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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: XTERRA 5K (3.59 Miles) 00:33:37, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.500.003.590.000.004.09

XTERRA 5K :)

Plan: Plain and simple - pace Sophers for roughly 2 miles and then encourage her to leave.

Execution: NO BUENO!!! Could barely stay with Sophers for a little more than a mile. My body was seriously angry at me. My calf was killing, I couldn't breath and I felt plain awful. It didn't help that the race was 1/2 mile long when you feel so crappy. I wasn't even running that fast but I felt like I was going to stinkin' drop over!

Result: Sophia did AMAZING!!! She came in a little under a minute before me taking 2nd place overall woman, and 1st in her division. She was also 11th overall combined men and women. She got some fun prizes, which was super fun. That girl is on fire!!! :)

FUNNY STORY:

So during the award ceremony for age divisions they decided to start with the oldest and end with the youngest. I was patiently awaiting to be called in the 35-39 division because they started oldest to youngest. However, when they did the 40-44 year olds they called my name as placing first! WHAT!!! I am not 40!!! I politely told them this when they said, "Hey Sweetie, it says here that you turn 40 this year. That's how we do it here." WOW!!! Was not expecting that!!!!! I felt kind of numb and still haven't decided what to do with the feelings that came a little later. :)

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No way I want to run a marathon feeling like I felt during this race. Sigh. What to do? (Not a real question, just thinking out loud.) :)

Brooks Pure Grit - Trail Miles: 4.09
Comments
From Amiee on Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 13:17:01 from 166.70.240.95

That lil' Sophia is amazing! Nothing like making you 40 before you actually are, they should let you enjoy the rest of your 30's though!

I sure hope things turn around for you this week :) Oh and thanks for the broken-ness advice!

From fly on the Wall on Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:20:20 from 168.180.63.58

I love reading about Sophia's triumphs! I want to go to a race and see her beat all the bigger ladies.

Hope you are on the mend and will be well by Saturday.

From Steve on Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 15:46:30 from 107.0.237.20

That's a tough race. Oh, and welcome to the geezer years. :-)

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