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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
6.00

Six a day keeps the aches at bay!

got up just a tad early this morning (yes, 8:15 is early for me lately - I don't know what I'm going to do when the kids go back on track!) and got to the gym in time to do 6 miles before I had to head home for babysitting duty of 6 extra kids...yup, a total of 10 kids V. Me. I don't think the state would approve of this ratio :) Oh well, I'll just duct tape them all to the playground outside. We'll be good.

8:34 didn't seem quite as easy today as it did yesterday, but it may have been that I was trying to talk to Kelli. I've noticed when I try and talk while I run I have to run slower. Oh well, I enjoyed the company for the first 1.5 miles!

She inspired my workout with the BBK recap - mile sprints. But, I didn't do the sprints, just pick-ups. Mile 1 and 2 @8:34; mile 3 @7:53 (mp); mile 4 @8:34; mile 5 @7:53; mile 6 @8:34 with pickups to the finish to top out at 6:40mm. (AP: 8:20)

Jumped off the TM and am now home trying to hide from said kids. I think I'll go do yogaX and try to 'escape' :)

Cookie, Cookie Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 13:46:26 from 24.10.191.18

stellar six! enjoy your yoga escape...

From Kelli on Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 13:46:28 from 71.219.83.151

NICE WORKOUT!!!! Glad I was able to keep you company for a minute, sorry Wendy was in a hurry and we had to jet!

Have fun with all of those kids.

From Rachelle on Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 14:01:44 from 159.212.71.200

Awesome workout! 10 kids? I cannot even handle 1. I seriously have no idea how you do it. I would definitely find a playground with a fence and let them go wild!

From RAD on Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 14:06:59 from 98.202.23.178

Allie, Still need to find myself down there... my nephew just asked "how long does it take you to read your blog?" HA! I told him I have lots of running friends :)

Kelli, You guys will have a great time tomorrow. A little jealous really. I'd love to help crew sometime - I won't even cry about not getting to pace :)

Rachelle, fenced in back yard with a playground and trampoline and a locking back door - heaven! :) No, once you get past a certain point they all just entertain themselves.

From Toby on Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 01:29:46 from 75.82.219.114

Sounds like a Disneyland ride I was just on! Have fun!

From RAD on Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 13:13:00 from 98.202.23.178

Toby, could that be small world? A ton of annoying children and a never ending ride that you can NOT get off of?!? :)

Day turned out well. Finally got down to just my 4 at 4:30PM. 3 boxes of mac and cheese, 14 ring pops, numerous tootsie rolls (used to bribe good behavior), and then bribing MY kids into cleaning up the toys strung all over and things are back to 'normal' :)

From Toby on Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 14:25:11 from 75.82.219.114

THAT is a long ride...good thing we just went on it once! Luckily, we haven't had to wait in super long lines (just for the MAJOR rides). I think DL is what hell is like.....hot, longs lines, trying to keep your children semi-well behaved in the long lines, and its expensive. But the parade last night made up for all the craziness! Hooray for the parade.

From RAD on Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 15:07:07 from 98.202.23.178

HAHAHA!! Oh Toby, you have me laughing hard. We feel the EXACT same way! That is why I prefer to go to places like Moab on vacation. Solitude and kids playing with sticks? perfectly acceptable! :) Oh, and NO long lines and $10 'treats' at every corner for the kids to whine over.

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