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

2025 - 4:03:10

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

Virtual Boston Marathon

2021 - 4:35:03

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 Marathon

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:

Favorite Running Quotes:

1. Human beings are made up of flesh, blood and a miracle fiber called COURAGE! ~ George Patton

2. Find the courage to be patient.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	94.00	Year:	719.04
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Tue, Oct 09, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
2.46	0.00	2.46

After school walk with 2 neighbor friends. Funny.... I can find a lot more walking buddies than running buddies in the neighborhood!

During the walk, we let the little girls play for a minute on the playground. I did a ton of lunges and sit ups.

Ankle is still achy. I feel like I will never return to normal.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From allie on Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 10:40:41 from 97.117.85.43

toby: i haven't been doing very well at keeping up on blogs, but i've somewhat caught up with yours over the past couple of days. i'm glad to hear you are on the mend and that you have been given clearance to get back to running. i'm really sorry that you had to miss st. george. i know what a giant bummer that is -- i missed des news last year and i thought my head was going to explode. i won't tell you how many times i cried about it :) also, i'm sure you saw that amber g WON the race this year after having to drop out with a stress fracture last year. running always takes you for a ride (and the low parts are SO HARD to go through), but you've made it through the worst of it and now you are on your way back. it will culminate in something great for you, i'm sure of it.

it looks like you are being very smart about your training plan and bringing back the running very slowly and gradually. that is good. it will pay off. your body will remember how it's done and it won't be long before you are feeling fit and fast again. i know right now it feels like it will take forever, but really, it won't. often times these forced breaks from running are the best things for us and you will likely see some big improvements in 2013. you now have a super bone with all that calcification -- it won't break there again! i'm really cheering for you as you work your way back into shape. health is #1. consistency is #2. and you go from there... :)

From Toby on Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 14:18:16 from 199.101.229.6

Thank you Allie for the kind words! It is hard to explain to my non-running friends what it is like to be sidelined. So thanks for being supportive!

I was doing "mentally" okay until Saturday...then I broke down. The hard thing about coming back it is a long, SLOW journey. I think part of the reason for the fracture was my form. It is really ugly. Such a hard thing to change and I'm not really looking forward to it :(

Ahhhh.....such is life!

From Kelli on Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 16:21:10 from 67.172.235.55

Allie said it well, and we all know her head did not explode!

Sorry you are frustrated! I wish I lived closer, I would be a walking buddy now and a running buddy later!

HEY, maybe we need to plan that midnight run again this year! Meet me at McDonalds???

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