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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
Race: St George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:07:18, Place in age division: 4
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
26.200.0026.20

just ran with stop watch and by feel.  couldn't see my watch until mile 6.  think at 10k I was at 43:50.  ran veyo conservatively but surprisingly as fast as last year-- i am an uphill runner :D.  don't have my splits, i got too much water on my watch that is not water resistant and the screen went blank the last mile and has yet to dry out.   i didn't even talk except once to ask the group beside me if they new if strawberry cliff shots had caffeine-- i couldn't read the small print, my up close vision has been going this past summer---Jenn Hughes was apparently right beside me and said she would read it for me but i had already tossed them aside.  i ran up veyo two to three seconds behind her.  this marathon felt like a TRAINING  run  (TIME FLEW BY) until mile 23 when the 3:05 pacer guy passed me with a herd of people and i had an anxiety attack.   i only wanted 3:07 but he was flying so fast that i thought crap i might not even get my 3:07.  and how did i forget about running with him??  i started in the elite corral and the pacers have to start after that.  i was having an out of body experience even getting to the starting line.  lack of sleep for the past four weeks was showing.  i forgot some of my gus in my bag and only ran taking ONE gu in the race and 5 gu chomps.   the cliff gus on the course all had caffeine so i had nothing else.  HENCE the last two miles of a solid WALL-- 8:30 pace for the last two miles.   I wanted to pull over and end it all.  It hit suddenly but evidently it was lack of fueling.  no leg cramps however thanks to taking three salt tabs.  I had TONS of nerve pain down my spine and both arms and down my back and to my hamstrings-- all nerve-- no muscle pain whatsoever.  AND for the first time NO blisters at SG and NO CHAFING!!!  not even a lost toe nail.  I was surprised how well i felt at mile 19 compared to last year!!!  I came in at 1:34:3x at the half and so that means a 1:33 second half.  Three minutes lost in the last two miles.  Silly me and my lack of preparation.  i don't really like to plan out my fueling.  it has been a bad habit of mine.  jane gave me the salt tabs last night.  i bought gu at the expo but lost two in my bag.   All in all i am pretty happy with my pr considering my training started mid august and my state of mind has been a real downer.  i really did not want to run today so i am just glad it is over.  met master runner speedy woman--- allydia barton who was 5 seconds ahead of me at the finish-- and in the past has run sub3 several times.  very nice.  we met on course when she offered her water bottle to me around mile 11.  she had those special bottles to pick up.  i prefer not to worry about ever having special bottles--- but i would prefer sunglasses at mile 20.  the sun's glare was working on giving me a headache.  I also had a reaction to the new tar they had just poured at mile 24 diagonal street-- the fumes made my heartrate sore and my brain became very fuzzy.  the smell was making me sick.  i saw the mile to go clock at 2:59:xx and had a hard time doing the math that should be real cut and dry.  i couldn't even figure if i had a pr or not--- but now looking at it-- if i could read my watch i would have tried a little harder for a 3:06 :D (especially seeing that 2nd and 3rd in my division were 3:06:43 and 3:07:13-- but unfortunately when i run i have no killer instinct-- i am just happy with a pr) .  I pretty much ran real slow to the finish.  i remember seeing carina pass by me and was like "hi carina" in my head but i don't know if she noticed me or not.  i was so excited to see her and have someone i know be next to me at the finish but never saw her again.  i stayed in the shower for at least 5 minutes.  she chipped me by a lot-- so cool, post baby speedstar!! :D.    next year after getting my health in order i will attempt another pr (3:06???) even though the last two miles today sucked badly that i thought of quitting.  have to make the 10 year club.  WON 100 dollars-- first utah county master :D.    not sore yet so will be interesting to see what tomorrow brings.   drove home at 6 pm with kim and jane.  they rocked sg with 2:57 each.  jane had the flu on monday and iv fluids thursday.  she thought she was dying at mile 11 and nearly passed out on the course-- -NO WATCH!!!   kim was her watch and her guardian angel.  she was badly hurting and never in her running career ever felt that crappy-- her legs cramped up at mile 18.   but still-- 6:30 pace for the last two miles!! :D.  i love it!!  they run 50 miles a week and work out at the gym with spin and are amazing to behold!! :D.   

Night Sleep Time: 3.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 3.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Russ on Sat, Oct 06, 2012 at 23:40:08 from 24.72.195.219

Nice job! Great PR and very smart race. Way to make a wise come back from your injuries.

