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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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TT:  1:11:30 AP:  8:56

 

Too much snow outside, hence the TM run.

 

 

WORKOUT:

3 mile warm up

 

6x 2 min hard/2 min easy @5k pace (7:46)

5x 30 sec hard/30 sec easy

 

Cool down to 8 miles

 

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2 minutes hard

 

1,2,3,4,5:  7.7mph–7:47

6: 7.8mph–7:41

RI:6.5mph-9:13

 

30 seconds hard

1,2,3,4,5: 8.0mph–7:30

 

Felt really good, so I added an extra 2 min hard

7: 7.8mph-7:41

 

I was a bit nervous going into this workout since I just did a hard workout on Saturday.  But I felt good and maybe could have gone faster.

 

This morning I watched the 2018 Boston Marathon when Desi Lindon won.  She’s one of favorites.  I’ve decided my slogan for this training cycle is “Keep showing up”.  

 

Grateful not to be injured.  Time to recover hard after these hard workouts.

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60 minutes on stepmill

3x

Wall sit on bosu with adductor

Bridge

Trx crunch 

 

Walking lunge

SLDL

60/60/60

 

Hammie roll out

Trx hammie and adductor

Bosu deadbug

 

 

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Discovery Park loop—TT:  1:21:30. AP:  10:14

 

Meh....  hip has been very tight since Monday.  I got a massage yesterday.  I’m debating if I should do my long run on Saturday (instead of Friday) to give it another day of easy.

 

3x

Front lunge with overhead press

Push-up

Bridge

Squat with overhead press 

 

Trx W

Trx tricep 

Trx row

Bicep curl

Front raise

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The gym treadmills reset after 60 minutes.  So I stop it on even mile splits.

 

I’m trying to decide how I feel about this run.  I feel like I worked a lot harder than last week, but I am 9 seconds slower per mile.  

 

 

6 miles=56:25 (6.4/9:24)

3 miles=28:12 (6.4/9:24)

5 miles=45:18

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Total=2:09:55

 

20 minutes tempo increase after 9 mile warm up

0-5: 6.6mph (9:05)

5-10: 6.8mph (8:49)

10-15: 7.0 mph (8:34)

15-20: 7.2-7.4mph (8:20-8:06)

 

Pre run nutrition: 1/2 protein bar and NanoHydr8 

 

Mid run fuel:  Tailwind and Maurten gel.  The gel was very thick/chewy and you chewed it.  No flavor.  Verdict is still out.

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Silo-MCT

TT: 45:53  AP:  9:14–10:08, 9:33, 9:06, 8:41, 8:28

Felt way better than on Friday.  Probably went too fast :/

20 minutes of strength

 

 

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