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Handcart Days Half-Marathon

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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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Pink Spikes!!! Lifetime Miles:						78.75
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July 25 Lifetime Miles:						333.30
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Mint On The Left And Watermelon On The Right Lifetime Miles:						416.75
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Halloween Colors! Lifetime Miles:						400.50
^Their Mates Lifetime Miles:						444.70
Shoes That Match Lifetime Miles:						433.25
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Wave Rider 17! Lifetime Miles:						295.00
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Green&pinklaces Lifetime Miles:						474.00
Cool Blue Lifetime Miles:						446.75
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January'16 Lifetime Miles:						326.00
March Mizunos 2016 Lifetime Miles:						200.15
My Husband Is The Best Husband!!! Lifetime Miles:						13.40

Sat, Jul 24, 2010

Race: Handcart Days Half-Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:28:24, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

Total Distance

13.50

This morning with Amanda I did a half mile warmup, we just went to the finish line and back from where we had parked. Then I took a Gu and changed shoes. Then we went over by the line. There weren't a lot of people so Amanda and I started right on the front (not many people did). Going out there were 3 guys ahead of me, but then another guy passed. Then another guy caught up to me and I stayed with him and worked to the other guys. I noticed as I crossed the train tracks that there was a train coming and wondered if all the runners would make it through before the train. Not many did as I found out from Amanda later. I realized this also when afterwards I was running parallel to the train as part of the course. About 2 miles in I caught up to the leaders and passed them. One of them came with me and I ran with him most of the time. When we got to the 3 mile sign I noticed it was almost 3.25 on my Garmin. At the water stop I splashed myself and then drank a little bit of water (what I hadn't spilled when I was picking it up). At around mile 5 the course was confusing because there was a right turn arrow and we had to go around a barrier type thing and then we weren't sure which way but we went parallel to the freeway instead of under it and that was right because we saw the 6 mile mark (which was actually around 6.25, anyway). Then at the water stop I splashed myself again and drank a little. I knew that around then Bill and Emily wanted me to take my Gu, but I couldn't make myself do it because I have never tried during a race and I didn't want to end up not being able to wash it down for a while. At around mile 8 the guy I was running with got a lead on me, and then I was passed later by another guy, who I saw pass the other guy too. At the 9 mile mark my Garmin was at 9.9 and then I wasn't sure how hard I wanted to push for the rest of it because I was worrying that it would be 14 miles instead of 13 if it was a mile off there. At the water stop I splashed and drank a little again, and by then I was closing the gap on the guy who had took the lead before I was passed. I accidentally stepped off the road a bit and rolled my ankle in a way which I'm pretty sure that if I weren't running would have sprained it. It didn't hurt luckily, though my left calf hurt after that. Eventually I caught the guy and I moved right past him, I don't think he tried to come with. The mile 12 mark was closer to being accurate, my Garmin read 12.08 there so that was the most accurate out of any of the others. From there I guessed that the rest of the course probably was accurate and that helped me push to the end. I thought I could hear the guy coming up behind me but he never caught me. After I finished I went back and cheered on others. Amanda and I had a good time with our first half-marathon, and both of us got PRs :)

Flats Miles: 13.00

Comments

From Andy on Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 13:30:44 from 198.60.114.178

Great job Susannah. You guys ran well. It definitely provided me with motivation to keep my head in the race. Congratulations on the PR. That is a great time.

From Kelli on Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 13:48:06 from 71.219.99.30

Awesome finish time! And you are so young, you will just keep getting faster and faster!

Smart move with the GU, not fun to experiment with on a race.

From Andy on Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 13:56:17 from 198.60.114.178

You forgot to mention that you ran with your shoe untied. I have the same pair of racing flats and they came untied in my last race.

From emruns on Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 14:20:18 from 76.27.114.171

Good race. Sounds eventful. I'm glad that you made it before the train. Don't worry about gus in a half if you are feeling good. You should be able to run an hour and a half without it. You can always try them out on long runs if you want to see how they affect you.

From Amanda on Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 14:21:25 from 75.165.234.181

Awesome race, Susannah! We both met our goal to get a PR- not bad.

From Kam on Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 18:36:05 from 71.32.192.151

Well done! That is a screaming fast time on a flat, warm course. It's a good thing you didn't eat the gu, or you would have won the whole thing...

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