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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, Jul 20, 2013

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
2.50	2.00	4.50

WARNING...PROUD MOMMA MOMENT!!!!

My kids have been going to running camp all summer and decided they wanted to race the American Fork Steel Days 1/2 mile fun run! Heck ya!!!

I'm so proud of each of them! They all improved in different ways and had fun doing it!

Pre-race picture

Starting line

Carter (red shirt - # 332) - I yelled at him to sprint to the finish because he was in a cluster of boys about his age. He placed 6th and was within 1 second of 4th/5th place. He was disappointed he didn't get top 5 or the trophy. His time was 3:52.

Annie (red shirt - #334) - I love her form! Time 4:02

Abby (red shirt - #333) - She just loves to have F.U.N.! Her time was 4:23.

Annie and her 2nd place trophy!

We were at the wedding till late last night and had NO desire to get up before the race festivities. After the race and parade, I headed home to workout.

1 mile warm up at 6.2 mph

3 miles of 1 min hard - 2 min easy - started hards at 7.0 - 7.5 - 8.0 - 8.5 - 8.0 - 7.5 - 7.0. Easy was at 6.5.

.5 mile cool down

3x

10 ball squats with weights

10 ball lunges with weights

10 side to side lunges with weight

10 bosu ball push ups

10 overhead press

10 butterfly

20 dips

Stretch and foam roll. Then an hour long nap.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From allie on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 16:54:40 from 97.117.85.152

congratulations to all of your kids. that's really neat that they all got into it and did so well.

From Toby on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 20:15:11 from 199.101.229.6

Thanks Allie! I think seeing your kids have PR's is almost better than a personal PR! I just hope the running love continues for years to come!

From Smooth on Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 07:02:27 from 121.44.250.224

HUGE smiles!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE this post!!! SO HAPPY for your kiddos PRs and FUN FUN FUN day!!!! AWESOME jobs all around!!! :) :) :) :) :) You're a WONDERFUL mom (Tim's great too!)!!! Terrific kids!!! :) :) :) :)

From RAD on Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 17:19:55 from 76.27.82.202

Congrats to the kiddos, but going home after all that and doing a killer workout? I think mom deserves some kudos too! I'm impressed with how fast your kids ran! Running camp must be worth it :) Maybe I need to go!

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