From Carina on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 07:53:32 from 204.15.86.83

I am so sad that I didn't see you down there, I looked for you in the start line, but barely got in line before the start. I can't believe how well you run with so much adversity to boot!!! You were literally seconds ahead of me the whole race!! I can't believe I didn't see you there at the end, honestly I was just hanging on and had only one thing going through my head, "get to the finish as fast as my body will let me!" I totally understand the mental thing, I was so worried about being physically ready I forgot to train mentally. I was literally at the start line still begging my husband to take me home to my baby!! I hope we can run together more once you've given your body proper time to heal. You are amazing friend, so glad I got to do that one long run with you!!! And you PR'd!! You are the speedstar!!!!!

From josse on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 08:39:12 from 70.196.196.32

I am so happy you got a pr and had a pretty relaxed race. no pressure does a lot for a girl. recover well and get things figured out and you will get that sub-3.

From Jake K on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 09:04:04 from 67.177.11.154

Congrats Julie! I knew you had a PR in you. I know your training wasn't ideal this summer, but I figured if you ran smart you could still do it... and you did! Smart running, negative split, can't beat that! Way to go - super happy for you!!

From Rachelle on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 15:27:10 from 76.8.202.193

Congrats Julie! So exciting that you won the UT county Master. I am very proud of you my friend and from the sounds of it you ran a really smart race. I can't wait to hear more about it on a very slow run here in a couple of weeks. :)

From Tara on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 15:34:39 from 69.171.187.27

Way to go Julie!!! Great report, so different from last year:) Your PR is my exact PR from TOU last year, to the second!

From JulieC on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 16:55:18 from 67.41.188.33

thanks my friends. surprisingly i am the least sore from this marathon than ANY marathon i have ever run. but not going to be tempted to run until a week from tomorrow. easy spin class on tuesday and wednesday (you know acting like you are working out but not really :D) and then elliptical for two days than a nice bike ride saturday morning :D. Thinking about this race-- it was my "cast out Demons" year-- since last year was so sad--- this year i was soo worked up about failing myself that it had to come easy or i wasn't going to make it. it came easy-- as i ran sg this year every place when i thought "life sucked" last year was "washed away" from my memory-- i had hope for a future when properly healed and trained. AND I am not going to forget my fuel at mile 22 to 23. seriously 7 miles without fuel at the end of the marathon?? i am seriously the biggest fool!! I happened to grab at mile 19-- 1/4 banana and 1/4 of the really small protein bars they handed out. Before that it was five chomps at mile 8 and one gu at mile 15. I tried NOT to have anxiety about no fuel for the finish when i looked into my empty pocket. it seemed to work until 3:05 guy!!! i tried to stay with him and i think that is what lost the remainder of my fuel and wall hit fast. But all in all I am quite happy. This is my down year and two years ago was my down year and I ran a 3:18 at SG!! so if i come back and improve like i did the following year sub3 is possible (10 minute improvement to 3:08 last year, so 10 minute improvement next year would be a 2:57--- not going that far but just throwing it out there for my brain to show myself i am capable. it is all about the math!!). Tara-- so happy to share a PR with YOU : D.

From JulieC on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 16:55:59 from 67.41.188.33

i walk down stairs normally. how cool is that?? :D

From NatalieK on Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 22:33:16 from 159.212.71.173

Congrats! On the PR AND being able to walk down the stairs normally! Both are great accomplishments. Sounds like you ran a great race!

From Teena Marie on Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 09:02:40 from 65.130.4.171

I am always baffled by your mental strength. Seriously ... wish you could sell some of that stuff to me in a bottle!!

Congrats on the PR!

You are incredible!!! :)

From Andrea on Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 11:11:01 from 72.37.171.52

Great job Julie!!

From seeaprilrun on Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 13:52:37 from 68.102.158.169

This is great! Typical Julie, rabbit out of the hat, all the time! What an incredible performance on such limited training and all the injuries and snafus you have dealt with! Love it Julie!

From Kelli on Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 17:01:04 from 67.172.235.55

GREAT RACE JULIE!!! I do not have the guts to run without my garmin in a race, I wish I did! I think you can be more in tune with how you feel that way for sure.

I have no doubts you will get a PR next year again!

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 16:56:52 from 69.28.149.29

Congratulations on a PR!

From allie on Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 21:48:00 from 97.117.85.43

julie -- congratulations on a great race and a PR. it's amazing to me the things you can accomplish in spite of a very difficult schedule and the injuries you've had to battle this year. way to go. recover well.

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