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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
Wed, Jul 27, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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7 before work, wore my trail shoes again.  AP 7:55.  Ran at 4:35am.  So missing some quality sleep.  But oh WELL.  Must push on.  I thought about staying in bed but I just feel better at work if I run.  I worked 12.5 hours and NEVER was fatigued.  Just TIRED of SAD babies.  Whatever I did to make them happy lasted only a few seconds.  Then the crying would start up again.  Five babies crying pretty much MOST of the day.  Luckily I can tune it out pretty good but feel bad if others can't and think that we aren't doing are job if the babies are crying.  BUT babies cry.  If you meet their needs and they still cry-- IT IS NORMAL.  Studies have been done and babies process things by crying, some cry less some cry more.  I just happened to be taking care of THREE CRIERS and the nurse with me had TWO criers.  So it made for a CRYING party.  : D.  

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From seeaprilrun on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 13:28:49 from 174.70.177.86

Waaaaa. My daughter was a crier. Colicky, I admit. All day and all night for many months. Some people were saying I was spoiling her by holding her and staying up with her all night and bouncing her and rocking her but she turned out just fine. Now she is a well-adjusted, brilliant, beautiful 4-year-old that can read and write remarkably well at her age and sleeps peacefully all night long! It was...exhausting...would be hard to listen to the crying at work...I react to that sound and don't think I could hold 5 babies at once so I would be in trouble!

From Carina on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 13:31:32 from 204.15.86.83

Great job getting the running in! I have a friend neighbor that works in that NICU, I wonder if you know her, Jenny Smoot. You must be very patient. Crying doesn't bug me like it used to, only if I want to be sleeping.

From JulieC on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 13:33:39 from 67.41.190.218

I react too April but there is a point where you just have to tune it out. I swaddled them endlessly, repositioned, held, etc... as much as a I could. Hey april, I had another breakthru run today. I am still in shock. What to think? I am going over to your blog now.

From JulieC on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 13:35:05 from 67.41.190.218

Hi Carina, I didn't read your post until I responded to April. Yes SO LOVE JENNY SMOOT!!! We go WAY back. What an intelligent WITH IT GAL!! I haven't seen her in several weeks. Tell her hello. : D.

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