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Earn Your Turkey 4 Mile

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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

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Race: Earn Your Turkey 4 Mile (4 Miles) 00:34:16, Place overall: 154, Place in age division: 12

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.97	0.00	3.97

Time: 34:23 (per Garmin)

AP: 8:40

My "plan" this year for the Turkey Trot was to run with my hubby, sister-in-law and brother in law. I just wanted to have fun and not race it. This type of mentality going into a race is AWESOME!

Mile 1: 9:12 Nice and easy start (even though I was breathing hard)

Mile 2: 8:53 Still having fun rocking out to some old school Guns and Roses!

Mile 3: 8:39 Wish there was a water stop! (No offense to Sojourner's Races....but they are cheaply put together and old school).

Mile 4: 7:37 Decided to kick it into the finish. I got into puke mode...glad it was only for the last mile.

My son has been bugging me for weeks about running the turkey trot. We talked a lot about not going out to fast - then kick it at the end.

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Carter took off in a fast sprint trying to keep up with the first boys. I knew we were in trouble from the start (especially racing Sasha's son!!!). After the turnaround, I saw him start to walk and cry. I started to walk up toward him (knowing that he had totally burned out) - I told him he needed to jog/run to the finish and not to quit. I have this internal conflict of pushing my son too hard and teaching him that we don't quit when things are hard. It is a fine line.

I ate two donuts on the way home...I totally negated the race!

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Bec on Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:59:35 from 68.206.133.141

Oh my goodness!!! These are the cutest photos ever. I love the one of your darling Carter in mid-air.

You did a fabulous job as well. Check out your last mile, seesh, you did kick it into gear. Fabulous job getting 12th in AD, I know that race is HUGE.

I have ran that race probably three times and have never signed up because it's put together poorly. Do they still have the funky men's and women's starting areas? That was totally lame.

From Smooth on Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 22:35:19 from 174.27.205.151

FANTASTIC race, Toby! You ran this smart! EXCELLENT kick at the end! Check out that last mile split! WOW!!! :) :) :)

Carter did GREAT!!! Love that last pic where he was flying and that kid behind him was awe struck! Kids are so funny! That is the way they run...go out like a bullet and then run out of gas! :). You are an awesome mom-coach! :) :) :) So proud of both of ya!

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