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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

2025 - 4:03:10

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

Virtual Boston Marathon

2021 - 4:35:03

 

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 Marathon

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:

Favorite Running Quotes: 

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

2.   Find the courage to be patient.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 94.00 Year: 719.04
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles: 28605.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.600.004.60

Aqua "recovery" run (46 minutes or 4.6 running miles)

5 min warm up and cool down

1 min - 2 min - 3 min - 4 min - 5 min - 4 min - 3 min - 2 min - 1 min - 1 min - 2 min (30 sec recovery)

I met calliej at the pool this morning (I'm a lucky duck because she is my cousin).  I can always count on her for a good time.  She even braved wearing a hat with an Ipod - she totally looked cool.  It was awesome to have a workout buddy.  I miss that - not many people want to pool run :)

So in my "deep cleaning" mode, I found my old track and cross country stuff (I think I already mentioned that). 

During the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta (I was living in ATL and was entering my senior year in high school), I was an "apparel carrier" for the USA track trials and the Olympic track events.  So I carried all the stinky and smelly warm up clothes in a "shopping basket" from the starting line to the finish line.  It was AMAZING as you can imagine (I could probably write a book on all the neat stuff I saw, but not today!).

So one day, an official asked if anyone liked BYU.  I quickly raised my hand.  He threw me Frank Fredricks BYU jersey; it was still stinky. 

 I found the old BYU jersey, my shopping basket and a few other Olympic memorabilia. I will make one more post later about my thoughts on the Olympic games (past and present).

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Comments
From auntieem on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 15:56:36 from 67.182.146.94

Wow! What an exciting job, and so cool that you saved and found some memorabilia from that time.

I know what you mean about finding buddies to run in the pool; I have only one! Funny, but if I want to run on a trail, about 100 people volunteer to go along. I like that workout that you did today; I do that a lot and it always goes quickly.

From calliej on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 17:55:45 from 97.126.145.218

I had a blast pool running with you. I had to take a little nap when the boys went down. That early morning stuff kicks my butt!!! It was a good workout. I notice less pain on my shin today! I really hope I am making progress. Can't wait for tomorrow! You rock!!

From Kelli on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 18:47:11 from 71.219.89.82

That is COOL (although NOT a fan of BYU). I wish I had some fun memories like that!

I did not know Callie was your cousin! Very cool. I like her, she knows how to stick up for herself!!!! Now, when you are all well, we just need to plan a run in Utah county so we can all meet!

Nice workout day, BTW! And do not forget to check my blog on Monday to see how many pounds I gain this weekend. It will be SCARY, but worth it!

From Toby on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 18:49:49 from 216.194.124.36

After the pool, I go back to bed until the kids come and wake me up!

So tomorrow, lets do 45 min on the bike. The pool run is:

5 min warm up

8x5 min hard (1 min easy between each one)

10x45 sec hard (15 sec easy between each one)

5 min cool down

Should we do 6:30ish with the bike first?

From Smooth on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 18:52:21 from 174.23.239.148

SO FUN to have your cousin pool ran with you today! You girls are AWESOME...getting up early and all.

What a fun job working for the Olympics even though it was "stinky". :) I am a Cougar fan...SO COOL you kept those memorabilia. Can't wait to hear more about your finds from "deep cleaning". Hmm, I'm afraid if I do that it would take up a whole day for just one closet!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 21:04:09 from 24.8.167.243

That's great that you two were able to pool run together.

Very cool olympic memories.

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