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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
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Guess who got spinning shoes? The OTHER half of Merri :)

Another good spin class this morning and it was fun to try out the new shoes. I don't know if I've been doing it right all along, but it didn't feel too much different from my regular ol' runners. I've heard it makes a HUGE difference, but I couldn't tell much - today anyway.

The leg feels NO pain again today, so the mile and the pseudo pain hasn't created too much issue I guess. I talked to PT and he said it was just a continuation of the femur 'shin splints' so, I think I may try a few miles tomorrow and see how it goes. If I still have no pain Sunday then I may jump into 3/day next week and test my luck.

After spin I did the stretch mini-class and then 20 min on the ARC. I got 2 phone calls I had to take care of so I couldn't jump right on like I wanted. Oh well. I'm excited for the weekend and to again have an excuse to not be in the yucky weather running - not that stupid machines are anything to shout about, but I do get to wear shorts and a t-shirt!

 

Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Smooth on Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 18:48:27 from 67.2.99.202

Sounds like you had a great spin class with NEW shoes! YAY for new shoes!!! Hope your femur co-operates tomorrow! We have a date at Ogden, don't we?!!!

From RAD on Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 19:12:03 from 98.202.17.113

You better believe we do! I think I'm going to be in charge of Terry as well - or I may just have to 'plug into' him to get a nice charge if I can't make it :)

I WILL do Ogden. Only a SF would stop me, and honestly I think this is 95% better. I'm just worried about finishing without dying. Take a month off and run a marathon - yeah, uh huh, that works...

From Smooth on Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 19:33:41 from 67.2.99.202

Between Terry's PACEmaker, your bionic *machined* legs and my one good knee, we can SURELY finish with flying colors! Have faith, your training have been solid, the last couple weeks of xtraining is going to pay off very nicely! I have confidence that you will do AWESOME!!! NO SF and NO injury for sure! We will have so much FUN!!!! :)

From RAD on Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 20:12:54 from 98.202.17.113

ha! I think we need a name for our gang of 'disabled' runners :) I'm sure Lowell could come up with something...

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