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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

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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Run/walk out new entrance--34 degrees and SUNNY!!!!!

TT:  32:36

AP:  11:46

HR:  138

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Discovery to Melissa's street-30 and snowing 

TT:  48:38

AP:  9:58

HR:  149

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Blizzard outside - on home TM

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3x (.25 easy - .50 hard 6.5-7.0 - .25 easy)

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N County - Alpine roundabout - down 100 E - 300 N - 25 degrees and SUNSHINE!!!  The goal was to tempo from the drinking fountain.  My legs felt so heavy on the way up...stiff.

TT:  1:50:16

AP:  9:17 - tempo (8:58, 8:56, 8:42, 8:32, 8:22, 8:18)

HR:  168

PM:  Burn Bootcamp with Shelby

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Burn Class with Shelby.  This really hurt my knee.  I slept terrible the night before, so I decided to go back to bed after the class.

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In/out new entrance - 45 degree!!!!!

TT:  29:19

AP:  10:34

HR:  141

Knee felt better

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Run with Karen/Mark - Alpine-canyon road-Rasband street - MCT - 43 degrees and SUNNY!!!!!  Tempo at the turnaround until I caught back up to them.

TT:  3:39:05

AP:  9:57 (8:55, 8:55, 8:57, 8:56, 8:48, 8:42, 8:36, 8:46--11:13, 9:31)

HR:  155

I probably only got 3 hours of sleep last night.  I keep waking up around 2:00am and can't fall back to sleep. My legs felt absolutely terrific...weird.

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Ran with Brittany - Discovery to Melissa's street - 46 degrees

TT:  49:48

AP:  10:13

HR:  147

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No County - SR 92 - 100 E - 300 N - 52 degrees

TT: 1:26

AP:  9:23 (8:55, 8:45, 8:49, 8:32)

HR:  157

Easy tempo....really tried to keep it chill

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Pam's route up to round about.  It was crazy windy and felt cold.  I was way underdressed.  48 degrees.  I slept so terrible last night.

TT:  1:13:39

AP:  10:33

HR:  148

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Walk/run in CA while I watch Abby run.  Feeling hammered

TT:  37:15

AP:  13:31

HR:  109

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Run with Karen/Mark on the Lehi MCT - 48 degrees

TT:  2:33:37

AP:  9:34 (8:48, 8:51, 8:47, 8:59, 8:42, 9:00, 8:40)

HR:  163

Legs felt a little rusty today.  I should probably do some strength training.

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Run with Brittanie - Pam's route - 48 degrees - windy - felt tired

TT:  49:38

AP:  10:07

HR:  158

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Alpine DF/100 E/300 N - 36 degrees and windy.  I'm feeling kinda wrecked.  The top of my left foot has started to bug.  I'm just tired.  I didn't think I was going to tempo today...I didn't really look at my watch.  

TT:  1:50:32

AP:  9:18 (8:59, 8:43, 8:37, 8:33, 8:14, 8:09) - fastest tempo yet

HR:  159

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Pam's route to round about - 37 degrees - acupuncture on the tops of my feet and calves yesterday.  Feeling better.

TT:  1:09

AP:  9:57

HR:  155

PM:  TBT class 

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Pam's route to round about plus add on.  Walk/run.  Feeling hammered.  Walked the last .4 miles with dog.

TT:  1:21:37

AP:  10:47

HR:  155

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Run with KAren/Mark - Alpine to Lehi MCT - 41 degrees clouds

TT:  3:34:50

AP:  9:46 (9:22, 8:56, 8:47, 8:45, 8:43, 8:31, 8:51 - dip, 8:28)

HR:  160

PM - Burn glutes

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Discovery to Melissa's street - 39 degrees and windy.  Run wiht Brittanie

TT:  50:22

AP:  10:30

HR:  148

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N County - EF drinking fountain - 100 East - 30 degrees/sunny

TT:  1:55

AP:  9:45 (9:23, 9:06,8:31, 8:00 - tempo miles)

HR:  154

I'm feeling extremely tired and overwhelmed.  Everything hurts.  I crashed right as I was turning into my neighborhood and totally messed up my hand.  I hope I didn' break it.

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Pam's route workout - 46 degrees - it has been too lon since I did a speed workout (lots of tempo but no speed).  I wasn't sure how this was going to work out, but I hit a PR at every interval.

TT:  55:28

AP:  9:16 (7:27, 5:15-7:07 - 3:53 - 6:52)

HR:  163

PM - TBT Class

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Discovery - Melissa's Street - 48 degrees (shorts and tank!!!!!) - run/walk - shins sore-so tired

TT:  51:21

AP:  10:42

HR:  152

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