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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: 16.00 Month: 30.37 Year: 575.19
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, Apr 25, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.800.006.80

1 mile at 7:30am 8:50.   Then, 5.8 miles on the stair master in 50:45 (that seems quick for climbing stairs??) at PG rec at 9:20am.  I started at level 8 x 20 minutes, level 10 x 10 minutes, level 12 x 10 minutes, level 10 - 12 for 11 more minutes.  Still having that reaction (hopefully to the steroid that I am weaning off of and have only two more doses left spread out by 12 hours each). At least with the stairmaster I can hold on to the rails when I feel the dull ache in my back come on.   The reaction is like none other I have had before, like I described Monday.   It starts with pain in the lower back then reflexes to both my tibias (deep aching pain) at the same time and rebounds up my thighs causing me to almost drop to the ground--- but I stop myself before I get there.  It happened on Monday with only two laps around the track (0.3 miles) and Tuesday on my second half mile from my house (I only ran 1 mile).  It returned again just after a half mile that I had to almost stop.  I have no adrenaline.   IT really scares me.  I literally would NOT be able to run EVER again if this continues on like this.  So I am banking on it being a reaction to ADRENAL insufficiency that the steroid I am taking causes (suppresses the adrenal gland).  And I am already very susceptible to adrenal suppressive drugs (history of cushing's) and being only a week post marathon (marathon running suppresses adrenal glands markedly, hence why it is best to take it easy for several weeks post marathon so that adrenal glands can start working again).  Basically taking steroids post marathon was a double whammy to my adrenals.   I expect them to start taking over for themselves in a week after stopping the steroids.   If anyone has been on steroids and hasn't tapered off them they might have had a taste to what adrenal insufficiency feels like.  IT is unbelievable the load the adrenals have to bear for the entire body!!!!   FIGHT OR FLIGHT!!! 

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Comments
From Lily on Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:37:29 from 67.199.178.210

I am scared of adrenals. I've had postpartum panic attacks. I know their power. Get those feet better and all else :)

From JulieC on Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:42:24 from 67.41.189.85

hey Lily, I had the same thing happen to me post baby number three!! I was a basket case panicking and crying a lot.

From Rachelle on Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 16:02:29 from 159.212.71.200

You are an animal for lasting 50+ minutes on the stair master. I am deathly afraid of that device. :)

The bright orange Boston marathon jackets are all over ebay for $50 if you want one. :)

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