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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
50.3512.656.000.0069.00
Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 15.75Inspire 5 (1) Miles: 34.65Wave Rider 7 Miles: 18.60
Night Sleep Time: 35.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 35.00Weight: 0.00
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HEY!  It's a new day, week and month!!! 

11 weeks 'till Boston!  SOOO EXCITED! 

What a gorgeous day to be out running under blue sky, snow white mountains and plenty of sunshine! 

Pfitz's plan says to run two recovery runs today: 6 miles AM and 4 miles PM.  I decided to lump them all together for one run this morning.

I could feel the accumulative effect of last week's mileage.  The left ITB and Vastus medialis were a bugging.  Took it nice and easy soaking in some Vitamin D.  Didn't look at the pace or time 'till the end and was delighted to see it at 1:40:00 exact!  What a treat for an OCD like me!  :)

AM/PM Yoga.

Core workout.

*****Just found out my friend, Marcie, is on the same red-eye flight to Boston, seated 2 rows behind me...close enough to have a conversation and keep everyone awake around us!  Yahoo!  Wish Teena and Kelli are on the same flight with us!****

Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(13)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.650.000.0014.65

When I went to bed last night, the legs and feet were very tired; so I was concerned about today's MLR.  I had high hopes to run up Suncrest.  With the ITB and Vastus medialis not too happy, I opted not to.  May be another day!

Ran the same route as yesterday's 10 miler plus a hill loop for the extra 4.  The first mile or so were sluggish.  Then put on the auto pilot (as Andy puts it) and got in a pretty good rhythm.  The hill was from mile 12.5 to 13.5.  I imagined that to be one of the Newton's Hill and kept the effort steady.  "Sprinted" the last 0.65 home.

TT: 2:18:10  Splits: 10:28, 9:42, 8:52, 9:22, 9:24, 9:26, 9:26, 9:26, 9:15, 9:05, 9:26, 9:22, 9:45, 9:26,  8:40

Inspire 5 (1) Miles: 14.65
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(14)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.750.000.000.005.75

EZ PZ recovery.  

Today I accepted Amber's invitation and committed to have NO SUGAR for the month.  I'm proud to report that I did it!!!  Hubby surprised me with a movie date, the Avatar.  We had no candies.  Right after the movies,  I went to a baby shower where there were treats galore.  I hadn't had dinner and was starving and only ate the veggies (broccoli, carrots, celery, cucumber and olives with dip and apple slices).  Now I'm having a bowl of beef barley soup.  I'll probably have an orange before I go to bed.  One down, 24 more days to go!  Wish me luck! :)

Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 5.75
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(20)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.003.006.000.0012.00

I love tempo days especially when the legs are fresh!  Had a good night sleep and the recovery run yesterday must have helped with the knee issues I had earlier in the week.  I checked my training log to see what my tempo paces were when I was training for SGM'09 using the FIRST program...I'm not quite there yet.  

Warm up 3 miles:  9:55, 9:36, 9:22

Tempo 6 miles:  8:43, 8:48, 8:36, 8:38, 8:26, 8:26

Cool down 3 miles: 9:05, 8:54, 8:58

12 miles TT:  1:40:04.  AP: 8:20.  Today's time was almost identical to the 10 miler recovery time on Monday, interesting! 

Going to dinner and the Peking Acrobat at the U tonight...will there be "sugar traps"?  Gotta stay strong!

Wave Rider 7 Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(15)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.600.000.000.006.60

6.6 recovery in 66:00, weird!  What happened to my sunshine and blue sky?  The soft snow turned into rain drops that seemed to drench my whole being this morning. 

I missed my children, my "life before running friends" sooo terribly.  I felt that sometimes running has taken over my life. 

After the run, I went back to the scriptures still sitting at the breakfast table, like an old friend, waiting to talk to me.   These scripture passages opened up to me as if dews from heaven:

Alma 5: 14, 15, 16, 19, 26, 27 

I noticed so many action words:  look, hear, feel, walk, exercise faith, come, change....I know what I need to seek... that companionship which is constant, kind, and full of love and peace.  

