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:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	769.31
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Wed, Jan 19, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.50	0.00	4.50

42:19 minutes (progressively faster each mile)

I felt really good this morning. Last summer when I was riding my bike up the Alpine Loop, there was a group of runners coming down the mountain. Single file and bright neon yellow jerseys (smart considering how narrow that canyon is). They were BOOKING down that mountain. When I finished riding, I went running on a nearby trail and they were STILL running. I remember thinking to myself how impressed I was with these ladies because they were fast and looked sharp in their matching shirts AND looked intimidating.

Well, one of them ran on the treadmill next to me this morning and she was cooking. Funny how runners notice each other and all congregate to the same places.

Last night, my hubby got a text from a buddy that a couple had bailed out on this Ragnar team....would we be interested? Doing that race has been on my bucket list forever and I am SO SO SO excited to do it! Maybe I will change my mind after running for 2 straight days, but for now I can't wait!

It is great to be a runner!

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Comments

From RAD on Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 15:23:22 from 67.172.229.125

I was just talking to a lady at the gym about Ragnar today! It is a FUN race! You'll do fine on the running part, for me it's the trying to eat and sleep in the midst of all the running that is the hard part!

Nice job on those miles and meeting the 'cool runner' lady today. I like meeting my heroes (like Allie), makes me feel like a rock-star!

From Scott Wesemann on Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 18:06:12 from 66.239.250.209

One of these years I would like to try Ragnar too. Good to see you getting in some miles. :)

From Kelli on Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 22:38:54 from 71.219.84.215

YOU WILL LOVE IT!!! You just have to go into it as FUN not a race and it will be a blast. My goal is to one day run every single one of them---so far I have done 3 (UT, AZ, and NV).

Nice runnin' today!

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