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Member Since:

Jun 01, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

NCAA Champ

Running Accomplishments:

My Personal Records are:

High School 

1600 meters - 5:34 Freshman, Regions

          5:30.44 Sophomore, State

          5:13.35 Junior, State

          4:54.68 Senior, State Champion!!!

3200 meters - 11:59.9 Freshman, State

          11:50.33 Sophomore, State

          11:15 Junior, BYU Invite

          10:30.88 Senior, Arcadia Invitational (sea level)

          10:39.23 Senior, State Champion!!!

College 

1500 - 4:31, Trojan Invite 2013 

3k - 9:44.01, MPSF 2012 

5k - 16:34, Stanford 2013

10k - 34:46.94, Mt. SAC 2013          


Half-Marathon - 1:24:30.56 (Handcart Days)

In my freshmen year, I lettered in both track and cross country. I also got the Rookie of the Year Award in cross country, and the Freshmen of the Year Award in track. At regions for XC I was 7th. At state I was 65th. In track at regions I placed 3rd in the mile and 2nd in the 2 mile. At state I was 17th in the mile and 13th in the 2 mile.

Sophomore year I was a cross country captain and I lettered again. I was 3rd at regions and 12th at state. At track regions I was 3rd in the mile and the 2 mile. I also anchored the winning medley relay team.

Junior year I got a stress fracture about a month before the cross country season started, but made a great comeback with a 2nd place finish at regions.  At state I placed 6th, and I broke 19 minutes for the second time in my racing history.  Team captain again. In track I shattered my old PRs and was doing well until I got a stress reaction.  After 3 weeks off I built my strength back up and performed well at state, earning 4th in the 1600 and 5th in the 3200.  After that, I was invited to the Great Southwest Track Meet in Albuquerque, where I took 5th.

My senior year in cross country I was a captain again, this time with Amanda and Natalie.  This season I was injury free so I got to run competitively at invites.  At state I took 3rd.  At Footlocker Western Regionals I outkicked a girl on the track to finish 10th, which qualified me for nationals the next weekend.  I beat both of the girls who had beat me at state in that race.  At nationals I took 22nd and beat 6 of the girls who had beat me at regionals.  Going into the outdoor season the first Invitational I attended was the Davis Super Meet where I qualified for state in the 1600 and the 3200, and I broke the meet record for the 3200 in an 11:01.29, the previous record was an 11:17.  I had a strong finish to my senior season and finally claimed a state title.  I ran the fastest 1600 and 3200 at state for any division, claiming the double crown in those events, and earning the athlete of the year award :)

Now in college, I run for the University of Utah.  I lettered my freshman season of cross country, and made it to regionals in the 5k in track.

Sophomore year I improved in cross country.  In track I raced the 1500, 5k, 800, 10k, and the mile of the DMR before repeating the 5k at conference and then the 10k at regionals.  Placed 28th behind a lot of seniors... so nationals next year!! 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

 Run a 5k in under 18 minutes

Win state in the 1600 and 3200

Place in the top 5 at state in the 1600

Make it to Footlocker National Championships 

Make it to nationals 

Run sub 16:30 5k

Run sub 9:30 3k 

Break the school record in the 10k

Break the school record in the 5k 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be an All-American

Be a conference champion 

Make Olympic trials 


 

Personal:

I am a junior at the University of Utah.  My little sister is a freshman at Utah Valley University.

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Wave Rider 17! Miles: 94.00
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6.00

This morning I started my run from Sugarhouse.  I ran part of an outer loop, then exited on 1700e and did the cemetery loop route.  Coming back to the park I did the other part of the outer loop and finished back where I started for 6 miles total.

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 6.00
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It was hot in the afternoon and I didn't want to run, so I went pool running instead.  I did 5 minutes warmup, then 5 sets of 3 minutes on 2 minutes off.  Then 5 minute cooldown.  I did my knee rehab and then went and watched the workout at Liberty.  It looked hard!  

