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Week starting May 01, 2011

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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
33.50	14.50	0.00	0.00	48.00

Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 15.00	Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 33.00

Night Sleep Time: 26.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 26.00	Weight: 0.00

Sun, May 01, 2011

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

A WONDERFUL WONDERFUL Stake Conference Sunday!

GREAT speakers. Elder Steven J. Lund was presiding. Very faith inspiring talks. Hubby gave an unplifting talk on living the Gospel...everything we do: covenants, ordinances, daily activities should lead us to Christ.

I was moved to tears by KellyA (our very own JohA's sweetheart)!!!! She shared such a powerful, faith inspiring testimony and the miraculous story of how the sacred and precious things were untouched yet almost all other things in their house being burnt down in January. WOW!!! I just LOVE her and Jon so much!

Had a great evening, dinner with Eric and the newly weds. Spoke and Skyped with Larissa, Marianne and Emi. Got a quick short email from Bryan in Beijing. Watched the welcoming news of the death of the All Time Evil Terrorist on TV!

Oh, how I need the Sabbath!!! My spirits are renewed!!! :) :) :)

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

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Mon, May 02, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.75	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.75

7.75 recovery miles. phlems, phoughts and phlowers! Gorgeous morning! I wanted to do some strides at the end of the run; but got winded from the SSE wind; so managed to do only 4 strides.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/83074307

Here are some of the pics from Boston exactly 2 weeks ago! :)

Sat. dinner at Chinatown. (l-r): Ronnie, TomSlick, Sharla, Kam's dad, Kam, Kam's wife, Amber, Smooth and Amanda.

Pre-race dinner/party at Little Italy. (l-r): Kathie, Rhett, Doone, Terry, Lito, Lowell, Larry, Smooth, Lark and Marcie and all the glorious pasta!!! James was taking the pic.

RHETT!!! The FUN way to run Boston!!! Notice his camera in hand!!!

The CUTEST couple EVER!!!! ♥♥♥

Leaving for the post-race dinner/party:

Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 7.75

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

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Tue, May 03, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.50	1.00	0.00	0.00	10.50

Ran with Carolyn to pick up Karen for 8. Saw Marsha started out her run on my way home. So ran with her and had a nice chat. Marsha was my secretary when I was RS president. We are in different wards now; we had so much to catch up on. Nice cloudy day, windy going east, air filled with smokey scent from burning fields.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/83251297

Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 10.50

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

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Wed, May 04, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.25

Ran with Karen down 3rd west up railroad trail. Sunny blue sky breezy. Easy chatty run.

Going to USU tonight to move my youngest home. :)

Maynard showed me how to post the run. Voila! THANKS! Bradley! :)

Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 7.25

Night Sleep Time: 4.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 4.00	Weight: 0.00

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Thu, May 05, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
1.00	6.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

HAPPY CINCO de MAYO!!!

Beautiful sunny day! Birds a chirping! Blossoms a blooming! Perfect morning for a GA run.

NICE to run solo sometimes so I can focus on form. Concentrate on midfoot strike and toe off. It was pretty cool to feel the *springy energy* of the hamstring and calf. I think I'm in love with my Elexir; so light and responsive compare to the Inspire. Definitely going to train more in them and hopefully become my go-to shoes.

Going to lunch and shopping with my sweetheart and our youngest boy. He needs suitcases, a watch, toiletries, sheets, towels, all the miscellaneous stuff. People ask us if it's becoming easier with each boy leaving for missions. I have to say that it's easier in some ways but bittersweet in others. It seems that everything we do with Steven becomes our "last" thing since he's our youngest. :) :) :)

Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 7.00

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

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Fri, May 06, 2011

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

No running today. Had a wonderful temple trip with Steven, his friend, Tanner and Tanner's parents to the Manti Temple. After the endowment session, we got to meet privately with the Temple Pres, Prez. Pinegar, who taught us meanings of the temple ordinances. He asked us questions and helped us with answers from the scriptures. I'm going to write those scriptures down and study some more to fully understand the meanings of the sacred ordinances in relations to the Atonement of Christ.

It was so wonderful for us to be taught my Prez. Pinegar inside the temple and taken to some rooms and walked down the 150 steps of the amazing spiral stair case. The Manti Temple is magnificent, truly a house of God and Glory, full of stories and testaments of Pioneer heritage!

So glad Steven and I had that opportunity before he leaves for his mission! :) :) :) :) :)

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

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Sat, May 07, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.00	7.50	0.00	0.00	15.50

Ran with Kelly and JonA to south part of town. GREAT company and FUN conversations. They're such a wonderful couple. I'm in awe of their tremendous faith and Christlike example. THANKS Jon & Kelly for running with me!!! :) :) :)

Garmin showed less than 5 miles b/c I forgot to restart the thing when we crossed some major state roads.

After we got home, I went inside to slap on my fuelt belt. After last week's scary *attack*, I wised up and carried my rescue inhaler and mace, one flask of gatorade, gel and headed up to Alpine. Stopped at the *FoY* to drink and gu and doctor the blister on my right pinky toe.

Saw lots of cyclists, a few runners. Many aroma and scent of freshly cut grass, fertilizer (both animal and chemical kind), pesticide, burnt weeds... By the time I got back to the traffic light at SR92, my lungs felt like it's filled with cotton. Instead of taking the inhaler, I pushed thru the last 1.5mile home.

Off to the Salt Lake Temple for the sealing of my niece/nephew to their adopted baby girl. Hope y'all having a WONDERFUL weekend!

Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 15.50

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

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
33.50	14.50	0.00	0.00	48.00

Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 15.00	Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 33.00

Night Sleep Time: 26.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 26.00	Weight: 0.00

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