I Can Do Hard Things

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Location:

American Fork,UT,

Member Since:

Nov 27, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

St George Marathon

2011 - 4:11:52

2017. -4:01:17

2021 - 4:03:05

Salt Lake City Full Marathon

2013 - 4:23:03

Ogden Marathon

2012 - 3:58:35

2013 - 4:17:20

2014 - 4:02:51

2017 - 3:55:22**

2023 - 3:57:09

Utah Valley Marathon

2019 - 4:05:37

Top of Utah Marathon

2014 - 4:09:27

Mt Charleston Marathon

2019 - 4:05:33

West Mountain Marathon

2015 - 4:42:34

St George Half Marathon

2012 - 1:55:00

2013 - 2:03:00

2014 - 1:46:00

2015 - 1:48:00

2022- 1:42:45**

Salt Lake City Half Marathon

2012 - 1:51:00

2014 - 1:44:01

Hobble Creek Half Marathon

2001 - 1:40:00**

2011 - 1:45:00

2012 - 1:43:00

2013 - 1:43:00

2022 - 1:48:53

Ogden Half Marathn

2024 - 1:48:58 - 3rd place in AG

American Fork Half Marathon

2013 - 1:48:24

2014- 1:53:23 (pacing Tim)

2017 - 1:47:54

2018 - 1:48:12

2019 - 1:47:50

Timp Half Marathon

2012 - 1:47:18

2022 - 1:49:40 (AF Cancer course)

Utah Valley Half Marathon

2011 - 1:55:00

Top of Utah Half Marathon

2010 - 1:48:20

The Haunted Half Provo

2018 - 1:51:28

Goblin Valley 50K

2014 - 5:58

Red Mountain 55K

2018 - 7:31:37

Antelope Island Fall Classic 50K

2017 - 6:14:23

Antelope Island 50 Mile

2015 - 10:10:00

Antelope Island 100 Mile

2018 - 26:53

**Personal Best

Short-Term Running Goals:

Long-Term Running Goals:

To qualify for Boston

Personal:

Married for 23 years. I have 18 year old triplets and a 15 year old. I love to sew, garden, and run!

Favorite Running Quotes:

1.

"Sooner or later the serious runner goes through a special, very personal experience that is unknown to most people.

Some call it euphoria. Others say it's a new kind of mystical experience that propels you into a elevated state of consciousness, a flash of joy.

A sense of floating as you run. This experience is unique to each of us, but when it happens, you break through a barrier that separates you from casual runners. Forever. And from that point on, there is no finish line. You run for your life. You begin to be addicted to what running gives you."

~Nike Poster

2. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

- Lao-Tzu

You’ve no doubt heard this. And you’ve probably recited it in your mind on a run or at the gym when you’re just beginning to get in shape. You have a goal in sight and this quote brings you back to the current moment.

But the problem is that many runners forget all of the steps between the first one and the goal. If your goal is to run under two hours for the half marathon then you need to be honest about all of the little steps to get to that goal.

…and what I’d rather see you do is to get the goal out of mind completely, but rather focus on the process, not the outcome. -Jay Johnson Process orientation, not outcome orientation.

You should have goals, but you should take it one step at a time. And you should be honest about the fact that you don’t know how many steps it will take to get there. ~ Vernon Gambetta

3. Human beings are made up of flesh, blood and a miracle fiber called COURAGE! ~ George Patton

4. Find the courage to be patient.

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Miles:	This week:	13.95	Month:	44.34	Year:	964.25
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Thu, Nov 22, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Even though I couldn't run the turkey trot, I was very excited to cheer on family members. And I LOVE to be a loud and obnoxious spectator! I guess one of my pet peeves at races is that spectators will just stand and watch and never clap or cheer. So I try to make up for everyone elses' lack of excitement.

All of our cheerleaders staying warm in the van:

Husband, Aunt and Uncle running:

(Funny side story...as a kid, I would always go with my aunt to cheer for my mom, grandpa and uncle at the Grandma's Marathon. I LOVE to go to this race every year and had dreams of running it someday! One year, I was in the local newspaper for being one of the best spectators. I was super annoyed that the reporter was interrupting my cheering.)

Onto today's turkey trot! My kids and I went to the one mile point to give a big shout out to all the runners (and they did not disappoint!!!)

Mile 1:

Sasha

Melody (sorry for the blurry picture...ya'll were going to fast!!!)

Josse

Husband, Aunt, Uncle

Cute spectators

Finish of Husband, Aunt, Uncle

I was so proud of my husband as he PR'd today! Yeah...Go TIM!!!! It was a super fun morning and it was great to see so many FRBers out there!

Time to cook some 'taters! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

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Comments

From runningafterbabies on Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:06:05 from 71.195.219.247

Tell your husband awesome job! Those kids of yours are too cute!

From Burt on Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:11:26 from 70.34.6.51

Don't mind me. Just stopping by to look at the pictures.

From josse on Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 20:46:25 from 174.255.129.210

Thanks for being an awesome cheerleader today:)

From Rachelle on Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 11:13:20 from 76.8.202.193

Love the pictures Toby! What a fun morning and a great family tradition.

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