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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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I swam 1600 meters this morning.  Usually when I swim, I look at the clock when I jump in the pool and look at it again when I hop out to figure out my time.  Using that method, I swim 1600 meters in 52 minutes.

Today, I wore my watch and swam it in 44:04 minutes.  I like my watch methods lots better :)

I wanted to see what my 350 meter splits were (350 M is the swim length for the mini sprint I signed up for last week...it is gonna kick my trash!!!!). 

1 - 350M 9:28

2 - 350M - 9:41

3 - 350M - 9:39

 A few rest laps

4 - 350M - 9:20

 Now I have something to work off of.  I hope to get a bike ride in this evening.  My ankle is still sore, so I am not going to run for a few days.  STINKY!!!

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Comments
From calliej on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 15:46:47 from 97.126.137.211

Getting ready for that race? You will do awesome! When is it? I want to come see you.

When I got to the pool you must have already left. Glad you had a good swim.

Are you going to swim tomorrow morning?

From RAD on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 15:56:43 from 67.172.229.125

Stinky pain! I'm SO sorry, it really does stink when you feel that achy pain come back!! Take it easy (you can read my re-fracture soap box on Callie's blog :) ).

Great job on the swimming - those are nice splits, what an awesome race to sign up for - just enough to give you a taste of a tri to see how you'd like it! When and where is it? What is the running distance?

From Carolyn in Colorado on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 15:59:31 from 24.8.167.243

Take it easy on the ankle. I'm sorry it's bothering you. That's no fun.

Great job on the swimming.

From Kelli on Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 17:52:02 from 71.219.89.155

Stupid friggin' ankle!!!

Sorry, no more swearing from me today.

NICE SWIM, I am jealous. I can not swim, I hate water.

From Burt on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 17:26:39 from 206.19.214.144

Toby - remember that time I requested to be your friend on Facebook and you rejected me? Karma.

From Burt on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 17:27:01 from 206.19.214.144

Just kidding. That was mean. I hope your ankle gets better soon.

From Toby on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 18:11:53 from 216.194.124.36

I haven't rejected you yet. I just want to make sure you aren't a serial killer :) You aren't, right?

From Burt on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 18:19:36 from 206.19.214.144

Oh, no, no. NO. Of course not. Pffft. Me? Not me. No. I'm not. But I will admit, I thought the same thing about you when you joined the blog. Wait a minute, I haven't heard from Missy in a few days...

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