I Can Do Hard Things

Week starting Feb 23, 2014

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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
33.00	12.00	45.00

2014 - Minutes Miles: 484.00

Weight: 145.83

Mon, Feb 24, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	10.00

TT: 1:32:32

AP: 9:15

Easy run on the home TM. Same old Monday story...early, dark, tired, ho-hum kind of a run. Nothing hurt or felt creaky!

Quick foam roll and back to bed for a quick nap before my kids got up.

2014 - Minutes Miles: 92.00

Weight: 0.00

Tue, Feb 25, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

TT: 45:45

AP: 9:09

I was lazy this morning and didn't get up until the last possible second. I was only able to get my run in and will have to do my lifting tonight. Ran on the home TM and hammie was a bit tight (ART done on it yesterday).

Quick foam roll

PM:

3x

Walking lunge

Single leg hamstring lift

Side to side lunges

Squats

Incline chest press

Bosu close grip chest press

Bent over shoulder fly on bench

Bicep curl on Bosu

Bent over row

Single leg bicep curl

Hammer raise

Skull crusher

Reverse crunch on bench

Cherry picker

2014 - Minutes Miles: 105.00

Weight: 146.00

Wed, Feb 26, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
8.00	0.00	8.00

TT: 73:38

AP: 9:12

I absolutely HATE going to the gym. HATE it! There are too many people, it's dirty, and so hot! But I met Kellie this morning. The run was just alright. Hammies were a bit tight.

Robyn took my body fat this morning. I had a cheat meal on Saturday and I can still feel the effects from it. Robyn said it can take up to 5-6 days for your body to equal out from it. I felt a bit frustrated by it, but quickly remembered that I need to have balance. I don't want to go through life without a few foods that I really like. Body fat was 20% (last week it was 19%).

Lifting tonight

2014 - Minutes Miles: 73.00

Weight: 145.50

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

2x

Ball I, T, Y raises

Chest pullover on ball

Russian twist

Single leg squat

Scarecrows

Reverse crunch on bench

Reverse grip rows

Good mornings

Superman/banana

Curtsy lunges

Ball hamstring curl

Foam roll

2014 - Minutes Miles: 30.00

Weight: 146.00

Fri, Feb 28, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	12.00	16.00

TT: 2:10:24

AP: 8:09

Cadence: 179

Canal out and back

9:12, 8:49, 8:32, 8:32, 8:17, 8:07, 8:02, 8:00, 8:10, 7:42, 7:53, 7:44, 7:51, 7:55, 7:44, 7:44

I had some anxiety about this run. My last long run (15 miles) was a great run and I wasn't sure if I could do it again. And I was alone and the weather was iffy.

BUT...it all worked out. I just ran. I looked at my Garmin occasionally and it all fell into place. Again, I broke the run into sections...the mile 5 and mile 11 bathroom and GU breaks. If I mentally just work on getting to those points, I could manage.

I started to struggle with 4 miles to go. The wind picked up and it started to rain. I could feel the effects of those faster middle miles...PAIN CAVE. I mentally just focused on getting to the lamp post, then a sign until the end of the trail (and RAD yelling in my head....love you RAD). Then I knew I only had 1.6 miles to home.

My AP was 20 secs faster per mile than last week. Yikes...I'm not sure if that is good or bad???

Hammies are tight and feet are a bit sore. It's over! And in a few hours, I get to get up and do it again :)

2014 - Minutes Miles: 130.00

Weight: 0.00

Sat, Mar 01, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

TT: 54:20

AP: 9:50

Ohhhh...I can feel the effects from yesterday. My hammies are very sore. So slow was the name of the game this morning. Everything felt a bit better after I was done, but I think it might take a few more days to recover!

2014 - Minutes Miles: 54.00

Weight: 0.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
33.00	12.00	45.00

2014 - Minutes Miles: 484.00

Weight: 145.83

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