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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
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Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 3.50Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 14.75
Night Sleep Time: 26.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 26.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy run with Wendy! About a mile into the run, my knee starts to hurt! We cut the run short. Went to the pool but the hot tub is broken (hubby's only reason to go there is to soak his sore ankle) so we left!

Core. Upper body ST. Foam roll and stretch.

Evening: 45 min practice TI swim drills!

Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 3.50
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
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Travel day to southern Cal. 12 hours on the road with one hour stop to visit my daughter and grandkids and the Larsen's at a park on Dixie Dr. In St. George!

Legs got really stiff and "sour" the last 4 hours especially when we were stuck in ghe slow rush hour traffic for an hour traveling at 5-20mph on I-605. Stink!!!!

Sis had a yummy dinner ready for us!

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Ran along the beautiful trail/bike path skirting the Donald Trump Golf course with gorgeous view of the Pacific Ocean and multi-million dollar estates! :) The right ITB squawked on the decline but ok on the incline! I kept the run short. Ice, foam roll, stretch. Sis. doesn't have wifi in her home, so I'm here at the library.

PM:  Ice massage, foam roll the heck out of the ITB...ouch!!!

Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 3.75
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:) Happy Thanksgiving!!! :)

Sis and I cooked up a storm.  She actually baked and prepared a lot of the food before hand.  The oven was on ALL day!!!  This is what we made and ate!

Appetizer:  Empanada, mushroom turnover, quiche, spinach stuff mushroom, shrimp stuff mushroom, siumai. 

Main course:  18lb turkey with homemade stuffing (TX toast bread cubes, chicken broth and turkey dripping, chestnut, cranberry, celery, onion), roasted garlic mash potato, turkey gravy, yam (w/ butter, brown sugar and cinnamon), moochi rice (w/ Chinese sausage, shitake mushroom, dried shrimp), Parker house rolls, cranberry waldo salad, broccoli salad, spiral cut honey glazed ham.

Dessert:  pumpkin pie (w/ whip cream), pecan pie, chocolate dream pie, blueberry tart, chocolate cake, brownie (2 different kinds)

Drinks:  guava juice, mango passion fruit juice, sparkling cider, ginger ale, diet coke.  (Red wine and coffee)

All that for 7 adults and 2 children! 

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While Joe, David and Larry went deep sea fishing.  Sis and I went to have dim sum and watched movie but not before I went for a run which barely made a dent on the million calories I consumed yesterday! :)

To avoid running down the 20+% grade hill, I drove down to Palos Verdes South Dr.   It was a bit scary driving down the winding steep and narrow road IN the fog!  Thankfully there was very little traffic. 

Ran south half mile on the Trump Golf Course parkway then turned down onto the dirt trails (which had a warning sign stating that beyond this point the trail is steep and uneven).  Saw one guy running up, couple of hikers.  I walked on the steepest hairpin turns and over slick boulders.  Saw two girls running towards me so I asked them if the trail leads down to the beach...yes and also back up to the Trump Golf Clubhouse on the north end.  Cool!!!  The trail is mostly sand with small rocks.  After crossing couple of bridges I took one of the westward trails and ran down to the beach.  I looked up the cliff and saw a lone man standing above watching me.  That kinda spooked me so I ran around the cliff out of his sight.  It was too foggy of a day to enjoy any ocean view so when I reached the beach, instead of running there, I turned around and ran back up.

At the top the trail merge onto a paved trail bordering the golf course.  It was nice to be able to pick up the pace on this trail until it reached the golf course.  I tried to be quiet when I ran around a putting green where some golfers were doing their thing.  Ran about half mile up back to Palos Verdes Dr.   Then I turned north and got a drink from the drinking fountain at Marilyn Ryan Park. 

Continued north on the dirt shoulder of Palos Verdes and passed an elderly couple running single file.  Turned around at the gate to the archery range and encountered the couple again.  We stopped and chatted a bit.  The husband has a "Western States 100" running cap on.  He has run Wasatch 100 in the "early days".  They were very interested in the "Top of Utah" marathon when they saw my TOU shirt.  They're on their run around the entire Palos Verdes peninsula which they do regularly.  They wore no Garmin as they live on the east side of the peninsula and expect to finish their run around 1pm.  I had thought that it is a dangerous route.  The road is narrow, winding, rolling hilly with hardly any shoulder and a 24" wide bike path that are frequented with groups of cyclists.  At some sections there is nothing but a guardrail between the road and the cliff.  Apparently the runners and cyclists here have no fear of fast moving vehicles. :)

After bidding g'day to the couple, I continued south back to the park for another drink and another mile to the car.  It was a very pleasant run aside from the fog.  Right ITB by the fibula squawked as usual during the warm up mile and running downhill but better on uphill. 

Sis took me to Seafood Town for lunch.  We had black bean stir fry clam, Singapore noodle and fried tofu with vegetables.  Yum! 

Ice massage and stretch the ITB while we watched movie.

Our boys brought home 130 fish which they cleaned, scaled, gutted and put in freezer bags.  We steamed 8 fish and warmed up Thanksgiving left-over for dinner.



Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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Hubby drove us down the hill for a quick run.  I ran the same route as yesterday minus the south end of Palos Verdes.  Hubby's right ankle is getting better but he only ran one mile to be safe.

We packed one big box and a small cooler full of frozen fish and individual meals of stew, soup, meatloaf, moochi rice, turkey, ham and assortment of bread for David to take home.  We then drove separate cars to Ten Ten Restaurant for dim-sum.  After lunch, we bid David good bye as he drove from the restaurant to Rt. 91 East back to Phoenix.  It was so wonderful to have him come to SoCal for Thanksgiving.  We haven't seen him since Christmas/New Year earlier this year. 

After David drove off, we went to 99 Ranch to shop for Chinese food...the persimons were $.79 a pound...what a deal!!! 

Joe and Sis treated us to a scrumptious dinner of Peking duck, House Special pork chops, shrimp with Chinese broccoli.  We have dessert every night this week.  Athena here I come! :)

After we got home from dinner, we called our youngest sister in Canada.  It's her birthday today!  I have not seen her for almost 12 years!!!  It was a wonderful hour long phone visit! :)

Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 3.50Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 14.75
Night Sleep Time: 26.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 26.00Weight: 0.00
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