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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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Skiing at Snowbird.  Hubby did great skiing with me on Big Emma.  Feel so blessed to see him doing what he loves.  The rest of the clan and family skied all over the mountains.  We did get to ski with Natzume, Jordan and their two little kids for one short run.  As tradition, we all met at Chuck-a-Rama for dinner.  There were so many of us that we took up an entire room! :)  So fun to catch up with families who come from all over.

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Another ski day at Snowbird.  It was very very cold!  With wind chill probably sub-zero.  So the families with little kids didn't ski, but went bowling, and other activities in the church.  But the young married and singles and our boys went and us went.  My fingers and toes were so cold, I stopped after one run and went to the lodge to thaw them out.  Hubby bought hands and toe warmers for me.  I was toasty after that.  Hubby skied the best today after two previous days.  He had a brief episode of muscle cramps but otherwise no problem.  We did 10 runs on Big Emma with lots of rest breaks.  Feel so very blessed for another ski day.  I'm not crazy about skiing, I'd rather run...but I do it because of hubby! 

As tradition, we reserved a room at Asian Buffet for dinner. 
 

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As family tradition, we all went to the temple today.  Emily has 200-300 family names for us to perform sealings for.  It was so very special to gather around the holy alter and perform this sacred and crowning ordinance for our kindred dead.  The Spirit was sweet and peaceful.  Cannot think of a better thing to do on the last day of 2014 then joining eternal families.

We all gathered at Jared's house at 5pm for New Year's Eve dinner, party and program.  This year we did a "sing off".  Every family in the clan performed either life or via pre-ordered video.  They are SO funny and SO creative!  Melissa and her family skyped while we watched their music video from New Zealand.  We brought in the New Year toasting with Martinelli at 8:30pm! I LOVE our families! :) :) :)
 

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We stayed up so late that I slept in so no time for a run cause we needed to pick up grandma and drive to Spanish Fork where the families gathered for New Year celebration.  The women in the clan prepared and made traditional Japanese NY food...lotsa food...each has a symbolic meaning for health, strength, wealth, properity, etc.  FUN time!  We ate SO well! :)
 

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I've been BAD eating like no tomorrow over the holidays!  I don't want to get on the scale to see the damage...I feel like a beached whale last night watching the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl and stuffing my face with chocolates, chips, cookies, sweets galore!!!

SO, I texted my friends to see who would join me this morning for a repentance run! Ha!!! Karen's skiing at Solitude!  Luckily Wendy and Leslie were game!  Sky was sunny blue, no wind, temp was a toasty 7F.  I bundled up good, too good as I got quite warm! :) We ran on the MCT west to the bathroom where the water line was shut off but we did get some tp to blow our noses.  Other than a few patches of ice, the road and trail was clear and dry.  Felt so good to run outside.  Hope I can run longer tomorrow!  Only 8 weeks before the Woodlands Marathon! yikes!

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19F cloudy calm.  It's been over 2 weeks since I ran long.  Didn't get much sleep last night and had no breakfast,  just drank some OJ.  So very good of Karen to keep me company the first 7 miles.  I miss her so much.  We ran east to top of Dry Creek turned west to freeway then ran to her house where I gu'ed and drank.  After a brief visit with her sister, I headed back out in the cold for a second round.  Ran west to the freeway then east to 1200 E where I got off the MCT and ran on the SR92 trail (which was snow packed) to get to Burger King for a bathroom stop.  There were lots of traffic in the area so I ran across the Smith Supermarket parking lot and ran on the back road to 3200 N and home.  My legs were super tired and I was femished.  Man, I don't know how I'm gonna run a marathon in 8 weeks!!!

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