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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, Dec 07, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
13.750.0013.75

Oh yah, bring it on.  17 degrees and 3-5 inches of snow on the ground for my running pleasure at 6:27am.  Was supposed to leave at 6am but I was enjoying my warm bed  and then I contemplated my day and there just was no way to pass this time up for my run so I dug deep and drug myself out of bed and into THE GEAR.  The same things I have been wearing lately to weather the frozen tundra of Utah dessert.  Anyway, just got out there followed car tracks for a bit and then I enjoyed more making my own footprints in the snow so I stayed on the side walks and ventured up 1100 north on to Canyon road twisted back to 600 west then up Farm rd. to Cedar Hills up and over to the mouth of AF canyon via some awesome hillage and then massive freezing head winds at the mouth of the canyon and then a nice tail wind to brush me through the golf course Cedar Hills trail.  This is the only point in my run I got to run on real ground (until the last .2 miles) as there was quite a bit of snow drifting happening out there in the open.   Couldn't get across 4800 north due to lots of traffic and treacherous conditions for crossing over to the extended trail so I stayed on the Walmart side and took a varied route back to my house extending for additional two miles.  A lot of the run was on the side of the road to sneaker-deep snow to avoid being taken out by some skidding driver.  It made it more snowshoe run like and hopefully strengthening my legs more for the big climb in June.  When I got to near my home there was some cleared areas of road that made me feel like I was on a conveyor belt moving me along at a swift pace as I no longer had to trudge the snow under my feet.  It was a funny feeling.  First mile 9:00.  Last mile 7:36 (don't know how I managed that in the snow but I did :D).  Total mileage 13.75 at 8:37 pace.  Wanted 15 but I got out too late and I couldn't pick up the pace much.  Oh well.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From seeaprilrun on Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 17:44:34 from 205.172.12.229

Ah wondrous winter running! I like it!

From JulieC on Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 17:56:31 from 71.35.218.33

I might have to invent a ski pack I can hoist over my back to use on the downhills. I was a little timid on the downhills didn't want to hurt the spine with a nice fall. But an adventure it was. More to come.

From mike mcclellan on Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 19:25:22 from 75.120.5.88

You are one tough cookie :)And a little rain makes me change my plans.Looks like I need to get tougher!Nice run in those conditions, (Impressive)

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