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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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60.00
Time For Something New Miles: 48.00
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10.00

Today I went out to Draper with Abigail to meet up with Kiley.  I had a workout planned so I didn't get to run with them but wanted to hang out after.  We were at Draper Park so I just ran the Draper Days course for warmup.  Then I started on my 30 minute tempo.  I made it one and a half times through the course, hitting exactly 4.5 miles in the 30 minutes.  I finished the loop I was on for cooldown to 9.  Kiley and Abigail weren't back yet so I decided to add another mile out and back on the trail.  Then I saw them :)  So we finished close to the same time.

Time For Something New Miles: 10.00
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Total Distance
13.00

Celebrated the new year with a Jones soda at the H rock last night with Scott and Natalie :) For my run this morning I wanted to do 12 miles.  I ran up 1300s to Wasatch, and then over to the Shoreline trail by the freeway.  I knew it would probably be covered in snow and hard to run on but I didn't care.  I wanted to enjoy the view of the valley all covered in snow!  After I was over the bridge and out of the park on the other side, I continued on 2300e to 3300s.  Then I ran down to 1800e and ran back home that way.  When I got to 2100s and 1500e I realized I would still need to add a mile when I got home.  Then I decided to make it a 13 miler since it is now 2013 :P  So I threw in a lap on the road at Sugarhouse, and then ran home and finished at 13.  

Time For Something New Miles: 13.00
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11.00

This morning I went out to the oval to get some speed in.  I started with 4 laps warmup and then 4 laps speedchanges.  Then I changed to my flats and went over to the start for 200s.  I did 4 in 36, 35, 35, 35 and recovery jogging back to the start.  Then on my workout sheet I was supposed to do 12 400s at about 82 for the first 6 and then 77 for the rest...  I wanted to do faster so I decided to go for at least 8 and then I'd do 12 depending on how I felt.  I hit 1:16, 1:16, 1:17, 1:18, 1:16, 1:17, 1:18, 1:18.  I could feel the fatigue in my legs but I didn't want to be done yet.  So I did another four 200s.  These I hit in 36, 38, 36, 36.  Then I changed back to my trainers and ran 8 laps in the opposite direction to get to 11 miles for the day.

Time For Something New Miles: 4.50
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Total Distance
9.00

Felt like doing at least 7 miles, had no idea where I wanted to go.  It was only 9 degrees when I woke up so I waited a bit before finally going out into the cold!  I ran along 1500e and Guardsman to campus and then through the avenues on the Shriner's route.  On 11th Avenue I ran to 4 miles, then turned down J Street and weaved my way back to Virginia Street.  Then I ran along 1400e below the stadium and then ran up 500s to run back home along Guardsman.  I ran up to 1700e to add on because I would be over 8 but not quite to 9, so I added on to finish at 9.  Couldn't really feel my soreness because it was so cold!!  But it was definitely there.  Stretched afterwards.

Time For Something New Miles: 9.00
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Total Distance
8.50

This morning I went out to the oval to get another good workout in before school starts next week. I started with 4 laps warmup, then a good several minutes of stretching and another 2 laps before changing shoes. Then I went over to the mile start. I was hoping anywhere between 5:30 and 5:45. My first lap was about 1:19, then 2:46 at 800, 4:11, and I finished in 5:33. I took two laps recovery and then did some fast 400s. My times for those were 1:15, 1:12, 1:14, and 1:16. 1 lap recovery after each. I am glad I was able to have some faster ones than Wednesday :) my quads were really sore but I had hoped to do another mile after the 4s. I figured this should feel very relaxed after the fast 400s, but I let myself relax too much because the first 400 split was 1:28. I thought about dropping but decided to push through it because I knew I was fatigued and it would be good practice for if I got exhausted in a race. I held even splits; 3:00, 4:28, 5:59; so it was worth it. After another 2 laps recovery I changed shoes and did 5 laps cool down in the opposite direction.

Time For Something New Miles: 3.00
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Total Distance
8.50

This morning after it warmed up to a 25 I decided I wouldn't freeze if I went running.  I ran to 2100s and then to 1700e and then up to 20th east and under the freeway.  I stayed on 20th until I hit 4.25 and then ran back the way I had come to finish at 8.5 and end the week at 60.  This has been a solid week for me and I hope I can keep up the positivity and motivation every week!  And I didn't actually ever make a new year's resolution so I guess I just did!

Time For Something New Miles: 8.50
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60.00
Time For Something New Miles: 48.00
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