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:	4.00	Month:	64.16	Year:	984.07
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Mon, Feb 04, 2013

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
2.00	0.00	2.00

I'm going to try to run an extra day this week for a total of 4 day of running. But it's only going to be 2 miles. We'll see how the ankle feels at the end of the week.

AM: 6.5 miles on the Stepmill PT 7000 (I was on the faster machine today and my ego soared when I hit 6 miles in 53 minutes.)

PM:

Before dinner, I ran 2 miles SLOW. My ankle has been a bit achy today. Weird...because I haven't run since Friday and today was only 2 miles.

2x (I would have liked to get 3 of each set, but my family was ready to eat dinner and I needed to be done. So I was.)

30 speed skaters

15 squats on Bosu ball with weights

12 overhead press

10 butterflies

60/60 side planks

10/each single leg hamstring lift

10/each side to side lunge with over head press

I was feeling a bit discouraged today. I haven't lost as much weight as I was hoping. It certainly doesn't get easier the older you get!! These two/a day workouts aren't doing the magic that I had hoped.

And I was hoping I would be further along in my running. I've decided that the Ogden marathon is going to be a training run. I truly believe you can learn from every race. So even though I won't be tip top shape, I can certainly benefit from doing it. Sigh....

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From allie on Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 19:30:57 from 97.117.83.221

you most certainly can benefit from the experience. every race doesn't have to be a big, goal-smashing PR. you can still learn a lot, and good things can happen even when the approach is more relaxed.

nice workouts today.

From RAD on Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 21:16:40 from 67.171.119.50

My wish for you is that you can get through Ogden with no aching ankle or having to take time off! I think you've suffered enough :) Plus, I totally agree with everything Allie said!

From Toby on Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 19:48:42 from 199.101.229.6

Thanks ladies for the kind words!! Your insights are so helpful. Very few people understand the crazy running mind :)

Rachel: That is my goal too. I just want to keep training to hopefully get a good fall marathon in. Only time will tell :)

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