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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, Mar 17, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.354.0010.35

SW day.  The joy. Ran to the AF track 2.53 miles at way easy pace of 9:07. Oh great, spectators.  There was a frisbee class going on and some non-commited teenagers on the bleachers and a student teacher just standing at the side of the track watching.  I am not good at running fast in front of people.  It reminds me of those dreams you have when you are naked in public.  I feel very exposed.  I get anxiety from it and feel almost suffocated like but of course I try to have confidence in myself.  I am in shape. I am over forty and I am running intervals on the track none of the spectators  over half my age can run.  They look unfit most likely from too much texting and too many twinkies from the vending machine.  They weren't fat, just their skin and muscles looked hungry for real energy.  Anyway... I am soooo judgmental.  I really wanted to call out to them to come join me but they seemed surprised to see a person work out.  I mean to the general high schooler, what is working out?  Here I go again.  Okay here is my work out.  I shot for below my goal after the first lap.  I was grossed out with a "no way do I want to hit puke zone feeling" that I made an improvised goal I could handle mentally with the public viewing and my lack of motivation for track work.  Ran 1 mile @ 6:25 (5:36 max speed ), 400 meter RI,         2 miles @ 6:42 avg pace(5:31 max speed), 800 meter RI,   1/2 mile @ 6:06 avg pace (5:23 max), 400 meter RI, 1/2 mile @ 6:08 avg pace (5:23 max).   Cooldown miles home 3.25 @ 8:38 avg.   Total mileage 10.35.  Not including some walking I did for the RI.  I am an old lady.  Need my walks sometimes : D.     My goal for the mile was 6:20.  Two miler 6:40.  1/2 miles 6:10.  Odd that I got closer to my goal with each interval.  It takes a bit for my body to "wake up" to the work involved.  

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rye on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 15:48:07 from 75.174.11.160

Nice job...Texting and twinkies, the great american diet.

From Smooth on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 16:42:28 from 174.23.198.220

NICE SW with public viewing. At least you didn't have the embarrassment of having your very own son and his entire football team practicing in the field while you're running in circles on the track. Oh and the drill team marching on the track and the soccer girls doing drill on one end, PE classes...that was in Sept. In the summer, all of the above plus the xcountry team, the cheer leaders, all sorts of youth camps doing exercises. The last couple of weeks I shared it with ONLY one PE class. Track season just started, so the track's gonna be a zoo! Don't even get me started on the "old lady" part. :)

AWESOME work on those repeats! How you run that fast and even exceed your target pace is AMAZING and totally beyond my comprehension!!!! Did you get new shoes?

From JulieC on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 17:39:31 from 71.219.40.201

smooth you are soooo funny, old lady!! : DDD. We do need a longer warm up don't you think? and recoveries at walking pace sooooo welcoming. I could have run them the entire time but why? I figured I've been thru enough to get to this point in my life I am not going to inflict more pain ,,, that's so 30 years ago... NO new shoes just my three years ago still need some more miles on them pair....so cushiony...my joints are so much happier, down with zeroes!!

From melanieb on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 23:53:25 from 75.169.196.92

Good job Speedy! I was waiting for your visit today. JK It was fun seeing you!

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