted a 4:05 goal for him so needed to keep an average 9:10 pace.  I was wearing a jacket covering my belt that holds my inhaler, my bib# with the course-tool-pace-band attached.  Needless to say I never looked at the pace band once. 

The game plan:  Lowell was allowed  to be in charge of the first 14 canyon miles and I the next 12.  Lowell has a tendency to tell stories to those we pass.  He spreads joy and aid to anyone in need especially damsels in distress.  Thus it's risky to let him be in charge of the last 12 miles.  I ran my first TOU with my niece and her husband in 2008 (their very first marathon).  I ran friends in from the mouth of the canyon to the finish in 2009 and 2010, so I'm familiar with *the work* of the Logan miles.  The rule was to utter NO more than 3 words to those we pass during MY 12 miles! :) We'd let the gods be in charge of the weather, the last 0.2 or however long it takes to get to the finish. 

The run:  We walked at every aid station.  Also my Garmin measured long so didn't match up with the mile markers.  Here are my Garmin splits follow by the course-tool-pace in parenthesis.  We were NOWHERE near the course-tool-pace!  Haha! :) :) :)

1.  9:29 (9:07) The usual good-morning-how-are-you-chit-chat slow warm-up mile.

2.  8:57 (9:21) Lowell got carried away by the group of girls in black/red outfits!

3.  8:42 (9:15) Rain. Laughing and singing.

4.  9:34 (9:18) Lowell tried talking to a geezer w/ a straw hat who was hard of hearing.

5.  8:40 (9:15) More rain.  Singing, telling jokes, general goofing off.  :)

6.  9:05 (9:13) Lowell dropped off his long sleeve shirt.  I removed my headband.

7.  8:50 (9:50) Still raining.  Singing.  Harassing other runners.  :)

8.  9:04 (8:55) Gu'ed at mile 7 aid station.  Where's the beautiful Fall foliage?!

9.  8:44 (9:23) More stories telling.  Saw a few Grand Slammers.

10. 9:49 (9:18) Took a picture of Lowell running by the reflection pond.  :)

11. 8:58 (9:33) Raining buckets.  Thundering!  :?

12. 9:05 (9:19) More rain.  Thundering!  Hailing!!!  Kowabunga!!! :)

13. 8:36 (9:15)  The timing clock showed 2:00:xx.  I figured we crossed the start a min. later so probably ran the first half in 1:59 ish.  Gu'ed at mile 13 station.

14. 8:52 (9:12) Saw hubby♥ huddling under an umbrella.  Gave him my jacket which was loaded with a cell phone, firefly glow thingie, gloves, headband, Powerbar chews, energy bar.  Whew!  So much lighter!  Loved the cheering crowds! :) :) :) :)

15. 8:39 (9:18)  Ran with Darla, a USU student, running her first marathon. :)

16. 9:08 (9:07)  Saw Nic, Teena's brother running his first marathon, looking strong! :)

17. 8:48 (9:08)  Feeling good.  Lowell broke the *3 words limit rule*! :/  I kept looking back to make sure he's staying close. :)

18. 9:09 (9:08)  Kept a steady pace to not dip below 9:10.  High fived tons of kids! :)

19. 9:09 (9:49)  How's that for steady pace?!  :)

20. 10:25 (9:38)  Gu'ed at mile 19 aid station.  Darla was groaning.  Told her we'd run to the next aid station then we could walk. Saw Andrea, Nic's wife. :)  THANKS for the cheers, Annie! :) :) :)

21. 8:43 (9:02)  Must be a downhill here!

22. 9:22 (9:25)  Kept Darla going.  Could not see Lowell from behind anymore. :(

23. 9:54 (9:35)  Shins twitched a little on the uphill.  Darla hurting.  Gu'ed.

24. 9:35 (9:42)  Darla's friend jumped in to run with her.  Saw the 4:00 balloons ahead. 

25. 9:09 (9:23)  Feeling good!  Passed lots of runners!  Darla staying with me!

26. 9:06 (9:23)  Feeling strong!  No charlie horse!

0.39 @ 8:49 (0.2 in 1:53)  Couple of turns.  Saw hubby♥ on the right!  Awesome cheering crowds!  Looked up and was surprised to see the clock just turned 4:00:00! Crossed the finish 67 seconds later.  WaHOOO!!!  Marathon #31 in the bag,  7th marathon this year since April's Boston!!! :) 

The Finish: Marcie was there to walk me to the finisher corral.  Turned back to cheer Lowell in.  He finished in 4:09:00. YES!!!  HE DID IT!!!  SUCCESS!!!  He registered for Boston 2012 that afternoon! :)

HUGE CONGRATZ to allie who claimed her champion title and PR'd.  Paul won with a huge margin.  JeffL got his sub-3 goal!  :) :) :) :)  KUDOS to Haley, Darla and so many who ran their first marathons in soggy shoes!  Double WaHOOs to Nic who ran his first marathon with a big ole bruise in his right leg!  Marcie successfully bringing 20 runners in at 3:50 for her very first pacer duty!  A GREAT TOU day indeed!!! :)

So grateful for wonderful wonderful friends!!!  So thankful for the ability to run!!! :) 

Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 26.39
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jon A on Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 18:44:56 from 107.0.7.18

Congratulations Smooth, another great marathon. Your an inspiration to us all!

