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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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Thu, Mar 04, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.923.0010.92

When can I squeeze in SW with all this running?  I hate hate hate, did  I mention I hate SW, especially on the track.  So I faced my demon by jogging, literally to the AF High School track.  No one on it until an older bigger lady began to walk.  She became my cheerleader on the final one.  Ran there with some warmup laps to equal 3 miles at the turtle speed of 9:28 avg pace.  Yup not at all in the mood.  I have my ankle aced wrapped and still it burns.  Blah, blah.  So I have an achilles heal.  A weak spot.  And I am determined to fight it.  But April you are right I should go sooner than later to get a new pair.  I will.  I will.  Today was 6 by 800 meters.  Basically I set my garmin to 6 intervals at 1/2 mile.  I was not up for ONLY a 1:30 rest so I put  it at 3 minutes recovery running.  I was so lame and didn't want to be near puke zone that I got quite the slow start.  Eventually I neared max VO2 but not to it.  I was holding back.  I did NOT want to enter puke zone.  I wanted the laid back zone and I am happy to report that all of them felt rather NON-pushed.  Ooops.  Well hey my ankle remember?  I was babying it and switching directions every one and running on the outside lanes to avoid too much edging.  Here are my not so wonderful splits for my 1/2 mile repeats:  6:35, 6:17, 6:22, 6:18, 6:17, 6:12.    The last one felt real easy.  See how mental the track is to me?  I knew it was over so I could relax already.  Avg for the last 5 repeats = 6:17.  If first one included avg = 6:20.  I will scratch the first like they do in olympic scoring.  Basically,   I have no race guts except in endurance runs.  I am so wimpy.  Why would anyone want to be in puke zone?  Avg pace for last 7.77 miles = 7:46 (SW plus rest intervals plus cooldown)  

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Smooth on Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 18:16:35 from 174.23.198.220

Glad I'm not the only one who hates the track! I know it's all in my head.

Look how perfectly your ran your 1/2 mile repeats...and SO STINKIN' SPEEDY. I always go out WAY too fast on my first set, and die by 3rd or 4th interval. You run you SW SO SMART, SO IMPRESSIVE!

From AmberG on Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 20:44:22 from 64.255.88.27

Really nice speed for a 'not feelin' it day'!!!! I love your dialogue, and all the mental thoughts you have! It is SOOOO a mental game, and our bodies just do what we tell it to! Way to push through and do your SW with a nice speedy pace!!!

From seeaprilrun on Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 16:53:39 from 68.103.242.46

Your 1/2 intervals are speedy! If you can do those speeds without puke zoning then you are in business! Great job! The track completely ruins me mentally--you are brave to do SW on it!

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