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American Fork Canyon Half Marathon

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Location:

Sandy,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 11, 2010

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Pre-5th baby races:

2007- Sandy, 4th of July 5k (first race ever)

2008- June-Wasatch Back

2008-Sandy, 4th of July 10k 58:01

2008-August-Provo River Half Marathon. 2:07:46 The only half I've ever run.

2008-Sept-Alta 8k Downhill Dash 39.01

Post-5th baby races:

2009 November Turkey Trot 5k

2010

-10k Freedom Run 56:23 (July)

Wasatch Woman 53:25.4 (Oct)

 -Hobble Creek Half 1:58:19-PR

 -TOU Marathon! 4:28:43.7 (first)

2011

-Dam 2 Dam 10 mile Run 1:29:33.8 (AP 8:57)

-Spectrum 10k- 49:49 (AP 8:01) PR

-Ogden Marathon 4:05:03 (AP 9:21) PR

-Wasatch Back

UV Half -paced my sister

-St. George Marathon 4:29:32

  2012

SHAC triathlon-April

AF Half PR 1:57:34-June with Ashley

Salmon Marathon(4th)

2013-Ragnar Relay

Halloween half marathon with Jane

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Vigor half with Ashley, May 10, 2014

Personal:

Married and have 5 daughters. Started running in Feb 2006. I love yoga.

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Race: American Fork Canyon Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:57:34, Place overall: 254, Place in age division: 31
Total Distance
13.10

My garmin says13.23 in 1:57:39 AP 8:53.

This is my 4th half marathon. I PR'd today by a minute plus a little! I didn't even realize it till I was driving home and checked my last half time (on my sister's i phone) cause I didn't remember what it was. So I'm happy!!!

Ashley and I drove down to AF to get our packets and then went to dinner at Pizzeria 712 in Orem! Scrump! We then stopped at The Chocolate which is almost right next door. We took our leftover food and too many desserts to my other sister's in Traverse mountain. She was supposed to run this with us but got injured. She did jump in at mile 9 and run to the finish. Way to go Amber!!!

Ash and I stayed at a hotel at Thanksgiving point. I didn't get much sleep. It was so fun to have a night out though and sleep in a hotel. I never do that. Anyway, not much sleep and at 2am Ashley was cracking her knuckles in her sleep. Think she was nervous?

 We got to the buses at 4:30am and rode up on a luxury bus. I've always been stuck on a school bus. It was nice. I wasn't feeling well and didn't talk much. That's pretty much how it went the entire race. I was having female issues and ate too much the night before. Bad.

Greg Wrubell was mcing at the top . His voice put us right at ease:) I saw the group of pacers shortly before race time and recognized some from the blog. I talked to Kelli and wished I had trained to run a 1:45 half. I saw Kim and introduced myself. She is beautiful in person. She was pacing 2:10 and her husband 2:00. 

So, I was hoping Ashley's knee would be fine on the downhill. I told her we needed to take advantage of the canyon and we did! I was feeling crappy and I was annoyed being surrounded by runners in the beginning. I broke out and Ashley caught up. I told her I wasn't feeling well so wouldn't be talking much. We put our music in. At mile 3 I felt a major blister forming on big right toe. I had side ache, stomach cramping issues from mile 3-6 appr. I hadn't eaten yet and didn't take ibuprofen before the race, probably should have. I had shot bloks and drink at mile  6 and pulled out ahead of Ash for the rest of the race. I had a bright orange shirt on and ended up being her guiding light to a sub 2 hr half. She surpassed her goal! My mantra in this race from the beginning was "The faster you run, the sooner you'll be done." Cause I felt so crappy. I tried to enjoy it but it's hard when you have sickness issues. So I just RAN. The cramping went away as I concentrated on my breathing.

At mile 9 my sister Amber jumped in. I kept running and she asked about Ashley and I said she was behind and I kept running. I couldn't stop. 

At mile 10 as I turned left to go up a little hill, I got a pounding headache!!! Really??? Again with the mantra. I just ran as fast as I could the last 3 miles. It was getting hot, it was so hard to keep running but I just wanted to get to that finish line to see my family and be done! They were all there in the chute sticking out their hands for me to slap. I got my medal and REALLY needed water which was like a half mile away for some reason. I finally found it and brought some back to Ash and Amber. Ash was only a minute behind me. She did awesome!

Beautiful course. I loved the canyon and it was fun running through the gold course.

 Happy about the PR.




 


Ghost 4 Miles: 13.10
Comments
From JD on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 20:14:09 from 65.130.135.55

Awesome Stacie! congratulations on a solid PR - over a minute! sweet! especially with all the issues you were dealing with. really strong, great job!

From Lysa on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 20:42:10 from 67.166.122.134

Nice job Stacie!! I'm so impressed with Ashley! She is a natural strong runner just like you. Congratulations to both of you. And awesome job running through all of the crap of female-ness and sickness! You are so tough!! Woo Hoo!

From Ashley on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 22:29:16 from 24.10.147.252

Loved to read your race report! I had fun with you from the moment I picked you up Friday night to the minute we got out of the canyon at mile 7. The the fun started up again after the race. I'm gonna go ahead and block out mile 7-13 (except for being with amber). That race was hard!!!!

Love ya. Sorry about the knuckles. I know it's nasty. But it's my only downfall so deal with it ;)haha

From RAD on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 23:26:18 from 98.202.23.178

What an awesome race! You stayed mentally strong the whole time. It certainly was a wonderful race, and I'm bummed I missd you. I was with Kelli for a while, but must've left just before you got there. Congrats on a new PR!! and what a fun night prior :)

From Stacie on Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 09:23:02 from 67.186.246.187

thanks guys! I fixed the spelling of Greg Wrubell's name and my cramping issues were side ache/stomach issues not female issues. Headache on the other hand was direct result of female issue.

From Stacie on Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 09:25:10 from 67.186.246.187

Ash! I just thought for sure you were awake when that happened! I was amazed that someone cracks their knuckles in their sleep. Although...I slept walked outside to the sand box in my sleep as a child so...

From Tom on Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 10:19:37 from 67.199.179.59

Congrats on the PR! I had a lot or runners say "DANG!!" when I passed them. Glad you weren't one of them!

From Stacie on Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 14:29:17 from 67.186.246.187

Thanks Tom!You almost caught me!

From Kim on Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 20:08:00 from 67.199.179.59

Way to go Stacie! I am so glad you came to introduce yourself! I hope to see you at the races again soon!

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