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Week starting Feb 07, 2010

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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Guide ISO Wide Lifetime Miles:						311.91
Saucony Guide ISO Lifetime Miles:						313.31
Sacony Guide ISO (2) Lifetime Miles:						225.26
Altra Torin (sz 7) Lifetime Miles:						44.49
Saucony Guide 10 (2020) Lifetime Miles:						60.91

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
41.50	21.25	4.50	3.00	70.25

Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 10.25	Mizuno Inspire 4 Jade Miles: 7.00	Wave Rider 7 Miles: 21.50	Inspire 5 (1) Miles: 16.50

Night Sleep Time: 32.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 32.00	Weight: 0.00

Mon, Feb 08, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.00	3.25	0.00	0.00	10.25

What a beautiful gorgeous day!!!

Wendy called to see if I had already run b/c she needed to run or bike for an hour as part of her sprint-triathlon training and wanted company. What a welcome invite! I had not run with her since last Fall. It was sooo good to run and chat that we ended running 7 together (the longest she's run this year was 4, oops!). She let me keep her Garmin (mine died) while I ran 3.25 more by myself. 9:30, 9:03, 8:40, 8:23.

**** No sugar challenge report ****

Yesterday was Fast Sunday. Didn't get home from meetings until 4:30pm. Was happily surprised that hubby had prepared dinner: onion grilled chicken breasts, corn, rice, whole wheat bread. The boys ate pies for dessert while I had yogurt. For superbowl treats, we had popcorn, nachos, tropical trail mix, oranges and apples. So far so good!!!

Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 10.25

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00	Weight: 0.00

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Tue, Feb 09, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	5.00	0.00	0.00	15.00

15 MLR in 2:20:14

Really dreading this run, the thought of running over two hours by my lonesome self was simply not appealing and flat out agonizing! It didn't help that I woke up tired.

Mile 1-3 (11:00, 10:45, 10:00) ~The first 3 miles were painfully slow, with some sparse snow sprinkles. It was colder than I thought.

Mile 4-6 (9:40, 9:35, 9:33) Still dragged on with haziness (both the environ and the mind).

Mile 7-9 (9:25, 9:23, 9:22) Finally got in the groove and just kept putting one foot in front of the other.

Mile 10-12 (9:17, 9:10, 9:10) The sun finally peeked thru momentarily.

Mile 13-14 ( 9:01, 8:54, 8:47) Hurried up to get the run over with.

Drank gatorade starting at mile 3 and then every 2 miles.

Breakfast: Kashi cereal with milk.

Lunch: Boiled egg, a large sweet potato, orange

Snack: Handful of almonds.

***No sugar challenge report***

Before bedtime we had a "sweet attack". Hubby had cocoa w/ sugar toasts. I had NO SUGAR added cocoa my SSF gave me and a handful of nuts. Can I make it 'till I can cheat on Valentines Day?!!! :-O

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00	Weight: 0.00

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Wed, Feb 10, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

7 Easy recovery. My legs really needed that today. Glad I suppressed the "hurry-get-it- done" disease and kept the pace in the 10's. TT: 1:12:02 AP: 10:18.

Yoga and corework.

My hubby and son are both in the newspaper today in the "tradewinds" of the Salt Lake Tribune. How cool is that! :)

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14367639?lADlD=search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com

*** No sugar challenge, checked! ***

There's a sweetheart dance in our Stake on Sat. Hubby and I have to make an appearance (he doesn't dance). They always have Kneaders mini pastries and chocolate fountains. I guess I will have to have my V-Day treats earlier! :)

Mizuno Inspire 4 Jade Miles: 7.00

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00	Weight: 0.00

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Thu, Feb 11, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	13.00

Had to scrap my plan for Suncrest again...a low hanging cloud was hovering over the mountain and light snow falling on the bench.

2 miles warm up ~ 9:47, 9:31

4 miles hill ~ from 2.5% -10% incline (all at 9:05)

3 miles tempo ~ 8:43, 8:34, 8:20

3.1 miles @ 5K pace (7:30) Did this in 23:15 (10 sec shy of a 5K PR set 8 months ago)

0.9 mile cool down in 8:23 (7-6.2mph)

13 miles in 1:53:06 AP: 8:31

Hit puke zone with 1 mile to go during the 5K and the tummy started to cramp. Thankfully all I had for breakfast was a yogurt. Had to hurry shower and head to the temple. Will stretch later.

Went to the temple with my friends of nearly 30 years, had lunch at the cafeteria. Had hamburger soup (thick like chili w/ tomatoes, potatoes, corn, beans, carrots, all sorts of beans, tiny bit of hamburger, VERY yummy soup), a side dish of vegetables (broccoli, carrots, french-cut green beans, onions, mushrooms) and one whole wheat roll. 3 of the friends had dessert, keylime pie, apple cobbler w/ ice-cream, chocolate eclair. I did not even feel tempted perhaps due to the stomach cramp from earlier. But I was SOOOO hungry I could have eaten two bowls of soup! :)

Wave Rider 7 Miles: 13.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

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Fri, Feb 12, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.50

8.5 easy recovery run AP: 10:06

2 circuits core work

30 min strength

10 min yoga

Date night! :)

Wave Rider 7 Miles: 8.50

Night Sleep Time: 5.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 5.00	Weight: 0.00

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Sat, Feb 13, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.00	9.00	0.50	0.00	16.50

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

The 1st day of the year of the tiger begins at midnight in China on Sunday, Valentine's Day! Since our friends in China are about 18 hours ahead in time zone, they are probably celebrating now.

Woke up three times during the wee hours dreaming of fire-crackers, lion dance and doing acrobats. No wonder I was soooo tired and went right back to sleep! :) Dreaded this long run, even doubted if I could finish.

Mile 1-5: 11:00, 10:44, 10:50, 15:39 (this can't be right), 9:01. The first 3 miles were uphill into the wind and rain. So glad I went back to the house to put on the Boston wind jacket. At mile 3.5, a girl passed me and commented on my jacket and uphill running form. We chatted and ran together to about mile 5 when she turned south and I went north. Mile 4 split was somehow messed up. This girl and I were going at a good clip. I'm guessing it's closer to 9 mm.

Mile 6-10: 10:09, 10:10, 9:10, 8:40, 9:20. Kept a steady effort on the incline going up to Alpine. Turned around at mile 7. Reached the Alpine City Park at mile 9 to take gu and potty stop. It was hard to get going once I stopped.

Mile 11-16.5: 9:14, 8:45, 8:06, 8:28, 8:39, 8:17, 8:00. After the last uphill at mile 11, it was downhill for another 1.5 miles. The legs felt good so I pushed the last 3.5 miles (mostly flat w/ one small incline on the "bench") to home. WooHoo!!!

I'm glad the ITB did not complain during the downhill. This is the highest mileage week EVER for me. Sooo ready for a rest day tomorrow!

Hubby came home from skiing and presented me a dozen red roses! xoxoxox! What a sweetheart! :) Off to my mil's house for New Year's celebration, then the Stake Valentine's Dance where the glorious Kneader's pastries and chocolate fountains awaits me! :)

HAPPY VALENTINES EVERYONE!

Inspire 5 (1) Miles: 16.50

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00	Weight: 0.00

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
41.50	21.25	4.50	3.00	70.25

Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 10.25	Mizuno Inspire 4 Jade Miles: 7.00	Wave Rider 7 Miles: 21.50	Inspire 5 (1) Miles: 16.50

Night Sleep Time: 32.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 32.00	Weight: 0.00

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