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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
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slow at work so I was cancelled   : D.  So....I decieded to go to the cycling class at 6am class.  Well apparently it was just me and an old guy with the instructor.  A pretty popular class going on next store apparently so this one not so on Wednesday mornings.  Fine by me, personalized training : D  and since I haven't cycles in eons it was nice and HELL- o WORKING IT BABY!!  Still don't know how to match cycling with running.  Probably over did it.  Then I did planks 60/60/60  x 3 like Kelli and Rad yesterday.  HOLY FLIP!! I was certain I would not be able to finish the last set but somehow I managed!!  Came home and found my daughter still very ill with strep even after the shot (she also got a rash from the penicillin) so she was sleeping.  I went downstairs and did my pushups--- 12, 10, 8, 8, 12 = 50.  So of course THAT wasn't enough (and since I just bought a pass to the rec ctr)  I had to try a muscle mix class that TOTALLY WHIPPED my butt.  However the instructor was impressed at how well I did (the class was full and I was in the second row).  I was one of the fitter ones there aerobically--- but the KICK BUTT MOVES were NOT easy.  Of course she added weights and this ridiculously TIGHT stretch rope (I got the hardest level, blue, because everyone first grabbed all the easy ones before I could find out which one I needed).   OOOooooooo baby  I probably won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow.  We worked EVERY MUSCLE!!    LOTS of squats!!!   NEWSFLASH--- I read a great article on PF and found out that the shoes I have been wearing for the past three months are probably the ROOT cause of my PF (besides running a lot in them).  They DON'T pass the FLEX test.  You take your running shoe and bend at the forefoot and if the shoe bends BELOW the metatarsals it is VERY bad for overpronators and will cause PF.  Well,  I have run in mizuno precisions for over a year and have had two of the pretty hawaiin ones, then two orange and NOW two japanese ones.  The first FOUR pairs PASS the flex test for being GOOD for me but the NEW precisions (supposed to be just different color, not made differently)  COLLAPSE COMPLETELY almost in a COMPLETE BALL FORM!!  HENCE why when I bought my pair just before the SGM I noticed the heel pain within a few runs!!!!  SERIOUSLY NOT GOOD.  So of course I am going to let the MIZUNO company KNOW HOW I FEEL about their shoe!!!   I have been running in this shoe even while injured the last four weeks so of course I am getting NO BETTER.  Basically,  I am NOT wearing them again.  I actually wore the two models ago pair to cycling today and to muscle mix class.  Here I was thinking I had been crumbling to pieces and the solution was a minor fix--- MY SHOES!!!!    Go figure.  It just didn't make sense that I got this injury so quickly after YEARS of running without one. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From RAD on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 14:23:06 from 98.202.23.178

Oh man, you really did an awesome workout today! Those muscle mix classes can be nasty, I hope you can move tomorrow :)

From JulieC on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 14:30:05 from 71.35.249.26

RAD I just posted a "newsflash" about my PF problem!! Almost as bad as wearing new socks the day of an important marathon!! : D.

From Toby on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 14:44:59 from 199.101.224.254

Hooray for a great workout! Can you post the link to the article? That is SUPER helpful information :)

From RAD on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 15:05:42 from 98.202.23.178

interesting, I've gotten PF recently and all my shoes flex in the right place :( So, what is MY problem?

From Carina on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 15:50:54 from 204.15.86.83

Nice cross training. It's always interesting to me how shoes make such a difference. I swear my most recent injury was due to a a change in shoes. At least it's an easy fix.

From allie on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 20:33:48 from 24.10.191.18

dang shoes.

From JulieC on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 21:13:08 from 71.35.250.19

www.drpribut.com/sports/heelhtm.htm

Here is the link Toby : D. There are several good ones when you look up heel stress fracture versus plantar fascitis.

From Toby on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 21:34:51 from 199.101.224.254

Thanks Julie! You asked about a good sports medicine doctor - Dr. Brent Rich. He is down at UVMC. He is the UVU and BYU chief doctor. He is outstanding!

From Andrea on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 21:35:22 from 67.177.21.60

PF is a tough one to get over. Be patient, hope it heals quickly! Go to Saucony shoes!!

From Kelli on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 22:12:20 from 71.219.91.103

GREAT WORKOUT!

I think spin classes work your hill running muscles.

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