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Location:

Herriman,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

St George Marathon: 3:23:54 (10/6/12)

Half IM: 5:44:03 (8/25/12 - course was long!)

25K trail - Buffalo Run (16.5) 2:34:50

Half Marathon: American Fork - 1:30:44  6/23/12

Spectrum 10K 43:42   3/17/2012

Best 5K: Spanish Fork 21:55 05/30/09

Short-Term Running Goals:

Okay, so for 2013 I am going to have FUN! Not that running isn't always fun, but I had a wonderful breakthrough year last year and I want to play this year :) AND get faster! So, my first goal I'm going to put out there is my yearly mileage goal.
It is 2,186 miles from my driveway to my sister (QP's) driveway! I want to spend this year on a virtual trek cross country running those miles. So, that is how far I will run in 2013...from my house to QPs. It will take all year and yes, this is measured on Hwys so it isn't really exactly how I COULD run it, but good enough. 43 miles/week...totally doable, and a fun goal to track how far I've traveled as I go along. Who knows...maybe I'll even run PAST her house :)

I will do more trail runs, Boston, Pacing duties, another Half IM and some other tris. I'm excited for this next year and look forward to having fun with all of you out on the roads, and trails! Maybe bag a few peaks this year too!!

Long-Term Running Goals:


Big Dreams: 5K in 20:2X; 10K in 39:XX; Half in 1:29:XX; Full in 3:15:XX; complete the Rim2Rim2Rim run and not die; Comrades; Iron(wo)Man.

Run for the rest of my life!

Personal:

4 children: twelve, eight, five and baby Fartlek - 2 1/2. Wonderful supportive husband that lets me drag him and the family all over for race after race!

Finished 13 marathons and LOVE running that distance! I'm definitely hooked to the marathon monster and hope to constantly improve my endurance, speed and stay injury free!

I've also found a love of trail running! I hope to keep improving on this front.

After being injured with a broken foot at the first of 2012 I found a tri group and started training with them and am now loving tris! The half IM was harder than I'd ever imagined...and am ready to do it again. I'll earn my bike butt and someday have enough time to train for a full IM.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
BIKE MILES Lifetime Miles: 1168.40
LUCY MILES Lifetime Miles: 25.25
Adidas Lifetime Miles: 319.66
Orange II Lifetime Miles: 390.41
Boston Mizuno Lifetime Miles: 568.97
Fargo Nikes Lifetime Miles: 500.03
BEANS Lifetime Miles: 755.00
Orange Bostons Lifetime Miles: 527.59
Solomon Trail Lifetime Miles: 363.98
PI Tri Shoes Lifetime Miles: 4.00
Boston Mizuno 10s Lifetime Miles: 140.75
New Orange Lifetime Miles: 157.05
Total Distance
54.00
Young Purple Miles: 38.00Awesome Elixers Miles: 10.00Pokey Purples Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
15.00

My lovely friend Kelli was kind enough to wrench me out of bed this morning and drag me around on a run :) I love waking up to a text that says "I'm running to your house and I don't run with the phone....are you ready????" Especially when Kelli sent it 7 minutes before I actually saw it and I'm still in bed :) Makes me move VERY quickly! Luckily, she got distracted by taking care of her family and I got a few extra minutes before her speedy legs traveled the 3 miles uphill to my house. 

We had no direction or course or anything planned, just ran. Ended up going West to Kennecott and down to 11800S then to Daybreak for a little loop, stop at the bathrooms then headed home. I also drug her up the hill of despair to the top of 13400S through the closed road so that I didn't have to do that alone :) We separated there and she got the nice next 3 miles to run downhill back home. I just went flat and a little more uphill home. 

It was a lovely morning! Besides the air that you could occasionally taste and take a bite of, it wasn't too bad. I had to stop 3 miles in to shed some layers then creatively attach them to me while I ran. My hat and neck warmer kept my butt nice and warm :)

I'm really sick of this air...seriously, sick. I swear I can't breathe this stuff...I eat it and choke on it! I want to go back to St George! My legs are still super sore and tired, but  it was nice to get out and move them, especially with good company that is willing to go pokey slow with me as I trudge along.

AP: 8:54, 9:46, 9:27, 9:55, 8:27 (ha! downhill!), 8:07, 8:25, 8:11, 8:18, 8:38, 8:45, 9:12, 9:08, 9:03, 9:18, 8:44

Young Purple Miles: 15.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
4.00

I was up all night hacking up a lung. My eyes burn, my throat hurts and I'm coughing like crazy. Ugghhh. I'm done with this craptastic air!! So, I ditched the Newton's 10 mile run and slept in.

Got kids off to school, then headed to the rec center and put Adam (my newly potty trained baby!!! YAY!) in the nursery. Since I want to make sure we don't start with accidents in the day care I decided I needed to check on him every 45ish minutes.

Did spin class and there was SO much standing! My butt is sore. I did ditch out for a couple minutes to take buddy to the bathroom.

