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

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:	0.00	Month:	44.34	Year:	964.25
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Tue, Dec 27, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	4.00

My workout totally got messed up this morning.

A. I slept in....that is never good. I always feel guilty leaving my kids.

B. I had to drop off all the samples for the 400 skirts. She called at 7:50am and needed me in Orem by 8:30am. I was still in my jammies being lazy in bed. But she was 20 minutes late. So I didn't get to the gym till after 9:00am. WAY too many people for my liking!

I decided it is time to put on my big girl running shoes and do some speed work. I asked RAD about all her speed work. So I decided to do the 1 min hard/1 min easy. I needed 4 miles today, so I did a 1 mile w/u and 1mile c/d and 2 miles of hard/easy.

I did my hards at 9.5mph and my easys at 6.3mph. It was definitely hard. I started when the timer on the the TM said 10 minutes and did the speed until I got a little over 3 miles. My last hard I did at 9.8mph in honor of RAD since she can't run (I about barfed too :) ).

33:18

Lots of stretching and foam rolling.

More sewing today.....

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Smooth on Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 00:13:29 from 75.162.95.99

Glad you still got your speed work in on a messed up morning! :)

I like the one min easy one min hard workout! I first read about it from an elite runner on RW, except I think she did it on the road! anyway she suggests doing it 20x so 40 min. It became a popular TM speed work on the blog here because it makes the time goes by fast and less boring. Your hard min is a lot faster than I could ever run! GOOD WORK!!!

From RAD on Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 13:21:29 from 98.202.23.178

awww, I love it! :) Great job Toby! See, you have that speed in those legs - you just have to pull it out. That is what this workout always helps me remember! You did awesome! Keep up the hard work!!!

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