***A note about last night:  Dinner at TGIFriday.  Had honey glazed pecan grilled salmon on coconut rice pilaf, salsa and broccoli, 2 tall glasses of water.  Passed up brownie alamode, vanilla bean cheesecake and peanut butter pie which hubby put in a take-home box and still sitting in the fridge.  I made it for day 2! Yes!

The Peking Acrobats were fabulous.  These artistic athletes have incredible core strength, balance, agility, flexibility and grace.  How in the world does that girl rode a uni-cycle on top of a spinning umbrella held by the feet of another acrobat who was in a pretzel position? 

The nail-biting moment came when the guy balanced his entire body at horizontal/plank/upside down positions with one arm/hand holding a sideway propped up chair which was on top of 6-8 other chairs with the bottom chair's legs on top of wine bottles.  We sat on the first row in the balcony and he was at eye level to us.  The audience sitting down below must be fearful of him crashing down on them.  Amazing strength, control and balance.  Mass transit meant the entire acrobatic company (must be over 20 people) riding on ONE bicycle!

Tonight is another opportunity to test my will power at the Ogden Chamber of Business Gala to honor hubby's colleague.   Please let there be NO chocolate dessert, please, oh please!

Wave Rider 7 Miles: 6.60
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(10)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.009.000.000.0020.00

The funnest 20 miler ever!!!

Ran from Teena's house to Payton's game westward uphill 8 miles w/ some side/headwind.  Ry and the kids took my "drop bag" and our oranges and gatorade in their car.  It was so fun when they passed us and cheered.  WOW!  I can't believe Teena would run on such a major busy highway.  She protected me the whole way watching for traffic and paced me so beautifully!  

After a brief stop at the game, ate orange and drank gatorade, we were off for 12 more.  Legs felt great!  At mile 15 or so we called Rhett to check on him, only got his voice mail.  Then we started saluting our friends everytime we saw something that reminds us of them; starting at Kneaders for Kelli, firestation for JohnnyV,  24Fitness for Huans32, etc.   I can tell Teena wasn't working hard at all because she could remember everybody, do math, watch for traffic and listen to my chatting, etc.  I never even looked at the mile or pace once; just ran by feel.  We were blessed by sunshine, headwind and safety!

I didn't feel tired until we got to the Parkway with 3 miles to go.  I think if it weren't for Teena, I would have called it quit.  She kept telling me what a good job I was doing and really encouraged me.  On the mile 19 hill, she wanted to run it hard.  It was so AWESOME to watch her fly up that hill!  WOOHOO!!!  Hearbreak Hill will be a cake walk for her!  I was so surprised to see our AP at 9:20.  I don't think I have ever run a hilly 20 miler w/ headwinds at THAT pace at the end of a BIG mileage week.  I'm feeling great, no soreness to speak of yet! 

THANK YOU SSF for everything!  I couldn't have done it without you!  I loved every single minute spent with you!!!  Prez. wants to drink MY no sugar cocoa you gave me!  Can you believe that guy?

******

Report on No Sugar Challenge:

Last night at the Ogden Chamber Dinner, they put the salad and dessert at the table before the dinner even started.  So I had to stare at the triple chocolate cake and raspberry cheesecake the entire evening.  But I'm proud to say that I didn't even take a taste.  I offered my dessert to the friend seated next to me.  She kept saying I needed it more than her. 

Tonight we had a family dinner at the Asian Buffet.  I was starving, ate a ton of food; but I did not eat any dessert.  The hard part was the dessert were scrumptious pies, (cherry, lemon cream and apple) lovingly and deliciously made by my nieces.  Today was their father's birthday.  Family members came from China and California for this occasion.  When they offered me the pie, I gently said I'm too full right now but I will take it home.  I am sure my boys will consume it before the night is over.

Day 3 was a SUCCESS!!!  22 more days to go!  One week before Valentines Day when I can have my chocolate! :) YES!

Inspire 5 (1) Miles: 20.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(12)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
50.3512.656.000.0069.00
Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 15.75Inspire 5 (1) Miles: 34.65Wave Rider 7 Miles: 18.60
Night Sleep Time: 35.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 35.00Weight: 0.00
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