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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:	44.34	Year:	964.25
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Fri, Feb 03, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	4.00

So I watched some awesome Coach Jay Johnson videos last night on general strength training for runners. GREAT STUFF!!!!! So I got a few minutes early, so I would have enough time to get them done today.

3x

10 on each leg x Lunge matrix

10 lateral leg raises (straight foot, pointed foot in, pointed foot up)

balancing stuff from PT

I only got one set of planks in before I ran out of time. The stuff above took me 30 minutes.

4 mile run on TM. 34:27

I did my up 12 mph, down 10 mph. I started at 6.4 mph for the first .75 miles, then up to 7.6 for the last .25 mile. Then down to 6.6 mph for .75 miles, then up to 7.8, etc, etc

I felt super good. Controlled breathing. I could feel my shins, but they were better than they have been (I wore my compression socks). I still trying to figure out how to run on more on the inner part of my foot rather than the outer part.

I went to PT and had another sweat fest. 1 hour of various hip exercises.

Looking for new couches today. Home decorating totally stresses me out - it is NOT one of my strengths :)

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From RAD on Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 18:32:05 from 98.202.23.178

I was just at Ikea yesterday getting home deco stuff. My neighbor is Ah-maz-ing! with that kind of stuff, so I make her decorate my house too. I just wish I had endless funds. No big furniture for me right now...just curtains, rugs and other fun stuff :)

Nice job on all your PT stuff. You will kick this - and in good fashion! Keep at it!

From Kelli on Sat, Feb 04, 2012 at 13:44:24 from 71.219.85.126

GREAT JOB TODAY!!! It is amazing how fast time goes by when you are doing those exercises, huh? Too bad it does not fly by that fast on the treadmill.

Have fun decorating, I do not do it at all!!!!

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