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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

Thu, Mar 04, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
9.00	0.00	9.00

I am 8 weeks RECOVERED today (it sounds like I need to be at an AA meeting)! Hip hip hooray! It could mean nothing or it could mean everything!

I've been following Pete Pfitzinger's aqua running schedule and now I am going to following his "Returning from injury" program. I want to do this right and not re-injury and make a stupid mistake.

Pfitzinger says a good test to see if you are ready to run is to walk briskly for an hour. If you don't have any pain, then you can SLOWLY come back.

Tonight was my walk (and walking on a treadmill for an hour is NOT AWESOME!!!). Luckily I did find a good show in HGTV. I was overly aware of any sign my body was giving me. My knees started to ache and I even got a side ache. Those subsided after a few minutes. I felt clumsy too. It's been a while since I've been on the milly!

My heel was a bit sore - but sometimes I find that if I have been on my feet all day, they will be sore. I am going to try to stay off my feet for the next few days.

But nothing from my ankle. Notta - zero - zilch - NOTHING!!! I'm not getting too excited yet; I am pool running and swimming for the rest of the week. If I still feel good, then I will start the recovery program.

The best part of the workout tonight is: NO SWIMMING SUIT!!

Walk on treadmill at 4.1mph - 1 hour - 4 miles (6 running miles)

30 minute bike ride (3 running miles)

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Smooth on Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 00:23:44 from 174.23.198.220

HOORAY for 8 weeks recovery! You've been so patient! SO HAPPY to hear there's NADA issue on the ankle! All your hard work xtraining and smart rehabing is going to pay off! I think walking an hour on the milley is AWESOME! The positive part of this rehabing is now you're all trained for a triathlon! Keep up the good work! Running will be sweet to you again!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 00:44:36 from 24.8.167.243

You are being very wise.

From Bec on Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 00:54:24 from 76.23.55.210

8 weeks! You are a smart little runner. Welcome back! We are on the slow road to recovery together. I will keep reading your posts on how you are doing. Keep it up.

From calliej on Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 16:59:50 from 97.126.145.218

So glad to hear that things are feeling so good! You are going to have an awesome come back!

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