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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
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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
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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
Sat, Feb 06, 2010
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11.100.0011.10

got home at just after 7am.  Got in bed at 7:35.  Woke at 12:09.   Yay, 4.5 hours of sleep be it daytime sleep it is more than 3 hours.  And that's with a little sleep aid 1/2 tab of xanax.  So of course I wasn't quite in the mood to run at first and even tried to fall back to sleep.  To no avail.  I decided to get up drink ice cold water to fully awake myself, see my kids, feed them lunch then leave on my run by 1:40pm.  I should just leave when I think of running because the more I wait the more tired I get.  Oh well.  Just told myself to go at 10 min pace and enjoy the fresh air.  It was warm-- 40 degrees I think and was quite pleasant rockin' out to Troy's music on his $30 dollar cheapo player as I killed my iPod on Tuesday's run. Short as that run was my iPod had been taking a beating with my sweaty runs in California and then my runs with this new protector that I could see was locking in the moisture after runs.  Gradually the buttons wouldn't work and then presto no more music, no more lit up screen.  Bummer.  Looked this up on the internet and found a guy who had "ruined" at least 20 iPods from his sweat.  He has a long blog about his frustration there.  Funny.  Mine has lasted 3 years I think. Still bummed.  Figure something 100 dollars should last longer.  Anyway, Troy's music more rockin' then mine so it at least kept me awake for the run.   I grazily ran towards the PG rec thinking of doing some TM miles but the AQ was so nice I just stayed outside and headed up the hills of East PG.  Just mozied along without a care and it felt great.  Each mile I felt more and more alive and not more and more like a zombie arising from the grave.  I felt renewed and reflected on my last run as a 40 year old.  Tomorrow I turn 41.  A Sunday, so no running on my b-day.  A rest day of all things.  What a present.  Did an awesome steep hill loop and breathed in some great pine smells mixed with the melting snow.  So lovely.  Thought my pace would be 9:30 to 10 avg so was glad to see it at 8:51 for 11.1 miles.  Off to work I go. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From josse on Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 20:27:40 from 75.231.224.130

Oh I am sad that we don't get to do a 20 miler on your birthday;) Have a great day off and an awesome birthday:)

From allie on Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 21:50:34 from 98.202.24.36

your run sounds very refreshing! happy birthday tomorrow.

From Smooth on Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 22:43:26 from 174.23.232.65

That's a sweet run! NICE last run as a 40 year old. Hope Troy spoils you big time tomorrow! Sounds like you need a new iPod for your b'day!

From seeaprilrun on Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 08:54:16 from 68.103.250.39

That's an awesome run, complete with reflection and relaxation. Glad it felt good. You are ending/starting a new year right!

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