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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:

"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

Sat, Sep 22, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

4 weeks of no running. I've been in the boot off/on about 3 weeks. According to the doctor, I'm suppose to have one more week of the boot and then I can start to run. BUT I'm a bit sketchy if I can really start back. That would be really fast recovery. I think I will go back in for another xray and clearance from the doctor just to back sure.

We went camping this weekend and I took my boot off. I know...I know.... that was a big NO NO, but I didn't want to get my boot totally dirty and gross. It was a good experiment to see how my foot was feeling. I could tell it was weak and it didn't ache when I woke up this morning. But it has been a bit achy during the day. Is it SFX or weak muscles...I don't know.

Regardless, we had a really fun camp out up AF canyon. I was sad to go home. It was SO beautiful and fall-like. I really love the crisp air and crunchy leaves. There were so many great running trails this morning and it got me thinking about my 2013 goals.

I'll admit, I've really enjoyed my break from running. I was burned out and I've decided to only run one marathon next year. I guess I'm not meant to run more than one marathon in a 12 month span. (You guys are amazing who do more than 1/year). I need to decide which marathon to run. I don't think I can be ready for Ogden in time...hopefully, I can get into SGM. I really want to do a lot of half marathons.

I really hope I can get one good crunchy leaf run in before the cold snowy weather comes.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Burt on Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 19:21:00 from 72.223.86.148

Hi Toby. Glad you had a fun campout.

From Smooth on Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 20:09:54 from 65.130.14.36

I'm so glad you have enjoyed your break from running. You have had an amazing year of PRs in all distances particularly shined in all your half marathons. I do believe that racing one marathon a year is the sensible, wise and right approach. Getting burn out or injured sure takes the fun out of running. Here's to complete healing from the sf so you can enjoy some crunchy leaf run!

Your campout sounds heavenly! :)

From Toby on Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 20:17:07 from 199.101.229.6

Smooth-what have you heard about the Sojo marathon? (have you run it??? I can't remember ...). I'm thinking of a backup plan in case I don't get into SGM next year :)

From Smooth on Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 20:25:36 from 65.130.14.36

I have never run Sojo. It looks to be a more forgiving course. I like the fact that it is so close to home. It's right in RAD's neck of the wood. May be she can shed some light on it. I think it'd be a good backup plan.

From catherine on Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 07:04:50 from 69.169.149.5

Toby - do you know how to make those tulle-y ruffle skirts?

Also I hope you can run soon and that the leaves stick around for awhile.

From Toby on Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:32:03 from 199.101.229.6

Catherine - I haven't made those tulle-ruffle skirts before. I bet you could find an online tutorial. They can't be that hard :)

From RAD on Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 13:49:13 from 98.202.23.178

Catherine, my tri group made those tutus and there is an online tutorial and they are SUPER EASY! and cute :)

Toby, I think your plan is a good one. You know, if you sign up for SGM runners series then you can run 2 halfs to get in and then you're that much closer to all of them :) BUT, if you don't SoJo is a wonderful full! It is more of an honest course. There are some downhills, but also a few good climbs. They are all relatively easy. Either long, but gradual or short, but steep. Between all of them it is a beautiful easy downhill. I think running it as an alternate to SGM is a good idea. I've heard the Big Cottonwood Marathon they did 1st time this year is a good course too. But, it has all the good downhill at the start, and then you hit the hills/flat which mentally for me is hard. My vote is for SoJo :) you can even come to my house and I'll take you to the start so you don't have to ride the bus, and we can run some of the course together in a long run so you know what you're up against!

From Toby on Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 21:28:29 from 199.101.229.6

Thanks Rachel for the Sojo low-down. I read some FRB race reports on it last year (LOVE FRB) and everyone talked about how windy it was. I'm really considering the Huntsville Marathon. It seems similar to Ogden and well....Ogden was good for everyone :) But first I need to get out of this stupid boot. It is driving me nutso!!!

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