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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: 0.00 Month: 39.47 Year: 532.59
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
Mon, Jan 14, 2013
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Quite depressed last night as my scale had me up 8 pounds from SGM weight.   Toxins from foods and poor eating.  I watched myself the last few days and instead of going down I went up.  But oddly enough over night I lost 4.5 pounds of water weight.   I had to get up to pee 3 times!!!  My body figured out that I was watching my diet.  NO more chocolate.  OR avacados and more zinc foods.  Probiotics again and took my really expensive IRON supplement (liquid iron from floradix).  Ready for change.  BUT DANG nab it this ankle refuses yet to feel better.  I really feel like I have a stress fracture??? or it really could be pseudogout--which is a build up of calcium prophylate sp?? in bones rather than uric acid in regular gout.  It can last for weeks.  Not sure what but man alive the heel bone throbs.  After an hour of standing my back began to throb again so I just don't know what the deal is.  Last time my bones hurt this much my iron level was 5.  So hence..IRON to the max the next two weeks.     MORNING-- 9:30 am SPIN CLASS-- cycled exactly 60 minutes. THEN upper body weights for 20 minutes at rec center.  10 minutes ABS at home.  First real abs exercises in like years.  Usually I do planks and side planks but since my heel is an issue I have to not put any pressure on it.

4:30 pm---  cybex trainer for 30 minutes while Courtney gets her workout in.  She is going strong.  Also took my other two girls and one of their friends. 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From seeaprilrun on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:04:17 from 68.102.189.33

get better! this is your year!

From RAD on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 15:08:20 from 67.171.119.50

I'm sorry Julie. This is all terrible news. BUT, I'm proud of you for taking the time off that you need and putting the right stuff in your body. I need to nix a LOT of sugar from my diet :( I hate doing hard things like that.

From Rachelle on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 15:51:50 from 159.212.71.173

Why no avacados? I just started eating them by the bundles and am wondering if I should stop now. Do explain?? :)

Getting strong & staying fit my friend. You will get through this, YOU WILL!

From julieesplin on Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 09:55:41 from 75.169.182.243

Thinking of you and hoping your foot heals quickly.

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