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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

Sat, Jun 14, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
13.00	1.00	14.00

5.75 miles - from mouth of canyon to finish line (9:31, 9:15, 9:22, 8:31, 7:56, 6:48)

TT: 51:27

AP: 8:58

8.25 miles - from finish line to mouth of canyon - to drinking fountain - up 800 N (9:59, 9:40, 9:21, 9:07, 9:11, 9:08, 9:00, 9:30, 2:11)

TT: 1:17

AP: 9:22

All my running buddies bailed on me early this morning, so I headed down to Provo to do my long run. Ohhh...my legs were heavy. I saw Allie go by and gave her a cheer, but I was on the other side of the road and I wasn't sure if she heard me. I saw Jen Hughes and shortly thereafter, I saw Lily. I ran with her for a little over a mile. She did awesome but was ready to be done. I left her at mile 12. She's so great!

I ran to the finish line and chatted with friends. Then headed back up the canyon. Not very often do I get to see the lead runners come (because I am running the race). What an amazing experience....they make it look so effortless! I saw the lead marathon woman and her motorcycle escort....WOW!!!! I gave her a shoutout and she gave me a weak smile. Glad to know the elite get tired too :)

I saw Rachelle, Josse, Janae and Julie....ohhhh....it is so much better to cheer, than race :) Ha Ha! I know a lot of people had a hard run today....way to gut it out.

My overall time got messed up today. Too many stops and starts to cheer and I accidently stopped my watch at the finish line. My run certainly wasn't very fast today. I need to figure out my heavy leg syndrome! But I did end my run going up the 800 N on tired legs.

Stretch and foam roll and In N Out for lunch

Way to go UVHM/M finishers!

2014 - Minutes Miles: 128.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From allie on Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 13:03:16 from 174.27.200.174

toby - thank you for the cheers yesterday! i did indeed hear you. i didn't know it was you, but just hearing someone out there cheering me on helped a ton. you were awesome to come cheer everyone on and provide so much support to others. thanks.

From Ericka on Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 17:53:17 from 67.186.251.147

it's always fun to see familiar faces out being cheerleaders. Thanks for the support!

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