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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

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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Up LP HWY to rest home

TT: 44:08

AP:  8:50

9:43, 9:13, 8:46, 8:16, 8:08

My first "real" running after Hobble Creek and I felt a bit creaky!  I thought I would give myself time to warm up and then push the last 2 miles.  I saw Kellie along the way....thank goodness I'm running with her later this week!

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20 push ups

15 superman

50 calf raises

20 dips

B6

10 squats

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Up LP Hwy

4 slow recovery miles - I can start to see a few of the leaves changing in the mountains!  I love fall!

Ankle was quite achy today.

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10 ball lunges

60/60/60 planks

10 rows

10 flys

LLL

Ankle stability exercises

 

My baby is going to kindergarten today and I'm feeling sad.

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Murdock Canal Loop

TT:  1:09:00

AP:  8:28

8:48, 8:35, 8:25, 8:17, 8:17, 8:29, 8:27, 8:18

I met the Lamp Post Ladies so very early this morning.  It felt so dark!  I decided not to wear water belt.  I had to stop more often at the drinking fountains, but was glad with my decision.  

We had a great run and I was finally able to keep up with them.  I didn't do a lot of talking because I was working hard, but I could hang on.

My ankle felt so much better this morning.  Last night I did a lot of scraping, soft tissue work, ABC's and a few stability poses.  I'm doing it again tonight too!

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Rest Day....kinda

I just finished painting my daughter's room.  Then I painted all the doors upstairs and half of the doors downstairs.  I have paint flecs in my hair.

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AP:  8:35

9:02, 8:50, 8:26, 8:15

Rec Center - out and back

My garmin kept starting and stopping, so it only recorded 4 miles of the run.  Thankfully, I know the 5 mile turn around point.

I haven't run this route for awhile.  I forget how tilted the road is and how one leg drops down.  Totally bugs.  But I felt good and decided to push the last 2 miles.

2 laps around the baseball field barefoot.

I had planned on lifting, but I was super tired.  So I took my iron pill and crawled back into bed for 30 minutes.

 

Now I need to paint my pantry and touch up my mainfloor baseboards.  Getting all my projects done!

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Murdock Canal Loop

TT:  1:14:00

AP:  9:03

9:25, 9:00, 9:00, 8:44, 8:56, 9:08, 9:16, 8:23, 3:02

I met Kellie under the lamp post this morning....I was so darn tired.  We didn't go as fast this morning and it was nice to be able to talk the majority of the way.  Kellie turned around at mile 5 and I continued on my own.

Ankle was a bit achy, but I'm going to do my helpful yoga poses and will scrap it tomorrow.

3x

10 ball squats with weights

10 ball lunges with weights

10 side to side lunges with weights

10/side single leg hamstring lift

 

I went to part of the AFXC meet this morning.  One of my YW won!  It brought back a lot of memories.  Then I went to Swiss Days....so blasted hot!

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