I Can Do Hard Things

Week starting Jun 27, 2010

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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:	44.34	Year:	964.25
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	3.00

Weight: 0.00

Mon, Jun 28, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

I was too lazy to get out of bed this morning, so I did my bike ride this afternoon (and it was HOT).

13 miles - 1:06 (man I am SLOW)

I ran alittle past the mailbox (maybe 3 minutes). Too many jiggles!

Weight: 0.00

Tue, Jun 29, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	3.00

3 miles walking (3x1min run)

Weight: 0.00

Wed, Jun 30, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

10 min walk before spin (2x1min run).

Spin was hard.

We are celebrating 6 years old at this house. The most important celebration is the fact that Tim and I survived 6 years of raising 4 kids. Yay....we made it another year!

The excitement level has been through the roof today. We started by decorating cupcakes. Love that sugar high at 8 am! They turned out really cute:

We had a few melt-downs today (some of us have a hard time handling all the excitement - can you guess who?).

Off to the roller skating rink we go! They allow the kids to ride scooters (and roller skates) and they had inflatables to jump on.

25 kids, pitchers and pitchers of lemonade, great friends, round and round the roller rink, lots of presents, tired Mom and Dad - a great way to celebrate 6!

Weight: 0.00

Thu, Jul 01, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Awhile back I took my kids to an art class in Pleasant Grove. We drove up the GIGANTIC hill (450 ft ascent) by Pleasant Grove High School (200 South) and I thought to myself, "I would love to see if I could ride this hill someday".

I DID IT TODAY and lived to tell about it.

From the bottom to the top is 2 miles (straight up hill). So I rode to the top, then rode down .5 mile onto a side street and rode back up that side hill then back up to the top, then down/up the side street. It took me about 2 minutes to ride down the entire thing.

I had to stop a few times to get water, but next time I do it my goal is to ride it straight up - no stops (and start at my house and ride to the base).

Hooray for a little self confidence on a bike!

47:52 minutes - 6.04 miles (slow, but big BIG hills)

Weight: 0.00

Sat, Jul 03, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

I rode over to my new favorite Pleasant Grove High School Hill (about 3.5 miles from my house). I had a hard time getting motivated - I was tired and was starting to feel the aches of a cold coming on.

I rode the hill twice. After the first up/down, I parked my bike and ran for 2 minutes. Then back up the hill and down it. I almost hit a stupid truck who made a quick turn with no blinker on the way down.

On the way back home, I rode another semi-big hill and it seemed effortless compared to the GIANT!

When I got home, I ran another 2 minutes. I took my son on a bike ride for his Super Saturday. We did alittle off-road and that freaked him out a little! We also saw a really big snake - YUCK!

1:23 - 12.75 miles

Weight: 0.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	3.00

Weight: 0.00

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