From Markir on Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 18:50:05 from 67.177.55.140

Nice Job! Too bad about the weather, but glad to see it didn't slow you down.

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 18:53:22 from 205.158.160.209

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Congrats on another marathon finish Smooth. Way to smash your goal.

From RAD on Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 19:27:53 from 76.27.16.189

Awesome, wonderful report! But, with you, they always are. Congrats on another awesome finish in the bag.

From Chad on Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 20:14:22 from 71.199.13.143

You put a smile on my face. Congratulations on a great swim, I mean race. Loved your report.

From allie on Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 21:23:29 from 24.10.191.18

amazing smooth does it again -- another great marathon! nice job. my favorite part was the "kowabunga" in the rain/thunder/hail. :)

thanks so much for saying hi at the starting line. it made me smile and put me at ease just before the start. a "smooth sighting" was exactly what i needed at that moment.

congrats on #31!!!

From Jeff L on Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 22:55:02 from 74.81.227.108

Awesome job, Smooth. You're incredible.

From Maynard on Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 23:20:31 from 71.213.13.226

So so sorry we missed you, but the start was confused mess what with the long porta-potty lines and the rush to get the bags to the bus and all just minutes before the start. Glad you bested your goal.

Did I mention that I really missed seeing you?

From Kathie on Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 23:59:02 from 174.23.136.225

Another great race for you, but that is no surprise! You are awesome and I am so happy Lowell BQed!

From flatlander on Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 13:14:36 from 198.207.244.102

Great report and congratulations on your time! Good thing somebody was in charge of that motley crew. Loved the geezer in the straw hat. That's me in 5 years.

From Teena Marie on Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 17:14:31 from 174.27.200.245

Sounds pretty dang wonderful to me!!! :)

It was really fun talking to Annie on the phone after she saw you. I could then try and visualize exactly where you were, etc. :)

Congrats on another AMAZING race and for the awesome placing!!!

You are an INCREDIBLE runner!!!

Love you!!!

From Andy on Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 17:39:42 from 159.212.71.25

Congrats on putting another one in the books. It seems that you finally have the cramping issue under control.

From Smooth on Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 18:39:45 from 174.27.201.64

Jon ~ THANKS! How are you doing? I need to talk to Kelly about Christmas music! :)

Kirsten ~ I LOVE running in the rain! It's actually very relaxing as long as it's not windy and cold at the same time! :) :) :) I was thinking about you between mile 15 and 16. It was there that I ran a little with you and Mark last year.

Scott ~ How's your recovery from Wasatch 100? You were AWESOME!!! I could never ever run that thing! YOU ROCK! :)

Rachel ~ Thanks! Did you get the text alert? Apparently mine didn't work; but Lowell's did!

Can't wait to see you BQ at SGM!

Chad ~ Thanks! I should've worn some fins. :) The problem is I don't know how to swim! Hahah!

allie ~ so so so happy I got a glimpse of you at the start! You are a tremendously talented, funny, humble, coolest, awesomest person and athlete. I am so proud of your triumphant win! So so so so HAPPY for you!

It gave me the greatest pleasure to watch you excel in your running! Go allie!!!!

Jeff ~ Thanks! Likewise I was so happy for you! Knowing how much that sub-3 goal meant to you and how hard you work towards that! YOU DID IT!!! You're in the sub-3 club!!! WAHOO!!!!

Bradley ~ I was so bummed I didn't see you and Haley! I was incoherent at the bus and thought Marcie had texted you about meeting time. Then the start was a chaos as you know! So proud of Haley. I was thinking about you alot over the last 12 miles... hope to see you at SGM!

Kathie ~ THANKS! How are you doing? Marcie and I talked about you and our Lake to Lake relay we did a year ago. I miss you so much! We need to have one last run together before SGM! :)

Flat ~ Believe me, that geezer with a straw hat dangling on his back is OLD! :) You're nowhere near his age. It was comical to watch Lowell run up to his left side and ask: "What are two old farts like us doing here?" He leaned his left ear over and replied: "WHAAAAT?" "What are TWO old farts like you and me doing here?" He leaned over some more and replied: "WHOOO and me?" :) :) :)

SSF ~ Thanks! You must not have gotten my text alert either! It was so fun to see Annie there cheering with a camera! We really missed you!

Are you and Annie wearing matching outfits at SGM? I can't wait to see you!

LOVE and MISS you terribly!

Andy ~ Thanks! I think my muscles like running a steady pace. When they get fatigued towards the end of a marathon, any changes such as terrain, turning, slowing, speeding or stopping seem to trigger charlie horse. I think cooler weather definitely helps.

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