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St George Marathon

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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 72.21 Year: 455.58
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles: 28605.00
Race: St George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:11:57
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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Check out my race report here.

 Beware it is a bit long!


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Comments
From jun on Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 14:59:11 from 174.23.189.233

Congrats Toby on finishing your first marathon. You were definitely ready.

From Jody on Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 15:47:45 from 75.141.131.35

Congratulations! Way to be strong and finish!

From allie on Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 22:04:53 from 24.10.191.18

congrats toby! you did great. i loved your report. you definitely did a hard thing, and you did it well. you should be very proud. happy recovery!

From Kelli on Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 23:56:58 from 71.219.83.151

Your for sure can do hard things!!! CONGRATULATIONS on running a great marathon! Wish I had run in to you at some point, dang it.

See you at midnight in December. ;o)

From Toby on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 00:29:47 from 199.101.224.254

Kelli- we will to make it our annual date. I can't keep up with you for a regular workout :)

From Kelli on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 00:35:39 from 71.219.83.151

I am there! I have to run with you, it is too scary out there to be alone. We could get mugged.

From Lily on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 00:35:51 from 67.199.178.210

yeah Toby! Now you can cross marathon finished off your list. That is fantastic! Loved your report and your cute family blog :)

From Merri on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 11:02:12 from 160.7.252.148

Great job Toby! Way to go on Saturday!

From Bec on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 11:26:56 from 71.199.9.12

I love your blog! I love seeing all of the darling photos of you pre and post marathon. Did you notice how you were still smiling after the run?

You did a really amazing job Toby! What an amazing job you are to your family and friends.

I just have one question.... Are you ready to run another marathon? I hope you are!

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 19:11:23 from 205.158.160.209

Wow! Great report and congrats on your race. Awesome! It was good seeing you for a sec out there. :)

From glidergirl on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 22:03:01 from 155.97.238.134

Oh wow, great job!! Was this your first marathon by chance? It sounded like it was, but I couldn't remember. Whether or not it was, you did an AMAZING job!!! I got 5:59 for my first marathon haha. :) By the way, I do the visualization thing, too. I have a song and everything. You are awesome!

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