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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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Skied 6 hrs with the fam.  4" new powder, perfect temp! 

 

26 runs on Moonbeam! :) 

 

Dinner at Red Lobster, shrimp & lobster linguini.

GA 9 miles while watching 13 going on 30.  Pace: 10:00, 9:30, 9:22, 9:13, 9:05, 8:57, 8:49, 8:41, 8:34.  Legs were stiff the first couple miles, felt better as the run progressed. 

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When I woke up this morning I thought: there's NO WAY I'm gonna be able to run my schedule MLR.  I was soooo tired from yesterday's skiing and evening run.  But then I "saw" Andy ran his 12 miler in freezing rain and snow on slick road early before work and tending to a sick child...shame on me...I'd better get my rear in gear and just DO IT! 

The road was wet, a tad windy but the sky's clearing.  The first mile and half was into the wind.  The legs were a complaining.  Finally got in the groove about half way.  Kept thinking it's gonna be rough going at Painter's if it takes me this long to warm up.

TT: 1:54:35.  Splits: 10:28, 9:42, 9:20, 9:35, 9:39, 9:39, 9:32, 9:47 (cars!!!), 9:14, 9:06, 8:55, 8:35 (last 0.25@8:05)

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Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
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5 Recovery. 

This is what Pete Pfitz says about recovery run:  "On a subjective basis, on recovery runs you should feel as if you're storing up energy rather than slowly leaking it.  You should finish the run refreshed.

I definitely did not feel refreshed!!!  The legs felt heavy before the run and sore after the run!!!  Should have taken a rest day instead!!!  STINK!!!!!

Just booked our tickets to Boston.  Should have done it last week, price has gone up!  STINK!!!  

Wave Rider 7 Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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Only had time for 3!  BUSY DAY!!!

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Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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4 mi.  TT: 33:13.  9:20, 8:50, 8:35, 8:17

GOOD LUCK to y'all racing this weekend!!!

Drive safe!  Have FUN!!!

Am SOOOO EXCITED to see many of you!!!

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Race: Painters Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:54:16, Place in age division: 4
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Very very very HAPPY with this run.  Had sooo much fun giggling, laughing, goofing off with my SSF (Teena), Kelli and Emily.  Lowell treated us to dinner at Red Lobster Fri. night after picking up our packets.  Nice little expo and l/s tech shirt this year.

Did not sleep a wink (I will not disclose the reasons for SSF's privacy sake) which is always a good sign for me.  Saw so many bloggers and Flyers and friends before, during and after the race.  I totally loved every minute of it.  Thanked the volunteers, high fived the kids, even paced a 13 yr old boy the last couple miles.  I passed people left and right the last 5K.  I felt like I could have run another 5 miles in that pace.

I felt good the entire run.  Just a little disappointed to find out that I was 13 seconds behind the 3rd place in my AG.  Had I known....  Darn! taking 4th place AGAIN really STINKS!  Nonetheless,  I'm very HAPPY with my time, a 3 min. course PR. 

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OK, now I'm home.   I want to post a few thoughts about this race:

I had no goal going into this race other than to run it as a training run and hoping to get in some marathon pace miles (~9:05).  The weather turned out not as bad as forecast.  The morning was in the mid 30's w/ 100% humidity.  The road was wet with a few VERY small puddles & muddy patches on the trail.  I wore my neon yellow l/s Boston shirt, tights, gloves and hat, never had to use the sunglasses as the sky was overcast. 

Teena, Kelli, Emily and I lined up together.  I predicted that Teena would go sub 1:40.  I was hoping to hang with Kelli and Emily for as long as possible.  My plan was to go out at around 9:15 and gradually pick it up. 

Mile 1 ~ 8:52.  Started out w/ Emily who's paced by Kelli at what I thought was a nice easy pace.  When we hit the first mile marker, looking at our Garmins, Kelli said:  "Hey, you're gonna PR".  I replied:  "oops! there goes my negative split plan".  My warm up mile had never been sub-9.  Was worried that I might crash and burn.

Mile 2 ~ 9:03.  We saw some horses on the loose.  Couple of friends passed us including Maynard and Peggy.  Kelli wanted to get out of the congestion before getting on the trail, so she "made a path" for us to follow.

Mile 3 ~  8:41.  Grabbed a gatorade, did a good job drinking on the run.  I was able to weave in between the "herd" and picked up the pace going down the trail.   This is where I dropped Kelli and Emily hoping they would catch me on the uphill.

Mile 4 ~ 8:26.  Took advantage of the gentle downgrade and breezed thru this mile.

Mile 5 ~ 9:15.  Uphill.  Kept the effort steady, never got into wheeze zone, YAY!

Mile 6 ~ 8:42.   Really enjoying the run.

Mile 7 ~ 8:48.  Saw the top 8 men (many wearing FRB shirts including our very own Speedy Walter) coming on the opposite lane.  Had so much fun cheering them. 

Mile 8 ~ 9:00.  Shimelle caught up and gave me encouraging words before heading up the Bloomington neighborhood which had been my least favorite portion of the course.  Took a Gu at the aid station and concentrated on keeping a relax and steady pace.

Mile 9 ~ 9:09.  In the past, I seemed to loose steam in the Bloomington loop.  This year I kept my focus and am glad I didn't let the pace slipped too badly.

Mile 10 ~ 8:28.  Some kind folks set out a table spread of pretzels, gummy bears and candies...very tempting...only grabbed a cup of water.  A girl from my Stake caught up to me and we visited a bit.  When we reached the mile 10 marker, I said:  only 5K to go, let's bring her in.  With that I dropped her for good.  Grabbed a gatorade before heading down to the trail.

Mile 11 ~ 8:39.  It was fun encouraging the oncoming runners at their mile 7.  BeMo (Julie Ann) saw me and we hollerd at each other with happy delights.

Mile 12 ~ 8:14.  Concentrated on reeling in people feeling strong.  Looking at my watch for the first time since mile 1, realized I could PR if I didn't cramp up like last year. A young boy wearing ski hat had been leap-frogging w/ me.  I encouraged him to stay strong with me to the finish.

Mile 13 ~ 8:22.  Passed lots of people feeling as fresh and good as I did at mile 3. 

Sooo happy that they eliminated the hair-pin turn from last year.  The finish was back to where it was couple years ago.  Running across the bridge, up a little blip of dirt mount then down.  Had to be careful not to slip on the mud at the bottom.  Sprinted happily under the roaring cheer of friends (heard & saw Canyon/Marcie) towards the balloon arch with the clock ticking at 1:54:xx.  NICE space blankets, SMALL medals, AWESOME post-race meetings and greetings w/ friends.

So proud of SSF's course PR at 1:39:xx!!! 

 

Lowell in his elements.  Who's buying Oreo shakes?  

 

 

Kelli, Emiy, Teena and Smooth at the post race party.

 

 

Had so much fun meeting/greeting friends at the Flyer's 5th year Anniversary/Cougar's 65th birthday party.  Cougar is third from the left.

 


Inspire 5 (1) Miles: 13.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(32)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.0024.101.250.0046.35
Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 12.25Wave Rider 7 Miles: 12.00Inspire 5 (1) Miles: 13.10
Night Sleep Time: 27.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 27.00Weight: 0.00
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