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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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long stretch and foam roll.

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Trail at base of AF Canyon

TT:  1:02:41

AP:  11:48

Elevation:  721ft

11:59, 13:03, 12:33, 11:02, 10:11, 3:49

 

This probably sounds silly, but I REALLY love running trails.  I was debating running on the road (faster) or trail (slower) and it was a no brainer.  I am definitely slower on the trails and totally got passed by some guy this morning.  He literally flew by me...like a bird.  I guess I still need to find my mountain goat feet.  Regardless of how fast I am, I really like being on trails.

My calves and feet have been a bit achy.  Growing pains, I guess.  I've been stretching and icing a lot.  

Off to parent/teacher conferences.

2014 - Minutes Miles: 60.00
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Today was not the run or experience I was hoping for.  I was invited earlier in the week to run Tibble Fork up to Mineral Basin.  I had already run for the day and wanted to be smart, so I declined.

But I thought it would be a great run for my easy week long run.  I parked at Tibble Fork and started to make my way up.  Looking at the Strava profile from several people who had gone on the run, I thought I would be slow....but could manage.  I needed 13 miles and I wanted to lift afterwards.

It was extremly icy at the beginning.  But I was really struggling with the elevation.  So here is the frustrating part - I've run steeper elevation and longer miles, but I totally buckled today.  I was DYING at 2.5 miles up the canyon.  My heart rate was out of control and I couldn't fathom running 4 more miles up.  

I quit.  I turned around and headed down the road.  I thought I just run the rest at home.  But it was already 10:45am and I still had 8 more miles to go.  I was running out of time.

So I ran 5 more miles on the road (which stinks and is not nearly as pretty).  I was so frustrated at myself for not getting my miles OR lifting.  And most importantly, I gave up.  

When I got home, I synced my Garmin and compared it to my friends' Strava account.  I was running faster than they were.  Double stink....if I would have just hung on.

I guess we all have really rotten runs and experiences.  Time to move on and recommitt to NEVER give up.

 

The very BEST part of the whole morning was seeing Smooth and Karen on my way to the canyon.  They are such wonderful ladies and I should've run with them!  Live and learn.

 

My calves have been on fire since I've started trail running.  So I finally bought a pair of trail shoes.  I'm hoping they help calm everything down.  Come on Hoka....save the day!

2014 - Minutes Miles: 100.00
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10 miles at the gym 

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Ughh...no mojo and very tired

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