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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
28.600.000.000.0028.60
Torin 2.0 (teal/yellow) Miles: 8.25Provision 2 (sz 6) Miles: 20.35
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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I didn't set the alarm and Larissa woke me at 6:05am.  We were supposed to leave at 6am.  Ran with Beth, Angela and Larissa all over their Kingwood neighborhood.  Overcast sky which feels cooler although it had rained all day yesterday so humidity was like 100%.  AP:  10:18 (10:47, 10:49, 10:29, 9:19, 9:27).  When we were done, we saw grandma walking by herself on the road in front of the houses so we walked with her for 2+ miles.

Went to downtown Houston Discovery Green for lunch at a Taiwanese eatery and splash pads for the grandkids. 

To airport for our 7pm flight home, flight was 30 min delayed.  Arrived home well past 10pm.  A quick but fun trip.  Hubby was asleep so will talk to him in the morning.

 

Torin 2.0 (teal/yellow) Miles: 5.00
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
3.250.000.000.003.25

With Wendy, chatty run!

Torin 2.0 (teal/yellow) Miles: 3.25
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
6.100.000.000.006.10

With Karen and Wendy.  We did hill repeats on Dry Creek west hill.  Well, Karen did hill repeats, we jogged and she did twice as many as us.  Hehe!

Provision 2 (sz 6) Miles: 6.10
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
14.250.000.000.0014.25

With Karen on MCT to PG Silo Rd and back.  We started at 6am, 58F partly cloudy sky.  The cooler weather made all the difference.  AP: 10:18 with couple of bathroom stops and brief water fountain stops.  Ate a package of shot blocks, 2 pieces at mile 5+, then one piece every 2-4 miles. 

After a quick shower, I drove hubby to the hospital to be admitted for kidney biopsy.  He had a previous one on May 9 (39 days ago).  We got there just before 10am.  They drew a bunch of labs.  His poor arms were like pin cushions.  He had 5 needle pokes yesterday just for labs in the morning and at the oncologist (Dr.  Chipman) office in the afternoon.  The nurse couldn't start an IV, so they had the PICC specialist came to start a mid-line on his right arm.  His INR was 4.1 yesterday, so they gave him two units of FFP which brought the INR down to 1.4.  By 6:30pm (nearly 9 hours of waiting and NPO), they gave him a unit of DDaPT and another unit of FFP and took him to intervention radiology.  The radiologist, Dr. Bonk, and nurse (Wanda) was the same team that did his biopsy a month ago.  This time Dr. Bonk only had to do one pass.  

At 9:30pm, I went to the cafeteria to get some food for hubby and I for dinner.  Dr. Cline called and said that he would push for the pathologist to read the biopsy by midnight and if all goes well we can go home and be treated on an out-patient.  At midnight the call came that the biopsy mirrored the first one to confirm that there is probably no acute rejection.  He stopped one blood pressure med that might be the culprit in damaging the kidney.  He will have lab tests MWF to monitor his kidney functions closely.  I will give him Lovenox to bridge the Warfarin. 

Provision 2 (sz 6) Miles: 14.25
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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No running today.  We got home after midnight last night.  I got up early to go shopping for a few items that Steven and Jia-Fen didn't pick up for me last night.  Thanks to their shopping for me last night, I was able to get all the food I needed for the bridle shower this morning, and Father's Day dinner tomorrow night.  Jia-Fen stayed overnight so she was here to help me with food prep and clean up.

Sis. Giada Pagnin,  Samantha (Burnett) Holt and Britton (Ketts) Allen arrived 30 min early so they helped me finish doing the food for the bridle shower.  Giada's 4 other friends came later.  The bridle shower was a success, so FUN!

Then Gary stopped by on his way from the airport from HK.  Lily and the girls continued ahead to BYU to check Jessie in the dorm.  Can't wait to see everyone tomorrow for Father's Day!  Steven and Jia-Fen stayed overnight.  We watched a movie, Race, but I fell asleep and missed most of the action.

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
28.600.000.000.0028.60
Torin 2.0 (teal/yellow) Miles: 8.25Provision 2 (sz 6) Miles: 20.35
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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