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Location:

Saint George,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 23, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Mount Charleston Marathon 2016 - 3:17:51

Snow Canyon Half 2012 - 1:33:30

Spectrum 10K 2012 - 43:41 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a destination marathon. 

Complete a half Ironman.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Know when to hold 'em

Know when to fold 'em

Know when to walk away

Know when to run....

Personal:

Surrounded by the people I love. Life is good.

Passionate about my family, the University of Utah -- GO UTES, almond M&Ms, mountain biking, comfy t-shirts, Survivor, friends, and (of course) running.

Physical therapist at The Health and Performance Center at Dixie Regional Medical Center. I LOVE what I do. Seriously, living the dream!

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Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:25:42
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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3:25:42, I will take it! Considering my last 6 weeks, and especially this past week, I am more than satisfied with this time!! :)

Due to bus shortages Ry, Nic (my brother) and I didn't arrive at Central until 6:38 (7 minutes prior to the race starting)!!!! Not much time for anything. I hurried to the wheelchaired athletes to see if my friend Richard decided to go through with the race. No Richard, bummer! But the other wheelchaired athletes looked AWESOME!

No time for the POPs. Barely enough time to throw off a layer of clothing and begin to run. CRAZY!!! I knew this was going to be a problem for me, but decided to go with the flow. It wasn't long until Ry, Nic and I became separated in the dark. I did not know how long it would last but I felt amazingly good the first 10K. It was during this time that I was able to run a little bit with Danny, an 11-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who was being pushed by his father. Danny was extremely cool! Those couple of minutes with him and seeing the wheelchair athletes off made me miss the neuro clinic tremendously. My spirit was buoyed. :)

Veyo and the hill miles that followed were tough on my calf. Unfortunately my head began pounding and my tummy began having issues as well (likely due to no POP stop before the race). For the very first time during a race since 2006 I had to stop and take care of business at mile 11. I lost about 1 minute and 45 seconds due to my being an amateur at potty stops during a race, but I was still pleased overall how things were going. :)

Miles 16-20: Loved the scenery. Somewhere in here I got a hug and kiss from a cute grandpa-looking fella on the sidelines that promised his offerings contained special running powers. :)

Miles 21+: Oh no ... calf cramping began. Only a little more than 5 miles to go. C'mon, Teena. Around mile 24 I was in bad bad shape. I'd cramp up really bad while running and so I was start to walk and that would make me cramp up even worse and so I would run/hobble again a bit and the cycle would repeat. I saw Tyler at this time. When he asked if I was okay I wanted to say "H to the no!" But I settled for a "barely." :)

Somehow I finished!!! :)

BEST part of the race: The volunteers wanted to take me to the med tent because of my severe cramping. I refused because I desperate wanted to see Ry run in. I went over to the side and worked out the most horrific cramps I have ever had. Then the body is a crazy thing. I heard my friend Andrew yell that Ryan was coming. My brain immediately swithced gears and with Andrew's help I was able to hobble over to the finish line and the volunteers allowed me to place the medal on Ry's neck!!! One of my favorite moments EVER!!! He did incredible running a 3:38:12!!! He has since said that he is never going to run again!!! I think time will fix that! Nic came in at 4:18:xx. :)

In a nutshell -- I am SUPER happy I ran this race! The weather was absolutely PERFECT!! A HUGE congrats to all my friends who were able to take advantage of it and nail their race plans!!! You all amaze me!!! And now I am very much looking forward to taking the time off I need to really get my right lower leg and left jaw/teeth/face taken care of. Life is good. :)

Brooks PureFlow 2: Lime Punch Miles: 26.20
Comments
From DaleG on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 08:44:31 from 199.101.206.80

Awesome for the both of you!!! Too bad about the cramping, though.

From allie on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 13:48:07 from 97.117.87.43

great job, teena. congratulations to ry as well. that's very sweet that you were able to put the medal around his neck. a moment to remember!

From Steve on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 14:15:53 from 66.87.113.242

Way to gut it out. Those really hard marathons are the ones that you remember.

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 15:48:33 from 66.17.102.185

Teena.. With all of your challenges leading up to SGM I was sooo surprised to see that you even ran it - let alone finish it in 3:25! Congrats on the race. That cramping stuff is serious stuff. Absolutely horrible. Great marathon Teena!!

From Andy on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 16:01:12 from 208.54.5.255

Congratulations to both you and Ryan.

From Bonnie on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 16:32:48 from 206.53.226.235

whoo hoo! Great day, for both you and Ry! (you did not grab the "special orange juice" I left for you??)

From Carina on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 22:20:41 from 204.15.86.83

Go Teena, you're awesome!! You did great!

From Jake K on Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 12:24:19 from 67.177.11.154

I can't believe you were even able to run after reading your week leading up to this!

Congrats to you and Ryan both. He'll probably be running again in a week :-)

From Bec on Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 13:58:34 from 70.115.197.197

Sounds like you had an incredible performance despite the cramping leg. So cool that you got to put the medal around Ry's neck. You will always remember that moment!

From Rhett on Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 17:47:27 from 184.49.69.48

Great race Teena! Especially considering the calf and the tooth. You amaze me. Big congrats to Ryan as well on his first (of many :) ) marathons.

From Fritz on Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 19:13:44 from 67.177.4.64

Nice job toughing it out and finishing with a great time. Just getting to the start line must have taken a lot of courage. Character building, right? :) Somehow I missed that grandpa guy giving out hugs and kisses. Those would have helped.

From timp on Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 20:05:18 from 99.110.188.230

well done to both of you! I was really surprised to see you did the race after hearing about the tooth earlier in the week.

From fly on the Wall on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 08:20:23 from 168.180.63.58

Holly cow! All things considered you did amazing!

I finished about a couple of minutes ahead of you but never saw you or Ryan :(

From JulieC on Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 17:11:13 from 70.208.5.180

Yahoo! Right there to place the medal..glad u passed on med tent..no fun in there. Recover well. Sorry things had been rough for u but looks loke celebration is on order! :-)

From Tom Slick on Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 10:36:11 from 69.171.160.120

Wow, what a day at the SGM! Congrats to both you and Ry on your super efforts and great times. I liked the part where you placed the SGM Medal on Rys neck, that must have been a special moment! Did anybody get a photo?? The SGM course is an awful place to get the cramps. Glad you survived !

From Teena Marie on Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 18:11:28 from 65.130.107.50

Thank you so much everyone! I am so glad that I was able to run it as putting the medal around Ry's neck was pretty dang spectacular!!! :)

How did I miss you, Fly??? Dang!

And Bonnie ... next time be specific with where you are going to have the special OJ placed for me!!!! :) :) :)

Sorry it has taken me so long to respond to everyone. I took several days off afterwards as my body felt completely run down! Feeling much better now though. :)

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