After class, I went out to the track. I had 35 minutes to get in 4 miles. So, I kept the pace strong and according to a few lap splits I timed I was running sub 8mm...just by a little :)

Then I jumped on the TM for the last two miles. Went progressive @1% starting at 8:13 and finishing at 9.0mph. AP: 7:55 for the two miles. It was nice to get some speed in despite my legs still feeling sore. I now just want to run more. Stinkin' kids and making them a priority! :)

Awesome Elixers Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
6.00

Is it just me or is it everyone else too? I'm in such a yucky, grumpy moody lately! Seriously. This weather needs to change. I need some clear air, sunshine and warmth!

6 miles at the gym, 2 on the track, 2 @ 7:55 AP on the TM, 21 on the track in less than 16 minutes so that I could get to swim.

Masters swim. First swim since December's 60X100. Drills, and pulling. A good 40 minutes of swimming time. I don't know the total distance.

 

Pokey Purples Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
8.00

The Newtons met at my house for a loop to get out of this inversion. I didn't tell them how much of a fun climb it was going to be, I figured they could find that out for themselves :)

Chad, George and Ronnie and I headed up into Hi Country to do something I've always been to chicken to do. Run to the top. I usually cut back about 2/3rds of the way up and avoid the big hills. Not today. It was time to go UP and enjoy some fresh air.

Oh, was it nice up there! I could breathe! The air was clear and I really enjoyed the run. I did have to power walk a couple times, but Ronnie didn't gain anything on me so I figured I was keeping a good pace :)

Almost to the top, the second car we had encountered the whole run pulled over with their window open. I know lots of people that live up there so I stopped. She asked if I lived up there, "no, but I've been up here a lot and know most of the people that do" She then cautioned me about how BUSY the road was and that even with my head lamp and reflective gear I would get hit. I kind of chuckled to myself and carried on. Busy according to her and what herd of deer?!? :) We did run into one other car on that upper loop while we ran. It was a CRAZY busy day up there on that road.

The way down was wonderful. There are still some good rolling hills and some good climbs, but with 1300ft of gain I'm calling this a good run! Excellent prep for the hills on my first trail 50K in March. I want to do this run again.

AP: 8:52 splits: 9:05, 9:02, 10:06, 11:13, 8:01, 7:52, 7:56, 7:45

Came home and warmed up (it was actually almost warm this morning starting at 19 degrees!!) under my electric blanket. Oh how I love that thing. I got the kids ready for school from my bed :) okay, I just yelled at them to get their stuff done. I didn't want to get out of bed!! I finally got up and out of the house. I noticed that it had started raining a bit (it was dry our whole run!), but it didn't seem bad.

Went to the rec center and did spin. Teacher wasn't my favorite, but it was still a good class with a hard push! Lots of climbing.

Finished off the morning with TRX. Legs were super tired! But, I got through it with Kelli showing me how it was done.

Now I think I'm going to climb back under my blanket and sleep for a few hours. It might keep the grumpies away today.


Young Purple Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Total Distance
6.00

Had to go to the school to watch my 3rd graders report on George Washington and had to be back to the school by 11:00 to pick up a Kindergartner. So, I ended up with a short 60 minute window at the gym. No, I wasn't going to wake up early :)

By the time I got in, day care check in, chatting and ready to run I had 50 minutes left. I knew I could do 6 miles...and I did :)

2 on the track, 2 on the TM (15:55 TT), 1 on the track, 1 on the TM (7:40). I'm pretty sure my track miles were around an 8mm too.

Glad I got a little something in today, but wish I could've done more. Don't we always want a little more?

Awesome Elixers Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
15.00

Run Gr8 started a girls run club and Kelli and I decided we wanted to run enough to at least get our free t-shirt :) The longest loop they offer is 7 miles. On a Saturday? Really?!? Whatever. So, Kelli, Amy and I showed up for the 7 mile loop. It was a good run and a good pace (8:30ish, because I finished 7.3 miles in just over an hour). We signed in to get the credit for our miles and headed out again.

We went uphill first which was nice on the way home. From the store out to Bluffdale. We were probably 100yds or less away from the Wal-Mart building and we couldn't see it! The fog was SO crazy thick. I wore my headlamp, not to see, but BE seen. We tried to stay off major roads too.

I sure felt as we headed home that we'd put in a good effort and had decreased that AP down to an 8:10-8:20...HA! Nope. I guess seeing isn't the only sense that has trouble in the fog. We still kept it at around an 8:30 and had a good finishing push, so I can't be too upset. It just really felt like I was putting in a lot more effort than that.

Afterward Amy treated us to bagels and Kelli's heater in her car kept us warm and happy! A wonderful Saturday morning run. Reminds me of why I run...for the people :)

I'll post splits when I'm not too lazy to go to the computer and plug in the Garmin.

AP:8:40; splits: 9:42 (trying not to kill ourselves waloging, walk/jogging, across the icy bridge), 8:15, 8:50, 8:29, 8:41, 8:36, 8:38, 8:41, 8:46, 8:55, 8:49, 8:40, 8:41, 8:24, 8:01.

Young Purple Miles: 15.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
54.00
Young Purple Miles: 38.00Awesome Elixers Miles: 10.00Pokey Purples Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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