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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
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2014 - Minutes Miles: 400.00
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5 miles outside - out/back on LP Hwy

AP:  9:10

I felt very creaky on the run.  It has been awhile since I've been running outside.

3x

walking lunges

single leg hamstring lift

ball squats

side to side lunges

overhead press

butterfly

row

skull crushers

 

Stretch and foam roll

 

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20 minutes on stair mill before pump

60 minute power pump (the lunge routine is back....ughhhh)

Adductor and abductors

Adductor pain was better during the class.  Still have some hip/hammie pain where the injections were.

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47:41 easy miles on the TM

Injections sites are feeling better.  Left adductor felt really good after lifting yesterday, but now after running it is irritated.

1x

20 leg raises

50 crunches

20 v-ups

30 bicycles

30 sit ups

 

2x

LLL

Standing LLL

Fire hydrant holds

Clams with weights

Donkey kick with weights

3x

one arm push up on Bosu

lunges with leg on bench

single leg squat

 

 

2014 - Minutes Miles: 90.00
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Tim and I are in Park City for the weekend skiing at the Canyons compliments of his work.  There are only 2 good runs open right now.  But we are going to try Park a City tomorrow and hoping for better conditions.

Left adductor was crazy sore today.  I went for a run at our hotel around 2:30.  I started slow and eventually got to doing 1 min hard/1 min easy.  I stopped to go get a drink and I could feel the adductor seize up.  It loosened up won't I started running again.  That gives me hope.

Off to Ruth Chris for dinner.....thanks work!  I love free vacations!

Ran 8 miles and walked for awhile to calm my leg diwn. Stretched for awhile.

 

2014 - Minutes Miles: 80.00
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Tim and I skied all day at Park City.  It was very windy.  By 2:00, I was so darn tired I could hardly see straight.  Guess I'm getting old.

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5 miles in the hotel fitness center.  1 mile warm up and .25 mile cool down.  1 min hard/1min easy.  Easy=6.5.  Hard=7.5-8.0

Stretch

2014 - Minutes Miles: 50.00
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2014 - Minutes Miles: 400.00
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