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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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Today a BIG Happy Birthday goes out to my favorite Pirate...of the quiet variety!

She is old enough to know better, but young enough not to care!

 

 For my workout today I was a slacker. The massage yesterday was torture, sheer torture, but the good kind that I asked for :) Everything is feeling SO much better today; however, I can tell there is some lingering soreness (that tends to happen when someone pushes the crap out of your quads for an hour!), so I didn't want to run on overly stressed legs and make things worse. I did the stair master for 40 minutes during swim lesson time, then afterward I ran into Sara and she had her volleyball...well, I just couldn't resist! A good volley session was in order for another 40 minutes! I forget how much just transitioning back and forth, up and down can really get your HR up and your legs moving. It was really good for my legs to remember they can move in different directions and not just forward.

I finished up with some resistance & strengthening for the hip flexors and PT stuff, then a good stretch and time was up. When I have to take my son back and forth to swim lessons during the workout time goes SO much faster. Oh well, still a good workout.

Now off to finish off some ice cream in honor of my amazing sister's birthday!

Mizuno Inspire -cookie Monster Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 16:31:10 from 198.241.217.15

It sounds like you got a good workout between the stairmaster and volleyball.

And happy birthday to your big sister! I'll head over her way to say it again.

From Carina on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 17:03:39 from 204.15.86.83

Nice workout! It's hard to remember that running isn't the only good workout, there are so many ways to get that cardio in! Happy birthday to your sister!!

From allie on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 23:50:15 from 174.23.197.101

glad the massage helped. happy birthday to the QP!

From Smooth on Thu, May 19, 2011 at 01:07:24 from 67.2.98.119

HAppY BiRtHdAy to QP!!!!

YAY!!! Sounds like a perfect all around workout day and nice massage for the legs. I think you are SO READY for Sat.! Can't wait to see you! :)

From Merri on Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:10:59 from 160.7.252.148

Happy Happy Birthday to the QP! :) good luck on Saturday!!!

From Tom Slick on Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:14:50 from 69.171.160.26

Happy Birthday "TQP". Did anybody offer to give you some birthday spankins'????

From The Quiet Pirate on Thu, May 19, 2011 at 14:03:21 from 152.26.59.252

RAD- You did a great workout for my birthday, and WOW..thanks for that huge photo of me :-)

Thanks to all for the kind wishes. I had a marvelous day & can't wait to see what this year holds for me.

SLICK- yes, in fact I did have someone offer. And I may have even enjoyed it... you know how pirates can be!

From glidergirl on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 09:29:24 from 155.100.9.11

I hope everything goes well tomorrow for you, good luck!! To answer your earlier question I won't be running unfortunately. I just didn't have enough to build up my mileage safely. Can't wait for your report!

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