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Pleasant Grove,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 04, 2008

Gender:

Female

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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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Fri, Apr 30, 2010
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lower left back hip pain bad level 8.   i think its my disc crunching down on my nerve.  I can exact the point of intense pain but it radiates every where around the hip and front of thigh is burning and foot is buzzing.  Off to chiro at 1040am.

The Visit:   Quote:  "Uhhhh   your hip is out a mile".   Nice of him to put it in runners' terms : D.  Also he told me the  reason why new shoes put me in distress is that I keep making "them" conform to "me".  When my shoes are probably right but my foot, hip .... etc...is not.  That's why the old shoes feel just right as I "pounded" them into submission : D.  I am not a conformist apparently.   He adjusted me from head to toe focusing on my hip, foot and tibia. Apparently my tibia also is displaced inward.   He wants me to keep running.  He'll call me later and see how things are going.  I need to see him again next week.  He charges only $15.00 and is quite thorough, has a nice office on main st. in Lehi.  And also to do the piriformis stretch on that leg (lay on your back leg crossed over knee, pull knee in to really stretch it), which BTW hurts like no other.  Pain level went to a 5 to 6 but is currently back at an 8.  Got my prescription for relaxant just now and took 1/2 a tab.  I don't want to be knocked out all day.  Will ice and take ibuprofen as well.  

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Comments
From seeaprilrun on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 19:29:35 from 72.205.231.223

Hope you get that hip into submission soon! Well, enjoy the rest while you can!

From JulieC on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 20:40:16 from 71.219.45.70

April, just a moment ago a neighbor stopped me out of Little Caesars Pizza and asked for some running advice and she would like to talk running with me later....suddenly I felt sad,,,,this pain is ridiculous!! It is continuously at a 7 to 8. What to do? I sure hope its not a stress fracture. My whole hip is in agony!!! I don't know how he expects me to keep running...maybe if the endorphins kick in I won't care...as usual.

From Nan on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 23:39:32 from 174.51.250.151

Yeah, my ART guy adjusts my hip and pulls on it quite a bit every visit, but you should probably get some muscle/tendon work done on it too. Surely somewhere there is a tight muscle that is tugging the hip out of place. Call Josse (she does Graston scraping, right?) or if you know of anyone who does ART (Active Release Technique), I highly suggest that too.

From Nan on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 23:40:43 from 174.51.250.151

Chiropractors are good but I would hit it at all angles (massage therapist, ART, maybe even acupuncture?)

From seeaprilrun on Sat, May 01, 2010 at 09:51:38 from 72.205.231.223

Julie have you ever taken neurontin? I wondered since so much of your pain seems nerve-related. I used to take it years ago when I had a pinched nerve in my thigh that burned so much I couldn't sleep. The only problem with it was that it made me almost narcoleptic--I didn't feel sleepy but if I dared sit down for more than a minute I fell asleep! It did, however, work wonders for the pain and after a while I didn't have to take it anymore.

From JulieC on Sat, May 01, 2010 at 14:16:30 from 71.219.45.70

Thanks Nan. I think I will write Josse, my groin/hamstring is quite affected as well. The whole hip is very ANGRY. I definitely to "scrape" something out of it.

April-- neurontin works well took it a few year ago but I too felt like a MAJOR zombie on it and had memory problems as well. Soooo I can't go that route unless I sit at home with nothing to do,,,, yah right : D

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