I Can Do Hard Things

Week starting Dec 18, 2011

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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:	0.00	Year:	769.31
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
19.00	0.00	19.00

Weight: 0.00

Tue, Dec 20, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	3.00

This is my easy peasy week. 3 easy miles everyday and a long run on Saturday. I totally was lazy and didn't make it to the gym yesterday. My IT Band is still really bugging. Stupid.

My run felt ok, but once I was done it really started to hurt. I foam rolled so hard today, that my outer thigh is totally bruised.

Weight: 0.00

Wed, Dec 21, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	3.00

I LOVE rest weeks!

I looked up a few exercises I could do to help strengthen my hip (and hopefully my ITB). So I got on the pulley machine today and did:

3x

10 pulling the handle with my foot in each direction (side to side and front and back). So a total of 4 exercises. Adductor, Abductor, Hip Flexor and Glutes. Then I did a one-legged squat (3x10). Those babies are HARD!!! I could only go down a few inches. I need to work on them a lot!

3 miles on the TM...nice and slow. Lots of foam rolling and stretching. I think I bruised up my leg more after today's rolling session.

Weight: 0.00

Fri, Dec 23, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	3.00

3 x

10 abductor on the pulley machine

10 adductor on the pulley machine

10 hip flexor on the pulley machine

10 glutes on the pulley machine

10 (on each leg) one legged squat (still not easy)

3 miles on the stair climber

lots of foam rolling and stretching

So my right hip and knee are on FIRE. I'm not sure if it is sore from the weights today or if I've done something to it. I get really irritated when I am trying to PREVENT injury by lifting and am getting injured in the process. Ughhhh.....

Rest week is over....sigh....long run tomorrow...I got my hotel in SG for the SG Half. I hope I can run 13 miles (I remember when that didn't seem that far).

Weight: 0.00

Sat, Dec 24, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	10.00

1:32:05

9:21, 9:22, 9:21, 9:23, 9:17, 9:35, 9:14, 9:03, 8:56, 8:29

I broke up my 10 miler into 2 - 5 mile runs thanks to the fact that the TM turns off after 60 minutes.

My first 5 mile run seem to take forever....isn't that always the case though! Stopped, got a drink, ate a few jelly beans and started back up.

I had controlled breathing over the whole run. My right hip started to really ache. The same kinda ache that happened during SGM. Still not sure if it is from the hip exercises I've been doing or I really did something to injure it. Blech.....

I stretched really good after and foam rolled. Ice bath when I got home....ice baths are cold in the summer, but FREEZING in the winter!

PM: Stretched and foam rolled again.

Weight: 0.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
19.00	0.00	19.00

Weight: 0.00

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