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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

Tue, Jul 31, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
8.00	0.00	8.00

BEWARE: Proud Momma moment below!!!

Today was the last day of running (sniffle...sniffle)! And to celebrate, they had a one mile and a two mile race. Abby ran the one mile and Annie and Carter ran the two mile race. The weather was overcast and cool.

Abby signing in at the race

Pre-race jitters!

The starting line of the one mile

And their off.....

I love that when Abby runs, she is ALL smiles! That girl loves to have F.U.N.!

Abby is about half-way through the race....still smiling!

Start of the 2 mile race....those boys are ready to race!

Carter at the halfway point!

Annie is fast on Carter's heels. That girl has beautiful form!

Trying to catch her little brother!

Carter on the home stretch. I guess he crashed hard somewhere on the course. Another mom told him to get up and finish. I was semi-glad that I wasn't there. Sometimes it is too easy to "crutch" on mom and after our Steel Days mishap, I was just happy to be the cheerleader!

Annie on the home stretch. She heard us cheering and really turned it up a notch. She told me after the race that she really wanted to beat that pink-shorts girl!

Here she comes...gaining on the pink shorts girl....Mom cheering so loud as she is so excited for her girl!

Perfect form...booking it to the finish...Mom about to cry she is so proud!


A great morning for all!

It has been a great experience for me (as Mom) to watch my kids participate in running camp this summer. Obviously, I love to run and to have them enjoy it (or even semi-enjoy it) makes me spew with happiness. They have gotten so much better with their running and their times are proof.

I receive so much joy from this great sport, but to be able to cheer on my children (while they are feeling that runner's high) makes me want to cry. I almost had tears running down my cheeks and I watched my kids cross the finish line. I know those feelings they were experiencing. I hope this amazing running trend continues.

GO BARLOW KIDS!!!

8 easy miles for me. My calves were still extremely sore from Saturday's race. But after a few miles, they started to loosen up. AP: 10:00....SLOW!!!!

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Smooth on Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 16:58:21 from 63.230.18.70

AWWW!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the pix! They have such GREAT running forms! My heart sings for you and your awesome running kiddos! It is so wonderful that you instil the joy of running in your children. They will forever be blessed by your love, support and gentle nurturing! You're a GREAT mom and rightfully PROUD today! I'm so proud of ALL of you!

From Toby on Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 21:28:46 from 199.101.229.6

Thanks Smooth! I hope they love it and don't hate it because their mother makes them go to running camp :) But I really think they had fun today and they did a great job! Hooray for such a great sport!

From catherine on Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 06:43:28 from 98.202.112.38

So cute! You guys are such a darling running family.

From RAD on Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 12:18:25 from 98.202.23.178

I love this!! I'm getting verklempt just reading this!! Awesome proud mommy moment, they've worked hard and deserve kudos for it! Glad you got your miles in too :)

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