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This morning I went running with Lauren and Nikki to avoid the heat in the afternoon.  We ran Trax, taking Memory Grove out of City Creek, and finishing at the library trax station.

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 6.00
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4.00

Today I went out to Murray Park with the team so we could premeet on our home course.  The women's race is at 3 tomorrow and the men's is at 3:30.  I'm planning on running unattached, that should be fun.  We ran through the course once and then added on a little bit before going up to the starting field to do strides.  Today was a nice temperature, but it is supposed to be hotter tomorrow... hopefully it isn't too bad.  And hopefully I don't get dead last!

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 4.00
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Race: Utah Open (2.485 Miles) 00:15:35, Place overall: 20
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6.00

I raced unattached at the home meet today!  I warmed up with the group though, we ran the lower part of the course for 15 minutes and then went up to the starting field for strides and drills.  We changed shoes and headed to the line for more strides.  We had a good turnout :)  I started in the box furthest on the left with all of the other unattached runners.  Going out it seemed like I was the very slowest.  With a few exceptions.  But most everyone was ahead.  But my stride speed isn't that fast right now, and I was intending to go threshold pace anyway.  At the 400 my time was 1:25.  At the 1000 it was 3:49.  I found a group and just ran with them for a bit, but then decided the group ahead of us might be a better fit so worked on closing the gap and catching people as they fell off.  My inner sense of pace was right, and my first mile ended up being 6:09.  Gradually I just kept picking people off as they fell off of whatever pack they had started with.  On the lower part as we neared the cannons where we turn around, I started to catch up to some of my teammates.  I caught Kenzie just before the cannons, and Andrea just after.  She tried to stick with me but didn't have the energy to hang on.  I caugt Dana around the playground area, and then caught Jessica as I was making the turn onto the finishing field.  I tried to outkick a BYU girl on the finish part, but my kick is pretty wimpy right now so I wasn't too disappointed that I didn't catch her.  I was happy to have finished!  And far from last place, too.  The average pace on my runnercard said 6:16, so I ran pretty consistently too it seems.  Afterwards I cooled down a mile.

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 3.50
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8.00

This morning I went to Park City with the team for a long run.  It seemed like not very many people were going very far, since a lot of us were tired from the race yesterday.  So I wasn't alone when I turned around at 4 miles to make it 8 total.  I was with Andrea on the way out, and on the way back we had Sadie and Kenzie with us.  

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 8.00
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7.00

This morning after yoga I did the Albertson's loop with Nikki.  We stopped twice so she could cut her ankle tape, the second time at 3 miles she just cut the whole thing off.  Despite rolling her ankle in the race last Friday, she still ran the last 4 miles without the tape and did just fine!  Nikki is amazing.

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 7.00
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4.00

Crazy afternoon.  I was planning on doing the warmup for the workout with the team, so I took Trax with them.  When we got off at 900e and ran about 100 feet, it started hailing!  After waiting under a tree for less than a minute, we decided to wait by the train station so that if the train came back to campus we could just get on.  I wanted to wait 5 minutes, since this is Utah...  The train came about a minute later, and sure enough by the time we got back to campus it had stopped raining.  Still, everyone decided to grab some rain gear, and then to drive down to the park.  As soon as I pulled in, there was lightning.  That meant another half hour before running could occur.  I had places to be and we already had wasted 45 minutes, so I went and ran 4 miles on the treadmill at my parents house.  I think that might also have been a bad idea since I got really hot.  I wish I could have waited until the storm had passed and ran outside where it was cool!

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 4.00
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6.00

This morning after yoga I went running with Nikki and Lauren.  We ran trax!  I think 6 miles is getting to be too exhausting at this point.  Or maybe I haven't recovered from sweating too much yesterday.  

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 6.00
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My legs felt dead today so I went pool running.  I warmed up 5 minutes, then did 5 sets of 2:30 on with 1:30 off.  5 minute cooldown and then knee rehab.

