I Can Do Hard Things

Week starting May 04, 2025

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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

2025 - 4:03:10

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:	22.38	Year:	1283.62
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
30.00	0.00	30.00

Weight: 0.00

Mon, May 05, 2025

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

Pam's loop. Nice and slow=recovery. I have to work every single shift this week at work. I'm feeling grumpy about it.

TT: 1:04

AP: 11:01

HR: 149

Weight: 0.00

Tue, May 06, 2025

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

Home TM - pouring rain

15 minutes lifting before run. SIJ feeling much better after Monday's ozone injection.

TT: 54:08

AP: 8:44

HR: 143

Weight: 0.00

Wed, May 07, 2025

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

Out/back on MCT - 54 degrees and sunny. So tired from working every single day this week. 10 minutes warmup glutes.

I wanted some goal to run my 800's so I looked up a 4:00 marathon and it said I should run a 3:53-800m interval which is a 7:46 pace.

Ran to the drinking fountain #1, then the workout.

4:00 (8:01)

3:46 (7:35)

3:41 (7:30)

3:46 (7:36)

1:49 (7:22) - 400

I'm pleased with how this workout went and I hit the time goals. I would have liked that last interval to have been a negative split. SIJ felt good. This less stretching glute/lifting has been SO helpful. Be the BUFFALO.

PM: TBT class

Weight: 0.00

Fri, May 09, 2025

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

Ran with Michelle - 52 degree - Michelle's house to Art Dye. Legs heavy from sitting all week.

TT: 57:24

AP: 10:04

HR: 154

Weight: 0.00

Sat, May 10, 2025

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

MCT - out/back - 59 degrees. Glute activation exercises pre run.

Goal with a 4 mile PACE @ 9:09 (per Hal Higdon advanced marathon plan....plan doesn't start for another week or so, but I need to build up to it). Honestly, I wasn't sure if I could hit the 9:09 pace. I gave myself permission to just run hard and be ok with it.

TT: 58:50

AP: 9:27 (9:04, 8:49, 8:41, 8:23) - stopped for water and to cheer on Michelle as she ran by at mile 2.5

HR: 159

I know I stopped half way through the tempo, but I was pleased with my efforts. All is not lost. SIJ felt good.

30 minutes post run lifting

Weight: 0.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
30.00	0.00	30.00

Weight: 0.00

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