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Hobble Creek 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, Aug 17, 2013

Race: Hobble Creek Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:43:53, Place overall: 240, Place in age division: 28

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	13.10	13.10

Hobble Creek Half Marathon Splits

2011 2012 2013

TT 1:45:20 1:43:02 1:43:53

AP 8:08 7:56 7:56

1 8:03 8:07 8:03

2 7:54 7:57 7:40

Water-3 7:56 7:50 7:41

4 7:29 7:46 7:37

5 7:50 7:48 7:40

Rollers Water - 6 7:48 7:43 7:38

Rollers - Trail Starts 7 8:12 7:52 8:02

Sun comes out Water - 8 8:18 7:45 7:38

Big hill 9 8:00 7:45 7:56

Neighborhood Water - 10 8:34 8:08 8:42

Water - 11 8:26 8:13 8:33

12 8:30 8:18 8:49

13 8:05 7:44 7:50

I had mixed feelings about going into this race. My mileage hasn't been huge, but it has been faster. So I wasn't sure how that was going to play out.

Mile recaps:

1 - So darn congested. I followed a girl for the first mile that would barge right through people. I just coasted right in behind her. I noticed a girl from the gym. She gave me a shout out and took off.

3 - Caught up to gym girl (I didn't stop for water and she did). I asked her what time she was going for today - low 1:40's. I decided I wanted to hang with her for as long as I could. She was very chatty with her friend and I didn't utter a word (working too hard).

4,5,6 - Hung with gym girl wondering when I was going to blow up. Gu at mile 6.

7 - There is a big hill here and I was feeling strong going up it. I left gym girl. Sad - she was pushing me hard.

9 - I noticed a girl from my ward at the bottom of the hill. I didn't feel very social or talkative, so I tried to blow right by. But she hollered out to be and tried to hang with me. Nothing against her but I was barely hanging on and didn't to talk or try to race her. I was getting thirsty at this point. Being thirsty is never a good thing. The sun was BLAZING hot and I was starting to get tired.

10 - The wheels came off and I didn't have another gear. I walked through the water stop and drank 3 cups of water. Then I felt pukey. My legs were getting heavy and I knew my lack of long runs was starting to catch up to me.

11 - Walked through another water stop. Really starting to struggle physically and mentally.

12 - It took forever for this mile marker to appear. I had hit the wall and was losing steam. Still hanging on with ward girl. I really didn't want her to beat me.

13 - I saw my son waiting to run with me. LOVE IT that he wanted to do that, but only ran until where my family was standing. Next year I'm going to tell him to finish with me. My legs were so done. I felt the vomit coming. I had a very small kick. I had to sit in the race chute for awhile to make sure I didn't vomit. I knew I had ran my limit if I had a case of the pukes.

So overall thoughts:

1. Pleased with my time considering my lack of long runs and speed workouts.

2. Displeased with my last 3 miles. My wheels fell off the wagon and I couldn't recover. I'm not sure if I had gone a little slower on the downhill miles if it would have made a difference.

3. Ankle held up alright, but is swollen again. I stood in the ice bath after the race and have been icing all day. I think I need to have a lower mileage week next week. I still had another week until rest, but I think I need to give this ankle a chance to heal and reduce the swelling.

4. They need to start this race 1 hour earlier. It was too hot.

I'm very sore and tired. So glad it is over!

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Tom on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 20:15:21 from 160.7.247.191

Great job Toby. I'm thinking you were probably running in the the vicinity of my wife Kim, at least until she stopped to help a runner suffering from heat exhaustion part way through. On a hot day like today I think it's nearly impossible for the wheels to not fall off somewhat those last 3 death march miles. An hour earlier start would certainly help a lot!

From Toby on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 20:22:22 from 74.81.235.5

Tom - I totally saw your wife help the sick lady! She's a much better person than I am!! Hopefully next year she'll have a great race!

From Kim on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 20:38:24 from 160.7.247.191

Thanks for your comments. You would have stopped if you were the one she was practically falling on. :o) There is no need for everyone to stop and help someone. I totally agree with you that this race needs to start an hour earlier! In fact, I don't think there will be a next year for me with this one unless it does start earlier!

It looks like you did about exactly what I would have wanted if all had been in my favor today.

I wish you had "Spanish" in front of your "Fork" instead of "American" so we could be training partners! :o)Congrats on a great, hard race!

From Toby on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 21:01:34 from 74.81.235.5

Kim - I'm not doing any more big races this year . But I'm still running! If you ever want to meet in Provo on a Saturday (maybe the trail.....it's about halfway between us) - I would love too! I'm always looking for a buddy to run with!

From Jessica on Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 15:47:01 from 160.7.234.102

Toby, congrats to you too. We were within seconds of each other. I totally agree with you, this race does need to start an hour earlier. My husband and I had discussed that as we got off the bus. Great job on your elite status as well.

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