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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: 435.00
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3 miles on home TM

2 miles at the gym before power pump 1 min hard/1 min easy 6.5-7.0/7.2/7.5/8.0

power pump

adductor extremly tight during the 3 miles and progressively got better.  

PM: 20 min stretching

2014 - Minutes Miles: 100.00
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35 minutes lifting

sore from power pump

1 set of abs:

20 sit ups

20 leg raises

50 crunches

20 v-ups

30 bicycles

30 sit ups

 

3x

lunge with leg on bench (weights)

lunge matrix

single leg squat

slow squat - no weights - worked on form

chest press

lying down fly

seated row

skull crusher

front raises

front row

After the kids went to school, I headed up to Alpine for some new trails.  LOVED them...except for when I almost ran right into 4 deer.  I was looking down at the ground to make sure I didn't trip and almost ran smack into them.  I think they were as startled as I was.

I wish I would have had more time to explore.  I need to get over that trails miles don't equal road miles.  Great run!

PM:  15 minute stretch and foam roll

2014 - Minutes Miles: 95.00
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7.21 miles - 1:17:35 - AP:  10:45

my watch stopped randomly - weird

2.84 miles - 29:43 - AP:  10:29

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10 miles on the Potato Hill - Ann's Trail, Clark's Trail....and a few others.  Small amount of snow on the trails.  Very up or very down.  I finally got over the fact that I had to walk portions of the uphill...or my heart was going to explode.  

I really like running on this trail and will definitely be doing it again.

 

PM:  15 min stretch and foam roll

2014 - Minutes Miles: 120.00
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6 easy miles at the gym before power pump with Kellie

Power pump - walking lunges class

AM 2:  20 minutes stretching

We were suppose to go skiing today, but we had 2 puking kids last night.  So I'm staying home to clean up puke and my husband is taking the 2 non-puking kids skiing.  Merry Christmas to me.....ha ha!

2014 - Minutes Miles: 120.00
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2014 - Minutes Miles: 435.00
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