I Can Do Hard Things

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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:	13.95	Month:	44.34	Year:	964.25
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Sat, Feb 19, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	10.00

1:31:44 (9:30, 9:15, 9:17, 9:07, 9:11, 9:08, 9:15, 9:15, 9:01, 8:42) AP 9:13

I met RAD out at the JRP for my first run out there...ever! And it was fun stuff! I told RAD that I was oodles and oodles slower than she was and to please turn on the speed when she needed too. But she stayed with me the whole time. She wasn't even breathing hard!

The run felt good, but my ankle started to ache somewhere along the run. So I stopped and stretched for a minute. I think I am going to make it an easy week next week.

It was warm outside this morning, but there was a light sprinkle. It didn't bother until I got in my car and started to get cold. Brrrr...... There weren't lots of runners out this morning, but a few die-hards!

Again, the more I run, the more I realize JUST how much I don't know about running. It was awesome to listen to RAD talk about her running history. I've realized that running is hard on your body and it is bound to get injured sometimes. It's just part of that amazing high we get...it has to crash sometimes.

Thanks RAD for the great morning!

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From RAD on Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 18:54:48 from 67.172.229.125

Thank YOU Toby! I had a wonderful time and chatting (you now know what a chatterbox I am) made the miles fly by! I hope that your ankle is just sore from the nursery trauma :) Good idea to take it easy this week and then bump things back up when you feel 100% You are ready for the Thanksgiving Point 1/2, so NO worries!

From Burt on Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 17:36:04 from 206.19.214.144

Nice job ladies.

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 18:41:19 from 66.239.250.209

Sounds like a fun run. Nice miles Toby!

From Nan on Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 19:29:19 from 98.245.117.176

Oh yes, "injuries" are part of being a runner. At any given point in time I am nursing 1-3 niggles. Its a constant chore. Every run is an evaluation of how things feel...some days things feel good and even great, some days not so much. The key is learning when you should rest completely and when to its more beneficial to just take it easy and get treatment. Ice cup massage and ice packs are my good friends.

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