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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

Mon, Aug 29, 2011

Total Distance

13.00

What do I love about triathalons? You push hard, but aren't horribly sore on Monday! I was ready to hit the road running this morning. Tried a new course on the Herriman trails and it ended up being 9 miles instead of 7 - oops, but my hubby was nice and I was really only about 5 min later than when he needed to leave.

The course was good and I was determined to run the hill of despair (SV halfers know what I'm referring to!) all the way up to 7300W, so I could've cut it short, but my pride got the best of me!

It was a wonderful new route and I loved being able to run on the trails. Only problem is that the down doesn't feel good enough to make up for the bad going up! Weird.

AP: 8:51, splits: 9:05, 8:38, 8:37, 8:42, 8:31, 8:43, 9:24, 9:38, 8:25 - can anyone guess which miles were the hill? I swear, I think it may be a mental thing, but I can NOT beat that hill!! (beating it means under a 9mm pace for me).

After sending kiddos to school I hit the gym, but due to a short couple errand runs on the way there I only had time for one quick mile before FIT. 7:32 mile then I ran into class!

The class was a GREAT one, I really like the new teacher (and her music), I will certainly miss her and the class.

Finished off with 3 quick miles to round out the miles for the day since I had to get home. I set the timer for 24 minutes, then I knew I had to keep it at an 8mm or less. One nice thing about TM's is you can force yourself into a pace! finished them in 23:32 so and AP of 7:51. To be completely honest, it was a lot easier than it probably should've been. I hope this week of training continues on this same path.

On a different note, this Plantar crap is getting annoying. The pain on the side of my foot has gone away, but the heel pain isn't making me happy. Easy to run with once it's warmed up, but I wish it would go away! I'm already rolling on a frozen sprite bottle and frozen golf ball 2-3X per day as well as stretching the foot/calf and doing the 'wadding the towel' or 'pick up marbles with your toes' exercises. Anything anyone else would like to add to my regimen before I pull my hair out? PT appointment is still a couple weeks away and I'd LOVE to cancel it!

Cookie Monsters - Take 2 Miles: 13.00

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

Comments

From Nancy on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 20:14:49 from 76.23.21.118

Nice run. Are you taking some anti inflammatory for your foot? The Dr. gives me relafen and it really works for me.

From Merri on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 23:56:28 from 160.7.252.148

throw some salt over your left shoulder. and pepper over you right shoulder especially if burt is behind you.

From Merri on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 23:56:50 from 160.7.252.148

but it only works on the third Thursday in az.

From Russ on Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:11:16 from 74.114.3.253

Weird - RAD was on the list of lone faithfuls, so I had to fix that. Nice going on the Tri! As for your foot, have you tried soaking it in a 5 gallon bucket of ice water for 15 minutes a day? When I have foot problems, that's my cure. Hurts like #$@# the first 2 minutes, but after that life is good.

From bye-wing on Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 13:22:05 from 124.121.10.137

I'm waiting to see some comments on your new race photo :)

From RAD on Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 15:38:25 from 76.27.16.189

Nancy, I take ibuprofen at night, but not in the day time. Sometimes when I take it that often it gives me an upset stomach.

Merri, yesterday my 4 year old mixed the salt and pepper together in the shakers, he must've known that was the trick. I'll try it before SGM.

Russ, It probably has more to do with the word:comment ratio on my blog not so much the number of comments themselves. If I could figure out how to write a short post I might get more comments :) Thanks for the suggestion. I like that kind of pain! Icing does help a TON, so this may be a good idea. I'll cuss your name while I do it tonight and let you know how it feels in the morning :)

Bye-wing, I guess I'm on the lone-faithfuls list which means no one is going to see and/or comment about my awesome new pic except you :)

From Bec on Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 14:44:22 from 71.199.9.12

Great running miles for a Monday.

Sound like you are being nice to your plantar, that's a good thing. It will start being nice back!

From RAD on Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 18:16:28 from 76.27.16.189

Russ - tried the ice bucket last night - HOLY H#$% that is horrible!! I finally found a way to keep just the heel in and 1/2 the arch just enough that I could still feel my toes and not feel like my foot was being amputated! I kept telling myself - hang in there for 30 seconds and it will get better. I seriously couldn't even do 10!!! However, I think it is the best way to deep ice the heel. I will be torturing myself again tonight - thanks, I think.

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