I Can Do Hard Things

Week starting Aug 01, 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
17.78	0.00	17.78

Weight: 0.00

Mon, Aug 02, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.85	0.00	3.85

23:28 - 5.68miles ride (just to shake up the legs a bit)

3.85 miles walking (I did 1 minute of running for every 9 minutes of walking)

Ankle feels super good and my legs aren't sore at all from Saturday's ride.

My baby turned 3 today. I'm having a hard time opening Iphoto, so I will post pictures tomorrow. Makes me feel old :)

Weight: 0.00

Tue, Aug 03, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.85	0.00	3.85

50 minutes - 3.85 miles walking (1 minute run for every 9 minutes of walking)

35 minutes bike ride - 8 or 9 miles (I forgot my Garmin)

Weight: 0.00

Wed, Aug 04, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.45	0.00	3.45

4:55am.....so tired....so tired, but I got to see a really cool lightening storm on the way to the gym

3.45 miles walking (9 minutes of walking to 1 minute of running)

45 minutes

Ankle feels great! I wore my brace alittle last night and it seemed to help. So while I am home it is going to be on.

I am going to do a hard ride tomorrow and no running, then start 3 days of 8 minutes of walking to 2 minute of running on Friday.

Weight: 0.00

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.35	0.00	3.35

WALK/RUN - 3.35 Miles - 39:33 minutes (walk 8 minutes, run 2 minutes)

BIKE - 11.74miles - 50:30 minutes (PG High School hill)

I can't tell you how glorious it was to run 8 minutes today. Unbelievable! My ankle has been feeling really good. I've been doing a lot of extra exercises, icing and wearing my brace around the house. Crossing my fingers

So my sweet SIL and her family has moved back to UT to attend MBA school. She is a hard core runner too. We even met and raced against each other at a high school national meet (though we didn't know each other). We took the kids bowling yesterday and were talking about "puke zone". No one, except runners or hard core athletes, understand what that phrase really means.

I love her and it is been really difficult not to be able to run with her. It has always been our dream to live by each other and train together and I can't. It has been eating me alive. I have really had to put "life" into perspective lately.

Onto happier notes: My Peachy turned 3 this week. Man we love this girl!

Weight: 0.00

Fri, Aug 06, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.28	0.00	3.28

RUN/WALK - 3.28 miles - 38.33 minutes (For every 8 minutes of walking - 2 minutes running)

BIKE - 7.99 miles - 32.14 minutes

Weight: 0.00

Sat, Aug 07, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Ankle felt a bit achy today and I about flipped out. IT IS ABOUT TIME TO GET BETTER!!! So I took it easy and short because I had a lot going on.

30 minutes on elliptical

20 minute walk (8 minutes walking to 2 minutes running)

Today, it does feel a lot better. Lots of icing, exercises and wearing the brace. I think I will run/walk tomorrow.

Weight: 0.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
17.78	0.00	17.78

Weight: 0.00

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