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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: 13.00 Year: 506.12
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
Tue, Sep 08, 2009
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Not doing well at all in the sleep department (broken record here).  Applied for a dayshift position on the medical/surgical floor at AFH.  I would certainly miss the babies, my true love, but my sanity comes first.  I need to work dayshift!!!  Night shift is spiraling me into a depression/mood disorder.  Already been there done that as a teenager after half my family were killed in two separate car accidents (1982 dad, sister, 1985, brother).  I don't want to go there again.  Plus I am older, wiser, I can pull myself out of it easier.  Back then the anxiety from it all caused major sleep deprivation, plus I was an overachiever, type A personality, didn't miss school even if sick, track team, field hockey, ski team push push push and then break break break......then I moved Utah to go to BYU, was baptized into the LDS church on campus, gained hope, started to run longer.....  Why am I telling you all this story?  Well I guess I thought I ought to let you know who I am where I came from etc....why I am the way I am.  I am from New Hampshire.  Born in Massachusettes.  Currently have one sister who moved out here after me and is married with 7 kids. My mother still lives back east but is a travel nurse in Arizona in the winter.  I see her twice a year.  She takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'.  Tough woman.  Anyway...I have stories that would make your hair on your arms stick up...sometimes I think about them...it helps me realize how strong anyONE can be.  We all have our battles...no one is immune....so GO FIGHT WIN!!!!!!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From seeaprilrun on Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 14:16:38 from 205.172.12.229

Wow Julie! Glad you got that off your chest! Way to persevere! I sometimes wish I could hear the stories of all the bloggers--many are more interesting than we will ever know! Get that day shift. You will probably be bored out of your mind on med/surg(I am) but it is definitely very sane.

From JulieC on Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 14:27:17 from 67.42.250.101

April- the latest incredible survival story being the girl who was held captive for 18 years!!! Reading about that makes any of my problems seem miniscule.

From JulieC on Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 14:28:14 from 67.42.250.101

PS running better today. I see the light is at the end of the tunnel....

From Julie on Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 17:59:30 from 174.23.62.161

Wow Julie. Your story did make the hair on my arms stand up. I wish I could hear them all. You have such a great attitude. I hope you get that day position. It would be so good for you.

From Smooth on Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 18:26:12 from 71.36.82.61

Oh Julie! We never know the stories and life experiences behind each person until we share. It's liberating and inspiring all the same. I admire you more for what you've gone thru; for that's the substance that makes you who you are.

I too hope you get that day position. Sleep deprivation is seriously not good for the body and mind. Luvs to you!

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