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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

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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It sure was nice to sleep in today.  Makes me feel like a normal person and not a walking zombie.  PLUS...I had more time to lift.  This will probably be my only day to lift - I don't want to be sore for Saturday.

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10 squats on smith machine

10 sits on smith machine

60/60/60 planks (side planks on hand and not arm)

10x adductors on pulley machine

10x abductors on pulley machine

10xhamstrings one legged lifts

3 easy recovery miles. 27 ish minutes.  Felt good

Foam rolling, stretching and icing.

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Brrrr......  I had dreams last night that I was sewing one of the shirts wrong.  I kept waking up.  Dumb.

10 minutes warm up at 6.4 mph

12 sets of 1min/hard (9.3 mph) followed by 1min/easy (6.1 mph) - which was 3 miles-ish.  These sets felt SO much better  than last week.  My legs felt fresh and though I was breathing hard, it was controlled and never near puke zone.  Once I hit the 20 sets, I'm going to try bumping up my speed.  I felt very pleased with the workout.

Mild soreness in the hammys from lifting yesterday.

Stretching, rolling, ice and 45 min power nap. 

I'm hoping to be done with sewing tonight or tomorrow.  It will be a total of 300 dresses, skirts and shirts.  I just ran out of time for the last 100 dresses (that would have been another 100 hours).  Thankfully, my employer ran out of time too.  So it all worked out.  Now I need to get my house in order....it needs a good cleaning.  I need to do a lot of ironing, cook a decent meal and spend some quality time coloring or playing with play-dough with my 4-year old.  Hooray!

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I felt really creaky after yesterday's speed work.  My hip started bugging in the middle of the run.  Blech!

Stretching, a few hip exercises and rolling

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Sewing is DONE DONE DONE!  I've never felt such sweet relief!

Plus today and tomorrow are rest days in preparation for Painters Half.  My hip is still really bugging me.  I DON'T get it!  I've been doing all these hip exercises.  What gives!

I did about 30 mins of stretching, rolling and icing this morning and will do another session tonight.

My house is getting cleaner by the hour!

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Another rest day.  Hip is still on FIRE!!  I went to see the PT today.  He said that the hip flexor and piraformis was strained and weak.  He did estim with heat, ultrasound and a massage on it.  He was very surprised at how many of the stretches I already knew (for the hip flexor and piraformis) and how flexible I was.  He video tapped me running and we looked at it.  Such ugly form! 

I'm suppose to come back for a few more visits. I really want to correct the "thing" that is causing my hip to hurt.  It has been aching ever since I had kids.

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AP:  8:52


I was really excited to head down to St George for this race.  I was done with all my sewing (which was such a huge relief) and I was anxious to see where my fitness was.  I was hoping to run around 2 hours, but wasn't sure.

  I was planning on going down alone - hubby had various commitments, so I decided to make it a whirlwind trip.  But last minute, my neighbor decided to join me and I was SO glad she did.

We left right after my PT appointment and had a wonderful chat on the way down.  We went to the race expo (bought a rain jacket), dropped off a car-load of dresses/shirts/skirts and then checked into the hotel.  We were both starving, so we got some pizza. 

We went to bed early and I slept GREAT!  After a bagel and orange, we headed over to the Dixie Center.  I saw SO many people I knew - Callie, Smooth, Karen, Carolyn, Kelli, Rachel, Cheree, and Lowell.  But the most exciting part is I saw a GREAT friend from when we lived in AZ.  Jen would help hold our triplets during church.  She was divinely inspired to be my good friend during that time in our life and I will forever be grateful for her kindness.  SO I was really excited to see her.

The gun went off and my legs were creaky.  It took me such a long time to get into a groove!

1 - (9:06) - Feeling good, but moving slow

2 - (8:57) - Still moving slow, but starting to warm up. 

3 - (9:10) - Quick water stop.  Ran with Lowell for awhile.  He has so many stories to tell. 

4 - (8:44) - Decided I needed to stop talking with everyone and start running. I put in my earbuds and focused.  Lots of hills.

5- (9:06) - Another water stop and more hills.  Saw my friend Collette in the distance and wanted to catch her.

6 - (9:10) - Took a GU and continued to climb.  My hip felt just like it did at SGM.  I wasn't sure how long it was going to last.  It was nice to run with Collette.

7 - (9:26) - Last big climb.  Once I got to the top, my legs decided they were warmed up and were ready to run.  My breathing was very controlled and I thought I would give it a good push to the finish if my hip would allow it.

8 - (8:28) - I was feeling so wonderful and just wanted to hang on for as long as I could. 

9 - (8:50) - Just trying to hang on.  Breathing still felt good, but hip was hurting.

10 - (8:37) - Still can't believe how good I was feeling and was *waiting* to blow up.  But it wasn't coming.  Weird :)

11 - (9:16) - Last water stop and GU.  As I was rounding the corner, I could see Karen.  She was just through the water stop and was COOKIN'!  I kept her in sight and wanted to try and catch her.

12 - (8:21) - Karen kept picking up the pace and was looking SO strong!  I finally caught her with a third of a mile left.  I was surprised at how good I was feeling and just wanted to finish strong.

13 - (8:05) - AC/DC's song "Thunderstruck" came on my Ipod (admit it, everyone has an old 80 F-DUDE song that motivates them).  I was getting close to puke zone and knew if I pushed it I could hit 1:55:00. I was so glad it was under 2:00 on a hilly course

I have never felt this great at the end of a race.  It is an amazing feeling! 

I decided to go back on the course and see Collette and Jen.  I was able to cheer on Collette, Callie, Carolyn, and Jen.  It was really raining hard and I was starting to freeze. 

Just then, I saw Jen round the corner.  I love to be a LOUD cheerer.  I hopped in and ran her to the bridge.  It was SO exhilerating to do that!  I met her at the finish chute and was able to get a big hug!  It was such a sweet moment!

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I found Collette and we hurried to the car.  We were both so wet and freezing.  I was SO not looking forward to my ice bath :)  I filled up the hotel garbage can with ice, but could only last 5 minutes in the tub.  BRRRRR.....  We showered, pigged out at Cafe Rio and drove a scary, snowy, rainy drive home.

My hip is super sore and tight.  Sigh.....  More ice tonight.  It was such a great weekend!  Thanks Tim for supporting my *drug* habit!

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