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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: 12.80 Month: 4.57 Year: 549.39
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
Tue, Aug 16, 2011
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So.....I awoke this morning at 6:36am  after a scenic drive to our remote camping area in Heber (yesterday afternoon), nice campfire dinner with roasted marshmallows (too many to count) to start my first day of ALITITUDE training.  Oh yah baby!!!  it was 94 degrees in PG but 69 degrees when we got there at 3:45 pm yesterday.  Well I was a BIT off on the elevation--  I just downloaded my garmin and I was camping at 9510 FT !!!  YUP UP THERE.    So I go the way grandpa (father in law) said to go and where Troy and I briefly 4 wheeled yesterday and I ran until 5.5 miles.  HELLLLO !! It is like I have altitude reserve training for just 5 miles because turning around and running back UP and DOWN was like sucking through a straw.  I stopped for a total of 2 min 9 seconds.  Once for pottying once for "holy moly give me some relief here" moment.  I sure could have used my water belt.  I keep forgetting to plan for water.  I just run without.  Oh yah there is only DIRT and ROCKS to run on. I ran without music and put my garmin in "hide" mode except for mile splits.  I am telling you this was an intense run!!  Ending on a  1 mile steep incline at 9500 feet is intense.  Total elevation gain on run 1298 ft.  Elevation start 9343 ft.  Highest elevation 9893 ft.  Tomorrow I run shorter but HIGHER.  AP for 11 miles = 9:20.  Nothing too fast, no heart attacks out in the wilderness alone.  SO VERY BEAUTIFUL.  I was envisoning myself running the Wasatch Back 100.  At least then I would have water/fuel and a few friends along the way.    btw-- I awoke again with a sore throat. OUCH.  But I ran through it.  I think it is allergies-- all the smoke from the campfire not helping.  Even my left ear feels full of fluid.  FINISHED THIS DAY OFF WITH a FOUR HOUR 4-wheeler ADVENTURE ride with my daughter Courtney on the back and Amber with Grandpa and Brooke with Troy.  OH MY quite the bumpy ride in parts.  MY THUMB GOT A GREAT WORKOUT holding down the gas!!   4 HOURS!!! 

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