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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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Race: Berlin Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:54:07, Place overall: 641, Place in age division: 80
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Had to run fast so I could catch my flight.  I'm pleased with the time, not bad for a 49 year old man.  Just one more left of the 5 Major Marathons, the London Marathon in April, then I will achieve my goal of running all five under 3 hrs.

I will post details later since I barely made it to the airport and am on the plane home to Hong Kong. 

Btw, I'm the brother-in-law to the mast amazing, beautiful and funny Smooth!

Gary, Smooth, Lloyd at the Boston Expo in April this year.


 

I have Gary's race report; but can't copy and paste here.  Does anyone know how to do that? 

OK, the report is at the comment below!



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Ran with Wendy and Carolyn down and up 3rd West hill.  EZ 4 miler.  Saw Wendy C. at the end.  She's shooting for BQ (3:45) at SGM.  There are 8 of us from my ward running SGM this year.  FUN!!!

I'm searching for a Sat. marathon to run after SGM.  I found one, the Hoover Dam Marathon, on Halloween.  It's at Lake Mead in Nevada.  Anyone interested?

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Speedwork today:  5 x 1000m @ 4:40 (400m RI).  Was cold driving to the HS track.  This time I parked at the church.  In the middle of my third interval, a class (PE?) came jogging on the track.  The teacher had to yell at the kids to get out of the way.  Then I had to yell "on your left! passing on your left!" to another group at the other end.  Hope I didn't startle them too much.

Warm up 2 miles @ 8:54, 8:19

1K @ 4:35  RI @ 2:36

2K @ 4:35  RI @ 3:00

3K @ 4:39  RI @ 3:10

4K @ 4:39  RI @ 3:03

5K @ 4:40  RI @ 3:06

Cool down 2 mile @ 9:00, 9:12

Sure was a beautiful day, blue sky, cool temp.  Left glute and ITB have been bugging since Sat. , not too bad, hopefully some tapering will calm everything down.  11 days!!!

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Slept in this morning...7 hours...woohoo!  No running, went to meetings.

Afternoon:  Around the world Core, Fast Abs, (30 reps), NO clam shells to keep the glute and ITB calm.  AM/PM Yoga...ah felt so good almost fell asleep...love tapering.

Nutrition:  yogurt, Kashi cereal with milk, banana, soup w/ tofu, chicken, scallop, brown rice, garlic green beans, nectarine, apple

Going to Costco to get more veggies and good stuff.

Dinner at Market Street Grill:  spinach salad, sour dough bread w/ butter, Alaskan halibut, potatoes, chocolate Hagen Daz icetream w/ waffle cookie.

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What a gorgeous morning!  Tempo day (2 EZ 3 @ 8:13, 1 EZ).  Here goes:

Mile 1 ~  9:29  (warm up mile felt good, no lead legs.)

Mile 2 ~  8:48  (imagine how it would feel at the start of the marathon.)

Mile 3 ~  7:50  (comfortably hard effort.)

Mile 4 ~  8:00  (slight incline the first 0.5, kept steady effort.)

Mile 5 ~  7:57   (had to stay focus to not get lazy, got a side-stitch for about 1 min.)

Mile 6 ~  8:39 (was surprised at how nice this pace felt.)

0.5 mile (4:19) ~  8:39 (imagine keeping a mp at the last stretch w/ the finish clock ticking...)

6.5 miles in 55:05.  AP: 8:28.  Very pleased with this last tempo run!

Hope I don't get sick babysitting this morning...such cute kids!

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It's HOMECOMING at the High School!  Go Pioneers!  Go Purple!  Go White!

Just got back from the HS Homecoming Assembly.  The student council asked me to be on the "dating panel" with two other girls.  My son asked us 10 questions behind a make-shift curtain so he couldn't see the "potential dates".  We gave the answers thru a voice distortion microphone so he couldn't recognize our voice.  You guessed it,  the student council rigged this so I was the most compatible choice.  IT WAS HILARIOUS!  Silly kids!  How FUN to be young!!!

I just found out he was chosen to be in the Homecoming Royalty.  Tonight at the Football game Half Time, I get to escort him when they present this year's Homecoming Royalty.  I did this with my other son a few years ago.  All I remember was: it's so NOT comfortable  wearing a dress to a football game.  Oh well, he's our Lew's Caboose....one last high school senior memory to behold...bittersweet! 

Off to the temple.  This great weather is making taper madness madder than MAD!

Oh yeah...the cheerleaders decorated our front door...balloons, candies bouquet and a big sign that says:  "HOME of a Lehi MIGHTY PIONEER!"  Very CUTE!

A quick switch from football helmet to a purple crown!!!  

 

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Feet and toes were sore from wearing heels all afternoon and night yesterday.  Didn't go to bed 'till way past midnight.  Woke up at 4 and fell back to sleep...so tired!  Started the run at 9 am.  Hey, figured I would finish about the same time next week, if lucky, may be same temp.  Lowell said to run 8...but I must have some of Teena's DNA...the stubborn ones...so I did 10.  

Warm up one mile.  Drank gatorade at 3, 5, 7 and finish.  Did not stop or walk while drinking.  Start temp was in the high 50's, sunny, not sure what finish temp was. 

TT: 1:28:32.  AP: 8:51.  Splits:  9:30, 8:43, 8:47, 8:53, 9:05 (a little hill), 8:50, 8:37, 8:57, 8:37, 8:28.

Felt good the whole run other than the ITB complained just a little.  Also got a blister on the bottom of left foot, should have Body-Glided.  Hopefully everthing will heal up nicely in 6.5 days.  If all the stars align just right, I might have a chance for a PR.  Let's pray for temp in the 50s and a tail wind!

THAT's IT!  Ready or not SGM here we come!

Get to help with Homecoming dinner for the kids...FUN!

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