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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
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

Mon, May 04, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

So far no miles. The energizer bunny has actually stopped moving I can barely type this message. I feel drugged. My body has taken a licken and frankly just can't keep on tickin' at the moment. Friday night I worked on pediatrics and took care of three infants that had different "bugs" but the same symptoms (cold/flu like). I had to gown and glove (which I did meticulously) before entering each of their rooms all night long. I was spent after this shift, I could feel the viruses floating in the air, lots of suctioning on the little ones too. Anyway top that off with having run my 15 miler that morning before the shift then returning to level 2 nursery at AFH where a baby started showing the same symptoms that I came on to and the dad walked in with a mask. Great...resistance just being shot at. My own daughter, at the help of grandpa, took her to Artic Circle and let her play on the playset (I don't let my kids do this in outbreak seasons) and her lighter cold has turned into a sess pool of drainage....and coughing. Right now all I feel is INTENSE fatigue like no muscle or tendon wants to move. I think since I didn't get sore from Friday's exhausting run the lactic acid is slowly leaking into my system and tiring me completely out. I rode my bike one mile with my littlest to drop her off at school and was like a drunk.....dizzy and light headed and out of body. So I am done today unless someway naturally I wake the heck up. I probably will call in sick for tonite if nothing changes by ill call time at 1pm. Plan for doing speedwork with Saturdays Five Miler on the Blog.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Smooth on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 13:01:15 from 71.36.87.147

Sorry to hear you're feeling yucky. I hope you get plenty of rest, fluids today. You work and train so hard that it's not fair to have some stupid virus get you sick. Hope the energizer bunny returns tomorrow. Taper good and smart!

From JulieC on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 14:48:31 from 63.230.11.23

Smooth- Feel guilty calling in sick because I am a fighter but realize the fatigue isn't going anywhere. No running today. Apparently since I just have generalized fatigue I don't have to answer a thousand questions one would have to if they had any "swine flu-like" symptoms....like have I been out of the country? Oh the patient I took care of Saturday night (no gowning, masking) grandparents just flew in last week from Mexico....things that make you go hmmmm. I am not myself worried about getting the swine flu but the world is so I have to be, especially at work.

From marion on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 20:30:23 from 71.213.111.242

Darn it! I am SO sorry you are sick! Do you work at Timp? My nephew has been in twice in the last month. 20 months old- Timothy Simonsen. He was there last week Tues-Thurs.

You are SUPER smart to stay home and rest. The only way our body will recover is to take the time off when we feel the NEED. The only thing I like about that exhausted feeling is when you get to lie down and you go out like the dead. The bed feels SO good. The couch with a soft warm blanket feels SO good. Hot tea feels so good. Being sick is CRAPPY, but I have learned to enjoy the few nice things about it, like saying, "I am sick.. go ask Dad!!!", "I am sick, I am going to pick the DVD.", " I Am sick, go get me a treat.", "I am sick.. YOU fix dinner or go get take out!"

this rarely ever happens, but I try to enjoy the down time, so I can get better soon.

You'll be better in no time :)

From JulieC on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 20:49:36 from 70.58.105.140

Thanks gals....I am beginning to feel a smidgin of hope like the exhaustion cloud might lift sometime after a good nights rest. I was pretty hopeless/helpless all day. Your depiction of the good points of being sick gave me a good laugh Marion. "I am sick, you do the dishes. I am sick, go pick up the kids, I am sick, sick sick could you rub my back? Could you just sit there and let me whine at you all day?" My husband is so patient. He definitely gets points in the charitable category.

From JulieC on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 20:50:30 from 70.58.105.140

Ooops Marion, I work at American Fork Hospital and occasionally float to UVRMC, like Friday I worked on Pediatrics there.

From marion on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 20:56:39 from 71.213.111.242

You've got to look at the bright side of being sick, or you'll be so sad :(

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