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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
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Nike Lunar Flyknits RED Lifetime Miles:						893.47
Nike Lunar Flyknits MULTI GREY Lifetime Miles:						369.20
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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
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Tue, Oct 08, 2013

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Wow. Hit bottom post marathon depression. Feeling a bit better. Feeling sorry for nit being the best i could be for my friends. But since i am pulling out of it i am determined to enjoy my time off and get back to training n november. I look forward to training with april via blog. Her goal more lofty at boston.subthree...i am just going for a pr. I think i can do it. I feel btr on new ground. And flat courses suit me better than sg. It will be a fun journey.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From allie on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 22:33:36 from 97.117.87.43

i am glad you are feeling better. a lot of up and down emotions come with the marathon -- before, during, and after. it takes a lot out of you, and more than just physically.

enjoy the downtime and then the journey to boston. go get that PR.

From Christie on Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 07:06:05 from 74.213.202.246

I am finally snapping out of this same thing. November is just right around the corner... enjoy these few weeks:)

This article is triathlon specific but a good read about 'off' time.

http://elizabethfedofsky.blogspot.com/2012/10/taking-break.html

From JulieC on Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 08:49:44 from 63.224.113.36

LOVED that ARTICLE Christie!! thanks. Last year I had plans to do what I am doing now and DIDN'T!! I let myself take off too fast and got injured by November and limped and got unhealthy for a whole year. I knew intuitively that I should have but I fell in all the categories she put in that article. But this year I am ready to be smarter, I crave it and KNOW without a doubt I should have followed my instincts for down time and time for hormones to normalize and for me to sleep better. Last night was the first night I slept 8 hours straight without waking!! I hope you do the same. Your routine is so rigorous. I was stupid and trained through an injury and got sick and barely made it to my marathon--- a cast in August, four steroid injections since March. One in my back as well. I felt ill. It was truly unbelievably awful. Not to mention the depression. Hard to get out of bed and go to work and every run feeling forced. I am so glad to be NOT training right now. I am going to work on my other interests that I have put aside...ART and Piano and hanging with my family and caring for others more.

From allie on Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 08:54:47 from 161.38.221.168

i agree, great article. thanks for sharing.

From Rachelle on Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 09:30:44 from 159.212.71.25

Hang in there Julie. Post marathon blues are the worst but the good thing is that you are getting on top of your health and feeling better. I absolutely think you are ready to PR at Boston 2014! :)

Thanks for the article link Christie.

From Carina on Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 10:00:20 from 204.15.86.83

I always get PMD (post marathon depression) You are being smart. Listen to your body. And you are great :)

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