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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
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Long drive home.  We stopped at a McDonald along I-210 to get WiFi and tried unsuccessfully to locate a church for Sacrament.  So we drove on until we hit Vegas and I remembered attending a church just outside Boulder City, east of Henderson right off I-515 back in Jan this year when I ran the Angel Marathon in Lake Mead.  So we took a chance to see if they might have a 1pm Sacrament.  Lo and behold we got there at 12:40 and they do have a 1pm service!  Wonderful spirit in the meeting and great talks!

We stopped in SG for gas and I decided to drive the next leg.  We hit heavy slow/stopping traffic all the way to Beaver.  Apparently there were 3 accidents just outside Hurricane.  Wendy and Karen who were about 1.5  and 2 hr ahead of us text us about the traffic delay.  They too were driving home with the rest of the Thanksgiving traffic.  My daughter and her family also encountered heavy traffic traveling home from SG to Houston.  Traffic was very light in California, Nevada and AZ but got bad in UT and TX in the late afternoon and evening hours.

Got home at 9:30pm finding all is well.  Unpacked the big cooler of frozen fish and small cooler of assortment of food.  So so so so tired.  Legs so so so so tight and achy.  So so so so good to sleep in my own bed.  :)

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Slept in till 7am since we didn't get home until late last night.  Missing my sister already!

Wendy, Karen, hubby and I ran together getting caught up with our Thanksgiving weekends events.  Karen went to her sister in Vegas.  Wendy went to Carlsbad for her daughter's soccer tournament.  Hubby only wanted to run 2.  Us girls ran east to Smith's then west on Canal Trail then turned around and back to home. 

Hubby and I went swimming afterward.  There was nobody at the leisure pool!  So nice to be able to practice TI drill 1, 2, 3, 4 without anyone splashing me or me drifting all over the place! :)

Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 7.25
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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Ran west down Canal Trail south down Rail Trail then east up 2600N with Karen and Wendy.  Right ITB squawked again on the downhill and first couple miles but okay on the uphill.

Karen and I went swimming for 40 min. afterward.

Laundry galore!!! :)

Evening:  yoga.  I LOVE this class. :)

Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 5.00
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I've read SO much about RAD's awesome urban trail run!  I FINALLY got to experience it this morning!!! :) :) :)  I was SO excited when she made arrangement to have her SIL tend little Adam so she could run the urban trail with me after she dropped the kids off at school.  (Her Newton buddies usually meet at 5:30 which is WAY too early for l'ole me)!!! 

What a FUN FUN FUN 8 miler running south along a canal trail then west to Day Break and around the Lake (I've always wanted to run there) and thru some fence to a REAL trail along a dry creek.  I LOVE running with RAD, good laughs, inspiring conversations, wonderful company! :) :) :)  The weather was perfect aside from a little headwind at times.  The right ITB complained during the initial miles but was fine the rest of the run.  I did get a little tired the last 1.5 miles (didn't eat breakfast). 

THANK YOU Rachel for sacrificing your morning to take me on this wonderful run!!! :)

Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 0.00
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Didn't sleep well last night.  Almost, almost took up the offer to walk with Diane and Wendy; but since I had told Karen I'd run with her, I declined.  Dragged my tired self out the door.  Once we got going, it was a very pleasant run.  The knee did the same thing, tuckled a bit running down the tunnel but fine running up.

Went to the pool with hubby and Karen afterward.  They were swimming with such grace while I looked kinda silly doing my TI drills.  I'm sure I'll get it one of these days!

Temple with hubby and Wendy.  My knee buckled again after kneeling for a few min.  Had to walk with one straight leg...kinda embarrassing!  :)

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Karen wanted to run 13 today since her Sat. is crazy busy.  I only wanted to do 10 so she ran 2 around her block before meeting me, Wendy and John (Zeus, the dog).  Originally we were planning to run to the Alpine park where the eternal flowing fountain is.  But John had other adventure in mind.  :)

Us girls followed man and dog onto the Murdock Canal Trail then hiked up over the trail tunnel, crossed Timpanogos Hwy up to Traverse Mtn.  My knee was fine running uphill, but I worried about the return downhill trip and the wind.  Since we girls didn't carry water, John suggested that we ran inside the Outlet Mall (mile 3) to get a drink (he had his own camelpak).  I've never seen such a palatial restroom! :)

We then got onto the pack-dirt unpaved canal trail.  This is a great trail skirting the hillside up above Cabella's with nice view of the valley by the point of the mountain.  We can see the upper portion of JRP to the west (by the wind mill and Veterans Memorial) and the "hangliding" hill up ahead. 

We cut off from the trail thru a water-run-off-rock-basin and entered the Traverse Mtn. neighborhood park where unfortunately the bathroom and water fountain were closed.  It's a really nice park though!  John used his iPhone GPS to locate the way to the Travers Mtn Elementary (mile 5.25) where we got a drink and ate our Gu. 

We had to run more uphill to get to a traffic-circle that lead to the main road.  With a stiff headwind running uphill, I nearly got an asthma attack.  I started to run backward so I could catch my breath.  I told my running partners earlier that Carina and her friends live in Traverse Mtn.  Lo and behold, a girl resembled Carina in a white mini-van drove by and waved to me!  I turned back and waved and told Wendy that must be Carina!  That put a smile on my face! :) :) :)

Then we had to run about a mile downhill with a stiff headwind!  My knee was hurting bad enough that at some point I swung my knee straight legged with each stride.  It totally messes up my hips.  The beautiful view of the valley helped ease the pain! :) Stopping at the traffic light to cross Timpanogos Hwy made my knee locked up; but once we were back on the flat Canal Trail, it felt better. 

Boy, was I tired and slow!!!  I used to run 7 miles every weekday and 15+ miles most weekends!!! I used to run Karen home then back for extra mile but NOT today!  How did I get myself into this sad shape! :(   O well, at my age, I'm grateful to be out running with great friends, enjoying an unseasonably mild Nov day.  :) :) :)

Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 10.00
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Practice swim drill.  Such a gorgeous day...I should've been running...blah!!!

Decorate the Christmas tree.....


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Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 25.25Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 11.50
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