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6.00

Trax run with the team :)  

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 6.00
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4.00

This morning I passed on the long run and went to Liberty Park instead.  I found a parking spot on my second drive through and then did 4 miles around the perimeter.  My body hurt, I think I might have to skip Trax next time the team does it.

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 4.00
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4.00

This morning I ran with Lauren and Nikki to Sunnyside Park for the warmup of their workout.  I ran back to campus to finish with 4 total.  Felt much better than last week!

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 4.00
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4.00

This afternoon I started my run with the team.  It ended up being me and all the freshmen plus Dana and Kenzie.  It was a good opportunity to get to know them better I think :)  We started on the Albertson's loop. At 1300s I turned with Sadie and we turned again on 2100e and took that and Foothill back to campus to finish with 4.  I need to work on better hydration!  

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 4.00
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4.00

This morning between studying and going to class I was able to squeeze in a 4 mile run.  I wanted to run on the grass so I did loops at bailiff.  

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 4.00
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5.00

This afternoon I ran 5 miles with the team.  We started on the fruit loops route, and then went through the golf course once we got to Sunnyside.  At 1300s I turned down with Dakota, Nikki, and Lauren and ran back to campus along Foothill.

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 5.00
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0.00

I was going to pool run with Giselle today, but I had to pull over and puke on the way to campus.  I went home and slept instead.

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4.00

This morning I went running with Jesse at Wheeler Farm.  Except that he started fast and then didn't do the loop that I usually do, so I didn't see him until after I finished my 4 miles.

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 4.00
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4.00

This morning after yoga I went running with Lauren and Nikki.  I was with them until Foothill and 1300s, then I turned and ran down to 2100e to return to campus.

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 4.00
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Pool running today.  I warmed up 5 minutes then did 5 sets of 2 minute on 1 minute off.  Cooled down to finish with 30 minutes total.

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4.00

Today I went running with Lauren, Shaylen, and Sarah for the first part of their run.  We were on Foothill, so when we got to 1300s I turned and ran down to 2100e and back to campus.  My legs felt super heavy.  

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 4.00
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4.00

4 miles by myself on the bailiff so I could enjoy the soft impact of running on the grass!  

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 4.00
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When I got to the lockerroom this morning it seemed that everyone had already written on the board about running early or else cross training, so I added my name to the list and went pool running.  Good thing I went today instead of planning on tomorrow since the pool is supposed to be closed because of the swim meet.  I did 30 minutes, and then did some knee rehab afterwards.  I wasn't as exhausted as after Tuesday in the pool, I think getting 10 hours of sleep last night definitely helped!  Two exams on the same day and growing a baby can be exhausting! But totally worth it :)

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3.00

This morning I went to Wheeler Farm to go running with Jesse :)  It was sooooo beautiful!!!  Everyone who took pictures last week probably could have gotten much better scenery this time, if they were there in the break between rain.  We did 1 lap and were most of the way through a second lap and then I needed to walk for a minute.  It started lightly sprinkling then.  I needed another quarter mile to get to 3, then we walked the rest of the way back to the car.  At least until it started pouring!  Then we sprinted.  

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 3.00
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3.50

This afternoon I started the warmup with the team to their workout at Sunnyside Park.  I was able to keep up with them until the light at Foothill, then they took off and I was by my lonesome at the back.  I ran to the park and did a lap and a half around, but my ligaments in the abdominal region were stretching uncomfortably so I stopped and walked over to where the team was and then watched the first part of their workout.  Halfway through, I was getting cold just standing and watching so I started my walk back to campus.  Then there was lightning and it was close since the individual lines were visible!  So I went to Steiner and called my mommy and we went shopping!  Yay!

Wave Rider 17! Miles: 3.50
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My back and sacrum area were hurting pretty bad today so I biked for 30 minutes.  Then I took a 15 minute walk around the bailiff to let my legs move a bit.  I think I've probably been overstriding on my runs which led to the sacral pain.  And the weight gain around the middle changes my weight distribution a bit so that probably has something to do with it as well.  

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96.50
Wave Rider 17! Miles: 94.00
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