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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:	17.00	Month:	20.14	Year:	204.95
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Mon, Nov 25, 2013

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	5.00	8.00

Round about out and back

11/16 11/18 11/25

TT 1:09:16 1:06:50 1:06:06

AP 8:40 8:22 8:17

1. 9:42 9:42 9:22

2. 9:11 8:57 8:58

3. 8:54 8:36 8:43

4. 8:51 8:23 8:25

5. 8:35 8:09 8:01

6. 8:10 7:51 7:43

7. 7:57 7:42 7:36

8. 7:51 7:26 7:11

I'm really loving this bench mark concept. A few months ago when I was planning my 2014 races, I noticed how several runners on the blog would do the same tune up workouts/races before the BIG race to compare where their fitness levels were at. So I'm going to try to implement that into my training.

Mondays have turned into harder tempo runs for me. I've been doing them alone, so I would like to get a buddy to help push me. This tempo run was very close to last Monday's time. Again, I didn't look at my watch and just went by effort. I really liked that I was able to finish the last few miles strong.

I haven't run a race since Hobble Creek in August. I'm running the turkey trot on Thursday and was trying to figure out a goal. The course is not aided. I know I can hold a sub-8 pace for 3 miles...I haven't hit it for 4 miles yet. So my goal is a sub 32 minute for 4 miles. But I have to make sure I warm up a few miles so I'm ready to hit those paces from the start. Plus my super-fast sister in law will be running too. Hopefully, I can use her as a gopher! This is going to be a great bench mark to see where my fitness is at.

I needed another layer this morning...it was chilly! Quick stretch after. Hammies feeling better!

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From allie on Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:31:40 from 97.126.219.219

check out the progress! nice job, toby. good luck at the turkey trot on thursday. i think you've set a great goal. have fun.

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