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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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I am getting SO excited! The pain is nearly gone in my leg! More and more often I stop and wonder when the last time I even felt a small pang. One full day of no pain, then I will run again....oh, I can't wait!!!

I was going to get up early and go to the gym, but I got wondering what I would do during day care time if I got an hour+ of cardio in this morning. I'd usually do body sculpting, but doing p90X is doing a good job of taking care of that, so I slept in and did my cardio during day care time. 

60 minutes on the bike 15.5 miles @ L6 resistance. No cool down time, but it was harder to keep the 16+mph pace today than it was Friday! Makes me feel good that my legs are getting a good workout and a bit fatigued.

30 minutes on the elliptical (ended @ 25 min, baby wasn't happy in nursery) = 2.5 miles @ L10 resistance. I really like this new machine I'm using. It doesn't use arms and you can adjust the angle of the ramp, so I put it on the hardest that uses all muscles and then do my arms in a running motion - it's my faux running fix.

Tonight p90X is plyometrics, I usually love doing these...we'll see how an hour of it treats me. Last night was chest and back and abs, it was a good workout. Not too sore this morning, but I'm more of an endurance girl, so I would do the push-ups on my knees and do them during the minute we had until exhaustion. If I did men's push-ups I'd only get 3 in and have to quit...it's just like running. I don't go fast, but I can go far.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From The Quiet Pirate on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 14:36:05 from 152.26.59.252

You're a work out animal..I'm tired reading about all you've done.

So glad to hear your shins are treating you well and you get to do the "faux" running on the elliptical!

From Toby on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 14:39:59 from 66.133.97.196

Sorry about the fussy day-care baby! I always worry when I bring my kids in if they are happy!

Hooray for less and less pain! You'll be back at it soon enough!

From RAD on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 14:49:51 from 67.172.229.125

QP, with a good book and free day-care time you'd be surprised what you can do :)

Toby, he is usually great and the ladies love him and can usually calm him right down, but he ate early and I got to the gym late (preschool drop off). So, he was just hungry. Three hours goes by pretty quickly some days.

From Brent on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 15:09:44 from 168.178.30.219

Devine, hardcore to bone, good workout, have a nice day, without Jovi.

Stay Kool, B of bS rools out

From RAD on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 15:23:29 from 67.172.229.125

Brent, thanks! You know how it is with us crazy runners...if we're not running it doesn't feel like a workout.

From Toby on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 15:59:14 from 66.133.97.196

That is SO true about runners - if you are not running, IT doesn't feel like a workout! But you are working out hard :)

From Nancy on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 16:36:49 from 76.27.19.206

I'm glad you are able to get such a good workout without running. Cross training is good, but I always feel better when I run.

From catherine on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 17:40:42 from 216.49.181.128

Are you going to post before and after p90x pictures like Burt? Has someone already asked you that?

From Calvin on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 18:05:02 from 66.133.117.3

I'm happy to hear that you'll be running soon.

You're going to be one busy girl with the running, boot camp, P90X... very impressive!

From RivertonPaul on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 18:13:02 from 67.42.27.114

Terrific.

From ryandla on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 18:54:03 from 192.41.84.124

sorry i am a little slow - what was the pain all about? glad to hear you are on the mend though

From Smooth on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 19:03:33 from 67.41.235.104

WOW!!! You're a workout womaniac!!!! GOOD JOB!!!

From allie on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 19:10:44 from 174.23.232.22

nice workouts today! and it looks like there is even more to come with the p90x. wow.

From Bec on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 19:47:36 from 67.172.233.189

Great to hear that the pain is leaving. I hope you have fun with P90 tonight. You will be ripped!

From RAD on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 21:47:07 from 67.172.229.125

Toby - aren't we weird? :)

Nancy, me too!

Catherine, yes...lots of people have asked, and my excuse for NOT doing pictures is that this is my husband doing this and I'm just there to support. Plus, you've gotta be crazy if you think I'm going to take 1/2 naked pictures of myself 4 months after having a baby and put them online! :)

Calvin, we gotta keep moving!

Paul, thanks!

Ryan, shin splints/calf pain. It started before the marathon (if you remember me limping off after a water stop on the run?) and I got them nearly gone before, but they came back with a vengeance, so I'm not running again until I'm at zero pain. I've got another full coming up soon.

Smooth, thanks - I still feel lazy though since I'm not running.

Allie, yeah, we do the p90x at night since my husband like to get up early even less than I do!

Becca, it's going...going...

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