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American Fork Half Marathon

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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

Sat, Jun 21, 2014

Race: American Fork Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:53:23

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
8.00	7.00	15.00

TT: 1:53:23

AP: 8:40

8:55, 8:14, 8:19, 8:11, 8:10, 8:05, 8:15, 8:08, 8:27, 9:14, 9:09, 9:36, 9:49

After 15 years of marriage, I finally convinced my husband to run a half marathon. He picked out a training plan and did a great job following it. I decided to forgo my racing the race and pace Tim.

We stuck behind the 1:55 pacer until we got to the mouth of the canyon (mile 8). He was feeling good and had fun seeing lots of friends and neighbors.

Once we hit the golf course and the downhill subsided, he started to get tired. He was hanging on, but I knew he was hurting. I was feeling great and was having a splendid time!

The last 3 miles he started to slow down. I knew he was so tired, but that he didn’t want the 1:55 pacer to creep up behind him. Finally, we got to the AFHS and he had lots of people cheering for him!

We got our Kneaders French toast and ate it with some friends. I was getting the full course press on a fall marathon for me. I tried to blow it off. I’m hoping I can slide under the radar!!

My legs felt wonderful and I ran the last part of the course and then ran home to get 15 miles for the day. I quickly showered and then had to pick up the kids from Grandma’s house. The 3:50am wake up was starting to rear it’s ugly head!! Thankfully, I was able to take a nap. We had lunch at In N Out and I worked in my garden all afternoon. I picked my first full bucket of peas. Mmmmmm…..

My legs still feel great! I really like the non-pressure of pacing, but still getting to experience the race. Great job Tim!!

2014 - Minutes Miles: 133.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From allie on Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 09:54:06 from 65.130.183.214

that's awesome that you paced your husband. congrats to tim on finishing his first half!

garden fresh peas, yumyumyum.

From Rachelle on Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 15:01:26 from 159.212.71.173

What an awesome experience Toby. Helping others achieve something they never thought possible is truly rewarding.

From Smooth on Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 21:43:18 from 71.219.8.35

You're the world's best mom and now bestest hubby- cheer-pacer!!! Congratz to Tim! Very awesome first half!!! Oh and you have some mad gardening skills! :) Very fulfilling day all around! :) :) :)

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