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Location:

Pleasant Grove,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 04, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs: Fleet Feet Turkey Trot 5k- 19:46;  St. George Marathon  3:07:11(2013-- coming back from the dead)  Utah Valley Marathon 2011- 3:09:13 : D  1st place Master Division, 7th Overall; Mt. Nebo 1/2 Marathon 2011- 1:19:35- 2nd Overall,  first master. Ogden Marathon 3:14  (2010); 10K 2011 Speedy Spaniard 40:47.  I have run 33 marathons: 15 St. George (1995, 2006-2019). Utah Valley (2011, 2014), Eiluj (2011), Deseret News (2015, 3:40 pacer),  Ogden (2009, 2010), Boston (1996,2012,2014,2018)Top of Utah (1999, 2011 pacer), and SLC (2006,2015), Pocatello (3:40 pacer 2012),park city marathon 3:41:53 (2013), and Big Cottonwood pacer (2017,2018)and three Ultras-Squaw Peak 51.25 miler 2010 in 12:05:27 (9th woman) and  Antelope Island  (32 miler) in  March, 2011 (4th overall in 5:10:25) and in 2009.

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2020 Marathon Madness

April  Salt Lake City Marathon April 18

May  Ogden Marathon  May 16

June Utah Valley Marathon  June 6 

July  Deseret News Marathon  July 24 

August  Top of Utah Aug 22 

September  Big Cottonwood  Sept 12 

October Saint George Marathon Oct 3  

November New York City Marathon  Nov 1

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Marathon--  PR (3:06 or better)

10k--  PR (under 40:47)

5K-- PR (under 19:46)

RUN FOREVER!!!

Personal:

Married to Troy since 1997.  We have three daughters- Courtney 21,  Brooke 19, and Amber 16 and one dog-Cocoa (15). Troy works and cook lots of yummy dinners and desserts.  Courtney is back as of Aug 2019 from 18 months in England.  Now working as a CNA and going to BYU. Brooke graduated from PGHS IN MAY 2019. Attending UVU in Fall. Called to serve in the Michigan Landing LDS church mission. Leaves Jan22, 2020. Amber plays for Olympic Montreux Premier 1 soccer team.  And is a junior this Fall 2019. I  work full time (27 years in June 2019) as a registered nurse. Currently working in the special care nursery  at American Fork Hospital.  Our family loves to camp and go to Disneyland.  

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Miles:This week: 5.53 Month: 101.03 Year: 460.12
Brooks Pureflow Lifetime Miles: 309.19
Altras Zero Drop (lt. Blue) Lifetime Miles: 366.29
Mizuno Precision 11 (orange) Lifetime Miles: 610.05
Saucony Mirage 2 Grey Lifetime Miles: 223.70
Nike Pegasus Charc/lime Lifetime Miles: 487.77
Nike Pegasus Grey/blue Lifetime Miles: 428.92
Mizuno Precision Pink Lifetime Miles: 479.56
Nike Lunar Flyknits RED Lifetime Miles: 893.47
Nike Lunar Flyknits MULTI GREY Lifetime Miles: 369.20
Mizuno Sayanaras Lifetime Miles: 292.58
Asics Gel Lyte 33-2 (blue) Lifetime Miles: 163.09
Altra Intuition 1.5 Grey Lifetime Miles: 55.31
Altras Pink Intuition 1.5 Lifetime Miles: 79.00
Kinvara 5s Peach Lifetime Miles: 576.20
Kinvara 5s YELLOW Lifetime Miles: 346.56
Kinvara Blue/lime Lifetime Miles: 578.77
Kinvara 5s Green Lifetime Miles: 47.31
Kinvara 6 Turquoise Lifetime Miles: 531.20
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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Of all things to do last night Troy and I took our three girls to the drive-ins in Taylorsville.  It was fun.  The weather was very nice and the breeze was welcoming along with the clear starry night.  I haven't been to a drive-in in over a decade.  So fun to be outside in front of car enjoying two movies together on cushy chairs with our pillows and blankets.  We saw Despicable Me (cute) and Charlie St. Cloud (I have a thing for Zac so this movie was way tolerable. Yes I am happily married).  So....of course I set myself up for the no sleep pattern. We got home at 1:20am.  I slept okay until 6am when Brooke got in our bed then nodded back to sleep until 8:40am in time to get Brooke up and off to Piano Camp at 9:00am when I broke the news that Troy needed to drive me up the AF canyon for my tempo run.  He drove me up 3 miles from the mouth of the canyon and dropped me off.  I left one water at the mouth of the canyon.  No Gus today.  I was stuffed from all the not so good for me treat I ate during the movie and the pizza at staff meeting yesterday.  I started by climbing up two miles nice and easy.  I left at 9:19 am.  The air was cool and crisp but the sunny areas were getting pretty warm.  The canyon did provide some good shade.  9:49, 8:51 (can feel myself getting stronger now).  Conveniently there was a campground potty stop with a great water faucet outside of it.  Drenched my hat and took off back down the canyon.  Kind of getting in the groove the first mile and then maintained a pretty good speed even with the strong head wind which hit more so on the last mile.  Tried to relax.  I tend to get anxiety about speed and then my breathing gets too irratic and I falter.  Splits for five miles: 6:49, 6:29, 6:26, 6:19, 6:33 (AP 6:31 : D)  Water stop.  Hill climb out of AF reaaaallllllll slow for recovery.  Even saw a friend with her kids on their bike and jogged so very nice and easy as I crested the hill.  Then I decided to pick it up moderately and did one more quick mile with a HUGE headwind at 6:47.  The dry wind made me so parched and I felt so worked out by the end here.  I ran easy home.  AP for last 5 miles= 8:02.  Splits for my info: 9:40 (the HUGE uphill and chatting mile), 7:45, 6:47, 8:25, 7:32.  Total AP for 12.1 miles=  7:38.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From RAD on Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 16:32:44 from 67.172.229.125

VERY impressed! I think I hate running into a headwind more than anything, but you hit a headwind and still pulled out a 6:47!!! You are amazing!

Nice job on the run, especially after a night (literally) at the movies - treats and all!!

From Smooth on Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 20:07:57 from 174.23.203.161

check out all those 6s. AWESOME canyon run in the wind and after a huge double features!

From allie on Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 22:38:38 from 174.23.182.80

awesome job! you are running so well.

who doesn't have a thing for zac? :)

From Kelli on Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 23:07:53 from 71.219.102.155

I almost saw that movie last week but the reviews were so horrible that I decided not to. And I do not have a thing for Zac, he is so YOUNG!!!! You crazy women.....But Despicable Me was a good little movie! A drive on with the kids actually sounds fun, we have not been in years either. maybe we will have to give that try.

AWESOME run today!!! Nice hill climbs (and you did not pick easy ones) and those speedy miles are so impressive. I would have had anxiety, too!!!

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