I Can Do Hard Things

Week starting Aug 24, 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:	4.00	Month:	64.16	Year:	984.07
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
38.00	0.00	38.00

2014 - Minutes Miles: 438.00

Weight: 0.00

Mon, Aug 25, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

TT: 57:00

Last Thursday, I went to my chiropractor to have him do some ART on my hip. He had to do something and sent me to his in-house massage therapist. She did some DEEP tissue work all over (including some places the PT hadn't worked on - low back, psoas). Oh my, that was painful. But come Sunday and today, all my hurties hurt just a bit less and I could do my stretches a bit deeper.

I went and saw her again today and have another appointment for later on in the week. I'm starting to feel a glimmer of hope. I also found some great exercises to help the adductor.

6 easy mile on the home treadmill. I could feel the adductor being really tight, but everything else felt better.

On a funny note...my PT had given me an ace bandage to wear around my thigh and stomach. It gave me a terrible rash which gave me a terrible case of the itchies!!! Oh my it itched so bad!! I finally got a cream to help it calm down. I feel like I have the chicken pox!

2014 - Minutes Miles: 70.00

Weight: 0.00

Tue, Aug 26, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
2.00	0.00	2.00

2 miles on the gym TM before power pump

I've done power pump one other time...I must have forgotten how hard it is!! That class was NO JOKE! My heart rate was through the roof and my muscles were shaking with exhaustion. I couldn't complete all the reps or lift as heavy, but I felt like I got a fantastic workout. I even made a new friend.

Hope I can walk tomorrow!!

2014 - Minutes Miles: 80.00

Weight: 0.00

Wed, Aug 27, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	10.00

8 miles with Collette on MCT. Good to catch up!

2 miles on home TM to get all my miles in for the day.

The storm last night damaged our internet satellite. The company can't come out until Tuesday. Grrrrr.... I don't realize how much I rely on internet until it's gone.

2014 - Minutes Miles: 100.00

Weight: 0.00

Fri, Aug 29, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	4.00

4 easy miles on the home TM before school. I dropped the kids off at school and then headed up to Swiss Days with NO kids!!!!!

PM: long stretching session and some major scraping on the thigh and adductor.

2014 - Minutes Miles: 36.00

Weight: 0.00

Sat, Aug 30, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
16.00	0.00	16.00

10 miles: 1:36

Get girls breakfast

6 miles: 56:00

Tim and Carter went on a backpacking trip in the Unitas so I ran on my home TM. I was a bit nervous as this was my longest run in 3 weeks. After 45 minutes, my hip started to warm up and felt alright. I kept everything slow. My thigh bruised up a lot after scraping it last night (Josse would be proud!!!). I'm hoping it helped.

Running a long run at home on a Saturday isn't ideal, but the miles were logged. Lots of kids interruptions.

We went up to Sniagrab and I got a new pair of skies and boots for super cheap! I'm thinking about getting a season pass to Sundance...then I can snowshoe and downhill ski. There was even a Karen sighting!!!

long stretch and foam roll

2014 - Minutes Miles: 152.00

Weight: 0.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
38.00	0.00	38.00

2014 - Minutes Miles: 438.00

Weight: 0.00

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