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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
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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
27.750.000.000.0027.75
Inspire 10 Miles: 5.75Inspire 10 (ocean Breeze) Miles: 16.00Inspire 10 (UK) Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.750.000.000.005.75

55F partly sunny, nice running weather.  Ran with Karen and Amanda west on MCT.

Inspire 10 Miles: 5.75
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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PD lab day.  Hubby had a bad med side-effect episode today.  Dr. Bradshaw phoned in a new prescription for his RLS last night (Gabapentin 300mg).  He took it and went to bed.  This morning he could barely wake up.  Once up he was extremely dizzy, nausea with dry-heaves.  We had lab appt. at 9:30 so we rushed out of there with me carrying a box of 1200ml drain bags etc.  I had to drive since he was so dizzy.  He drank some OJ which he vomitted most of it on the way to the lab, was drowzy during lab and inservice, and vomitted the rest of the OJ on the way home.  He went straight to bed and was so sleepy/drowzy.  I woke him at 2pm so he could do his dialysis but he wanted to eat some soup.  I made him some chicken juke which he promptly vomitted up and was too drowzy to sit up.  He stayed in bed until night time when he had to hook up to the cycler.  I phoned the doc. office twice.  Needless to say I did not run today.

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
6.000.000.000.006.00

I woke hubby just before 8.  His first words were:  "What time is it? Whoa almost 8? Let's go camping!"  Then he rolled over and fell back to sleep.  I wasn't sure if he's alert enough to go on the trip we had planned to take Steven and Bryan who had come home on Sun. so I told him I'm going for a quick run while he gets dressed and eats breakfast (since he did not eat a thing all day yesterday due to side-effect of the Gabapentin).

Ran on the MCT to the rail-trail (3 miles) and turned back for total of 6.  Very sluggish legs AP: 10:44.

When I got home, hubby and the boys were eating breakfast and all excited to go camping at Strawberry Reservoir.  So I backed up the motorhome on the driveway and hooked up the electric power and turned on the fridge.  Told the boys to load up their gear while I showered.  We left around 11:30. 

We got to Strawberry around 2, ate lunch, they boys went shipping while I stayed in the motorhome and watched "Annie".  It rained off and on all afternoon.  Hubby got back around 5 to set up the table-top BBQ and cooked us some New York steaks.  The boys got back just in time to beat the hail storm.  Hubby hooked up to the cylcer while the boys and I watched "Interstellar" eating pop-corn.  It was cold outside (in the low 40s) and raining; but we were toasty and cozy.

Inspire 10 (ocean Breeze) Miles: 6.00
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
6.000.000.000.006.00

Didn't sleep too well last night.  But did see the moon from the skylit window on my loft bed.  I woke at 6 and stayed toasty in my sleeping bed trying not to wake the boys below.  Hubby got up around 7 and wanted to go fishing.  So we unhooked the power, water lines and empty the holding tanks and drove to the marina to inquire about a better fishing spot.  We drove to Haws Point which is supposed to have deeper water for shoreline fishing.  But it was super windy and cold so we only stayed for an hour.  As a result I did not get to run (something I had hoped to do since it is so pretty here at Strawberry).  We stopped at Heber for lunch and got home in time for Bryan to shower and meet his former professors at the Y.

After unloading the RV and cleaning up, I went for a short run around 2pm.  It was sunny, a bit windy.  Boy, was I slow AP: 10:49.
 

Inspire 10 (UK) Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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55F partly sunny calm.  Solo run east on MCT via 800 E to mile 5 and turned back home on 600E.

Inspire 10 (ocean Breeze) Miles: 10.00
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
27.750.000.000.0027.75
Inspire 10 Miles: 5.75Inspire 10 (ocean Breeze) Miles: 16.00Inspire 10 (UK) Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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