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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, Feb 03, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	4.00

I totally slept in the morning and it was FANTASTIC!

I decided to try the recumbent (sp?) bike tonight. My ankle was so sore after the spin classes a week ago - I guess the pressure of getting out of the saddle wasn't good for the ankle.

I rode for 30 minutes and watched the news. I noticed the stair climber was open and thought I would try it for 10 minutes (or quit sooner if I felt any pain). I did it and no pain. Man that felt good - it gave me a ray of hope! I feel like I can get as good of a workout on the stairclimber as I do when I run.

I finished up with 2 more miles on the bike. The strange thing about tonight's workout:

1. I was sweating (you don't do that in the pool)

2. I got to listen to music (definitely not in the pool)

I'm going to try the stair climber again on Monday for 10 minutes again. Slowly build my way back up. Back to the pool tomorrow.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Teena Marie on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 23:14:46 from 174.52.45.85

Hey there!

How are you? How is your foot feeling? I remember how bored I would get doing the aqua jogging and how good it felt to really get the sweat dripping. I really learned to enjoy the arc trainer - never did try the stair climber. Sounds brutal! :)

(I used to put an ipod shuffle in my ponytail in the pool -- then one day I forgot about it and had to go under one of the lane dividers ... no more shuffle!)

Hang in there! Glad you got in a good workout! :)

From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 00:01:09 from 24.8.167.243

I'm no expert, but I think you should be careful with the stair climber. It sounds like it might be a little tough on your stress fractures.

From Smooth on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 00:35:16 from 174.23.232.65

Glad you were able to sweat and listen to music today. NICE xtrain workouts. Here's to speedy healing!

From auntieem on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 14:47:03 from 24.17.177.218

I kinda miss the sweating when I'm in the pool too! Its hard to feel like you worked out when you don't sweat.

From Kelli on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 21:24:44 from 71.219.89.82

The stair climber is an awesome workout! YEAH for sweat, who knew that would be such an exciting thing???

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