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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, Nov 25, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.201.008.20

so glad I awoke and no back and hamstring pain.  I guess I can't do the planks and pushups and messes with my lumbar spine and I have been battling bilateral hamstring/sciatica.  OUCH.  Could barely walk right at work Friday then on Saturday's run complete rebellion of both hamstrings so jogged a 5k.  The pain persisted til about 4pm yesterday and I awoke without pain.  Legs felt light.  NO pain meds either.  Just hormones...day three progesterone and estradiol both levels seriously low...even lower than menopausal should be.  Anyway we shall see if this helps me.  Kind of feel a little weepy on estrogen.  Okay so I was like this should be a great run...my legs feel light.  Started running and at about 1.5 miles I got shooting pains into my foot.  I was scared. Been there done that last June.  So stopped an walked briefly. Considered walking home but waited for shooting pain to pass then started running again.  No pain..until  0.3 miles later same thing. So walked a little bit.  Tried again....Made it 0.4 miles....shooting pain when on uphill due to slant of heel into hill...lovely. Stopped and removed about 20 stickers from the bottoms of my shoes.  Ha ha.  I must have MENTALLY felt them PHYSICALLY.  Cause sure they did not push through my shoes.  I didn't feel anymore pain (just a weird feeling in my hamstrings coming back, numbish) the remainder of the run but I slowed way down...until last mile...ran 6:43 for fun.  Besides a little bruise like feeling on my heel I felt strong.  I am almost at 500 miles on my Nike Lunar Reds so I am sure there is no more cushioning.  The heels on outer sides on both shoes are worn to the next level...white....not black anymore.  Obviously I heel strike.  Not COOL.  AP 8:10 for 8.2.

Nike Lunar Flyknits RED Miles: 8.20
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From seeaprilrun on Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 19:40:45 from 68.102.189.33

Great run! I think I heelstrike hardcore too. All that footstrike stuff is overrated I think, at this age, we run the way we run, just gotta do our best with it!

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