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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
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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
38.850.000.000.0038.85
Inspire 11 (teal) Miles: 19.10Inspire 10 (mum's Day) Miles: 8.00Inspire 10 (eBay) Miles: 11.75
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Since I didn't run on Sat. I thought I'd run longer today, exactly 2 weeks out from Boston!  Conveniently it's Spring Break, so Wendy doesn't have to go to work this week!  She's such a loyal, faithful friend.  I tortured her on her day off, haha! :)  Schedule was a 20 miler for Sat but since I flipped the schedule with previous week, I should run 16; but deep down I knew I only have energy to run 12!  General Conference was awesome but my PF really really really hurts! 

What a beautiful gorgeous Spring day!  We started out at 7:40am with temp in the low 30s, calm, partly sunny blue sky!  MCT>Suncrest>Alpine everflowing fountain>Lone Peak HS trailside bathroom>Highland Glen Park>MCT>home---a perfect 14 miles hilly loop.   We walked, hiked, jogged, ran, stopped at the restrooms but never stopped chatting the entire time which was pretty much ALL morning!  Haha!  Our AP: 12:57 (hey at least it didn't dip down to unlucky 13).  Taper here on out! 

Inspire 11 (teal) Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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I could've gone out for a short recovery run...but why?! when I could go for a walk with hubby.  There was a pretty stiff north wind.  We walked to MCT thru 400E and bishops lane, east to 800E access and thru the 26th/28th wards neighborhood, 2+miles! Hubby is walking much faster now.  Then we went to afternoon movie, "Miracles From Heaven", good movie based on true story/events.  Then we drove to Spanish Fork to return Annie's roasting pan and stopped at a Lehi's restaurant that served Thai and Japanese food, that we've never been to before.  So happy hubby can eat anything now...he had chicken Domburi and I had Pineapple Curry!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Spring Break means Karen's home and joins Wendy and I for our run.  We ran to MCT and did 9X hill repeats at the west slope of Dry Creek.  Met a group of 4 ladies from Highland who invited us to join them in their regular AF Canyon runs! :)  On the way back, we saw LoraO so, walked with her and recited "The Living Christ".  Another beautiful gorgeous Spring Day.

Shout out to my youngest son, Steven, on his 24th birthday today!  I cannot believe my baby is 24!!!  I'm not getting older, just my kids are! :) :) :)

Inspire 10 (mum's Day) Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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AP: 10:56

Inspire 11 (teal) Miles: 5.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.750.000.000.0011.75

What a great morning!  So very lucky and happy to have RAD come run with me.  The original plan was to meet at my house at 7am and run 3+ miles to the start of the BurnRun 5miler race at the Elementary School mid-Suncrest Hill.  When we got there, we were informed that the race was canceled.  I was actually happy and relieved that I didn't have to jog/walk up Suncrest.  I have no lungs or legs power for that beast.  So we ran back down to MCT and ran east turned back and made it back to my house by 9:30am.  Beautiful weather with beautiful company and fun chats!  AP: 10:48.  I walked the Dry Creek hills!  Thanks Rachel for running slow with me!

Inspire 10 (eBay) Miles: 11.75
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
38.850.000.000.0038.85
Inspire 11 (teal) Miles: 19.10Inspire 10 (mum's Day) Miles: 8.00Inspire 10 (eBay) Miles: 11.75
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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