I Can Do Hard Things

Week starting Feb 17, 2019

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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:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	769.31
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
39.00	0.00	39.00

Weight: 0.00

Mon, Feb 18, 2019

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
8.00	0.00	8.00

No speed work today. But I did go for an easy run to test out the hamstring. It felt ok, but not worse. It was cold and icy.

3x

3x

Monster walk

Squat with side kick out with band

LLL with band

Donkey kick with band

Split squat

Fire hydrant kick outs

Bridge

Hamstring slide out

Weight: 0.00

Tue, Feb 19, 2019

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

60 minutes step mill

3x

Sprinter crunch

TVA March with weight above head

Bicycle

Trx hammie adductor

Trx side plank up down

Bosu push up

Squats

Walking lunge

Squat side lunge

Bosu bridge

Fire hydrant kick outs

Hammie slides

Dead lift

Weight: 0.00

Wed, Feb 20, 2019

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
8.00	0.00	8.00

TT: 1:17:00. AP: 9:38 on home TM.

Hamstring felt way better today after acupuncture yesterday!

Weight: 0.00

Fri, Feb 22, 2019

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
18.00	0.00	18.00

Whew....just finished my 18 miler. Those don’t get any easier no matter how many times you do it😂

I met Karen at the Lehi Legacy Center because of all the snow. TM wasn’t super ideal, but better than icy/snowy roads. I’ll admit, I held onto the front of the TM and stopped between each set for water/fuel.

The TM resets after 60 minutes.

4 mile warm up: 38:12 (9:35)

2x6 mile tempo @ 9:00-9:10: 54:45 (9:07) & 54:05 (9:00)

2 mile cooldown: 18:44 (9:22)

So hopefully I’m adding all these times up right. TT: 2:45:46. AP: 9:13. I felt better the longer I went. 2 GU’s, 1 package of shot blocks, 1 bottle Tailwind, 1 bottle of Gatorade. I guess I need ALOT of fuel. Started to tank during the 2nd part of tempo.....loaded up on fuel and came back to life.

Pre run fuel: Nanohydr8, banana, protein bar and bagel.

Hamstring felt pretty good. I got acupuncture and a massage on it. It’s still sore from the massage....she bruised it up good.

After Karen left, I watched the Breaking 2 documentary on YouTube......amazing!!!

#keepshowingup

Weight: 0.00

Sat, Feb 23, 2019

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

Discovery Park Loop TT: 49:04 AP: 9:48

I actually felt very good today. Hamstring was mostly good. Lots of stretching and foam rolling.

Weight: 0.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
39.00	0.00	39.00

Weight: 0.00

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