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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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Another fun day on the bike....okay, it's getting old. Especially because I have to sit and stare out the window at the beautiful weather. At least today I had some company for my misery! A lady on crutches and a regular cast was at the gym. She came over to the hand crank bike, which is next to the spin bike, and we got to chatting about our injuries. Both of us are runners and she was hit with a table while setting up for a Christmas party at the church and broke her fibula clean through. CRAZY! So, we sat and had a nice pity party as we worked out. It was great to chat with someone instead of being alone. She lives out by me, but can't drive and I offered her a ride to the gym if she ever needed one - I'm sensing I've found a good new friend :)

60 minutes on the bike and since I was able to chat I could tell my breathing was pretty similar to an easy run. Makes me feel good that the cardio effort is keeping up there!

Then I did a circuit of 60/60/60 planks, push-ups, 2 min wall sits, band walking. Repeated 3 times. Just enough time to get that done and a little visiting with some friends at the gym too :)

Good news day?!? YES! Yesterday I noticed the SGhalf has a 5K with it. I called to make sure that the 5K would qualify as a runners series race and they said YES! Soooo....if I can get clearance from the doc to walk the 5K in the boot and my hubby can still make work arrangements, then I'm still going!! This was the highlight of my day :)

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Comments
From Steam8 on Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 22:18:02 from 166.70.55.77

When is the SGhalf? I hope you can keep your positive attitude! It is hard when the weather is better. You will feel better when it is snowy and crappy out! :)

From Nancy on Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 09:44:43 from 76.23.21.118

I'm glad you found a friend that has the same injury as you because they really understand what you are going through. I'm glad you can walk the SJ5K.

From Bec on Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 15:23:30 from 68.206.133.141

This is a great blog entry, good news all over it!

I am so happy that you found a friend with a similar circumstance to yours. So cool that STG Half has a 5k as well... Now you get to go there and have a little weekend away, right? Stay healthy and on the mend. I miss you.

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