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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: 13.95 Month: 44.34 Year: 964.25
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles: 28605.00
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Round about out and back

TT: 1:06:50

AP: 8:22

9:42 (stupid temple hill messes up my AP everyday!), 8:57, 8:36, 8:23, 8:09, 7:51, 7:42, 7:26

I am super pleased with today's run. I did this run on Saturday and my time was an 1:09. Saturday's run felt very hard, but today's was effortless. I decided not to look at my watch today and to just go by feel. That is the way to go! I also took a few GU Chomps at the turn around....maybe that helped too.

On the way back, I crossed the street a bit earlier because there was no cars and I almost stepped on a dead deer. Ughhhh.... Hammies still really tight. Wore some more of my new gear....awesome ! Starting another 3 week cycle of 40 miles/week.

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Canal out and back

TT:  1:02

AP:  9:03

9:59, 9:29, 9:08, 9:00, 8:47, 8:30, 8:00

Easy recovery run today.  I didn't look at my watch as much as I usually do but when I did, I realized I was going too fast.  But it didn't feel fast.  It was super warm out this morning and I was very overdressed.  I listened to my first Podcast today.  It was a good change up instead of music.

3x

walking lunges

10 side to side lunges

10 single leg hamstring lifts

10 front row 

10 shoulder cross

10 front raise

10 skull crushers

Stretch and foam roll

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Canal - out and back

TT:  1:08:00

AP:  8:30

9:33, 8:54, 8:36, 8:33, 8:22, 8:20, 8:11, 7:40

Just a ho-hum run this morning.  I was having major Ipod issues and had to stop a few times to fix it.  I felt quite creaky....probably from lifting yesterday.  Hammies are still quite tight.  Tomorrow is a cross training day and I want to spend a lot of time stretching/foam rolling.

 

PM:

I want to sleep in tomorrow so I decided to get my lifting done tonight.

 

3x

10/leg step up on bench with weights

10 hamstring curls with ball

60 sec wall sit

15 supermans

60 sec plank

30 scissor

50 crunches

40 russian twist with weight

10 row

10 fly

10 overhead press

10 butterfly

20 skull crusher

10 front raise

10 front row

10 shoulder cross over

LONG stretch and foam roll

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TT: 1:07

AP: 9:34

Nice and easy run on the home TM.  I got caught up on Biggest Loser and was so sad to hear the Jillian her contestants caffiene pills.

 

2x

walking lunges

60 sec plank

LL

Stretch and foam roll.

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TT:  1:45:04

AP:  9:12

9:34, 9:21, 9:30, 9:15, 9:22, 9:00, 8:59, 9:07, 9:02, 9:06, 9:04, 3:39

I met Karen at her house this morning.  We ran all through Highland and Alpine....there were some big climbs!  But it was such a beautiful morning full of great conversation.  We stopped at the everflowing water fountain and took GU.

Right by Karen's house, we went down this path that had a small downhill, but it was full of ice.  I totally crashed AND slid.  It was a awesome and embarassing :)  I just got a few cut and scraps.

 

When I got home, I changed and headed downstairs to lift, stretch and foam roll.

3x

10 ball squats

10 side to side lunges

10 single leg hamstring lift

30 bridges

15 push ups

20 dips

LLL

 

End of another 40 mile/week.  Yeah!

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