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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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Wed, Mar 10, 2010
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11.353.0014.35

I got this crazy notion to glance at my training schedule I sometimes try to follow.  6 x 400 meters with 1:30 rest and repeat.  2:30 rest interval between sets.  Well....I got a crazier notion to go out and run it.  At first I was going to take my long route to the American Fork High School track but began to add even more on passing by the old Albertsons in AF and going up 4th east to 700 north passing the baseball park.  As I passed it I got the notion to run my 400 meters on that straight-away road there.  So I ran into the park about .35 miles and peeled off my water bottle pack and ate a half a gu.  I was going to need it.  The headwind on the bend into the park was atrocious.  That meant however I would get a bit of a tailwind at the start of my first 400.  That was fine with me as I was in no mood to run these.  The rest, with the exception of two repeats (I needed to get back to my water) I ran on the straight-away where there was really not much wind in either direction due to tree cover.  The second one into the wind back to my water I basically gave up and walked the last few feet.  It was ridiculous, Mount Everest-like.  Anyway here I go with my splits: 86, 87, 104 (there's that headwind, do I really need water?), 89, 94 (180 degree turn around), 93, rest for 3 minutes, 91, 90, 110 (should have put my water at the bridge, this headwind was UNbelievable. I just HAD TO walk near the end), 90, 93 (180 degree turn around), 91.  Warmup was 4.63 miles at 8:47 pace.  Cooldown was 4.7 miles at 8:21 pace.  I am about to take a warm shower.  Healthily eat a lot.  Work two nights in a row.  And take another rest day.  The achilles is mad at me again.  

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Comments
From Nan Kennard on Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 15:38:49 from 174.51.250.151

Sounds INTENSE. I really dislike headwind, especially when you're trying to do 6 min pace. Way to push through it! Take care of that achilles!

From JulieC on Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 16:39:08 from 71.219.40.78

Nan- the funny part was that just when I started that second one into the wind my iPod played Christopher Cross's song "Ride Like the Wind". It gave me no incentive whatsoever. I also never had the feeling I should disrobe anything--I had on a turtleneck a long sleeve nylon shirt and a long sweatshirt with my black tights with a black headband and gloves to boot. I still came home with a stripe of red on my belly. Without the wind it wasn't that cold. BTW is 400 meters or 1/4 mile longer? I ran 1/4 mile repeats. I was just wondering if I should have run these on the track for a smoother surface and a known finish and starting point. Still would have had a fierce headwind in the mighty open air there at the track. Happy crosstraining. I should join you.

From JulieC on Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 16:42:07 from 71.219.40.78

nevermind I just looked it up. that was easy enough. 400 meters = .2485 miles. So I guess I ran a few feet more with 1/4 mile repeats. No big difference however.

From seeaprilrun on Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 08:24:00 from 68.103.242.46

Killer workout and headwinds are MEAN! They suck the life out of me. Sweet pace on the repeats! Wish that achilles would just chill out! Do you have different shoes yet?

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