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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: 4.53 Month: 48.00 Year: 541.12
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
Wed, May 09, 2012
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Bike ride with Troy to the rec center (3 miles).  Elliptical FUN-- 132 avg rpm, started at level 7-- 5 minutes, 8 -- 5 minutes, 9-- 5 minutes, 10-- 20 minutes, 9-- 5 minutes, 8-- 5 minutes.  5 minutes in reverse.  Lower calves feeling the 45 minutes forward.   50 minutes for 3.8 miles. Did both pushing and pulling arms and at times no arms (probably 10 minutes).    I did not do the stair climber as my foot is hurting with walking.  Bike ride home 3 miles.  Legs quite stiff after first time on elliptical that was longer than five minutes.  Proud I stuck it out.  Seriously have never gone longer than five minutes on that thing.  Now I have gone 50.  Shocker.

Back in boot for the day.  Will soak foot later. 

Started Green Smoothie Diet (Green as in "going green", no additives).  Done with processed sugar and refined flour.  Got to happen  : D.  

Feeling that I am having some sort of autoimmune response with the continuted plantar fascitis-- rotating to varying degrees of intensity on my foot and going up my leg at times. My right arm is also affected.  Unexplained swelling of my index finger for 10 days now and my tendons feel numbish up my arm.   I feel the diet will help me.  

Need to pray.  Most important part....besides listening for the answer/s. 

Decided AGAINST frequent ibuprofen.  Not good for stomach or kidneys.   Natural healing with food  and rest and soaks should do the trick. 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Wed, May 09, 2012 at 12:52:15 from 155.100.226.54

Seems like if you can find a way to naturally reduce inflammation, that's probably a good thing.

You need an ellipti-GO! :-)

From JulieC on Wed, May 09, 2012 at 12:55:15 from 70.56.109.42

ellipti GO??? what is that? Jake-- yesterday I resolved to no running for 4 weeks. So make sure you hold me to that!! :D.

From Jake K on Wed, May 09, 2012 at 12:56:28 from 155.100.226.54

It seems like it would be right up your alley- http://www.elliptigo.com/

From JulieC on Wed, May 09, 2012 at 13:05:20 from 70.56.109.42

Wow Jake those are so cool!! I was totally sold until I clicked "add to cart" and saw the price $1,799 for their lowest model. Wish I could just rent one for a few months. I wonder if they ride the way they depict it. Looks like a great work out!!

From Andrea on Wed, May 09, 2012 at 13:33:50 from 72.37.244.100

Hang in there!

From Rachelle on Wed, May 09, 2012 at 15:10:26 from 159.212.71.17

Great cross training Julie. You should definitely use this injury as an excuse to get an ellipti-go. They are so cool!

From Rachelle on Wed, May 09, 2012 at 15:10:47 from 159.212.71.17

And I bet if you bought one you could make your money back quick by renting it out to injured runners. :)

From Smooth on Wed, May 09, 2012 at 19:33:54 from 174.27.212.157

So sorry you are struggling with injuries! You are doing a great job with cross training and using the natural way to facilitate healing. Healing takes time! Hang in there!

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