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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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I met my SIL up Provo Canyon this morning.  She is fast and knew she would push me hard from the start.  I did this run back on October 10 alone and was anxious to see if there was improvement since then.  

The run up the canyon seemed to take forever and I felt the incline.  I took a GU at mile 5.  I went to start my watch again and it had lost satellite and I couldn't get it going.  I was totally frustrated because I wanted to compare splits from the last time I did this run.  So I reset the whole thing, but it took 2.5/3 miles to get going again.  So I estimated on those missed mile splits.  Grrrrr.....

I felt good on this run, but I could tell I was working hard.  I was definitely breathing hard by the end and my legs were tired.  It was windy up there today!

Today               Oct 10  

TT:1:23:00         TT:  1:25:26

AP:  8:18            AP:  8:32

9:06                   9:12

8:49                   8:57

8:45                   9:04

8:44                  9:02

8:45*                   9:00

8:31 *                 8:31

8:01*                  8:01

7:55                  7:40

7:50                  8:04

7:36                  7:47

 

When I got home, I changed clothes and headed downstairs.  I was freezing so it felt good to get moving and warm up.  My arms are very sore now.  This is the end of my 3 week cycle and will start my rest week on Monday.  I'm still feeling really good about how my training is going.  I didn't have any major aches this week and count that as a blessing.

3x

10 side to side lunges (funny...whenever I do the first set of these, my hips and knees always pop....and they always feel better after!)

10 ball squats

10 single leg hamstring lift

50 calf raises

60/60/60 planks

15 supermans

10 front row (not side row)

10 shoulder cross over

10 front raise

10 overhead press

10 butterfly

10 skull crusher

 

Long stretch and foam roll.   Time for a nap!

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Comments
From RAD on Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 23:40:45 from 76.27.82.202

You've had a really great week and this was just icing on the cake (except the stinky garmin). You are just following the rules and they are paying you back in leaps and bounds! I can't wait for Ogden :) You're gonna rock that thing girl!! Keep up the hard work, it is paying off! Double like for NO pain!

From Smooth on Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 04:41:30 from 121.44.254.192

What a great week!!! 40 miles!!! NICE pace for this canyon run!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your progress...your diligent and dedicated training and cross training is going to pay off nicely!!! GOOD JOB, Toby!!! :)

From Toby on Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 09:43:27 from 74.81.235.5

Thank you ladies for your continual support! You both are always such wonderful cheerleaders!

Rachel and I ran with Karen last weekend and we kept saying how much we missed you Smooth!

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