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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, Feb 21, 2011

Total Distance

7.50

Well, the gym shopping has begun. I'm on a week trial membership at Lifetime and it is a nice gym, but it's a good 20 minute drive from my house. I was kind of bummed today, because I looked at classes and wanted to do a 7 mile run for one hour and then the class for the other hour, but the sales guy had to show me everything and so I only got 1hr 15 min to work out by the time it was all said and done with.

So, I started on the TM and wow, are they nice - very cushy compared to what I'm used to. Plus, the 8:34 pace I started with felt like a breeze! I'm hoping that part was me and not the TM :) Just 1.25 mile into the run I hear my name on the loudspeaker to go to day care *sigh* maybe this isn't worth the drive after all. Well, it was only a dirty diaper and then I could go back to finish my 2 hours. So, I was able to get another 6.25 in the next 50 min and then I had a few minutes for some resistance stuff before picking up kids.

The run felt great today, which is really nice after a high mileage week. AP: 8:20 for the 6.25 and mile 5 was 8:10 and mile 6 was 7:30 and the last .25 was at 6:58. It's crazy, but that 7:30 mile actually didn't feel all that hard. Not easy, but more comfortably hard than I would've expected it to be. Nice to FEEL improvement! Now, let's just hope Riverton Paul doesn't get on here and tell me how poorly the TM's are calibrated!

Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 7.50

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

Comments

From Brent on Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 15:26:52 from 168.178.30.219

Jim shopping hey without the Jimmer, good run on the TM, every Milly seems a little different, makes the world go round, when is your easy week? Question, do have a half marathon tune up race before Ogden? Why not race Ogden? Go out at an 8 min mile and hold it as long as possilbe, you can always back off if needed. I think you will surprise yourself.

Stay kool, bofbsroolsout

From RAD on Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 15:33:14 from 67.172.229.125

Brent...easy week? We're supposed to have one of those? I want to race SLC 1/2 in April, but depending on hubby's schedule we may be down in SG (I need to do either spectrum 10K in March or Hurricane 1/2 in April to finish runners series). I've thought about racing Ogden, but doing the slam I'm worried about UVM just 3 weeks later. I guess I figure if I race UVM and use Ogden as a long run I'll be okay soreness wise, but if I race Ogden and have to recover and then run again in 3 weeks it might just be horrible at the end. I don't know, maybe I'll have to wait and see how I'm feeling.

From The Quiet Pirate on Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 16:23:23 from 152.26.59.252

RAD- I think Ogden is doable as long as you don't race it & use it for a training run. You're the only one who will know if you can let yourself not race or not.

From Merri on Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 17:28:25 from 160.7.252.148

ahhh gym shopping not fun. sorry your other gym closed. jerks I tell ya! :) good job on your miles.

From allie on Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 18:50:12 from 174.23.192.205

your new pic is great! best of luck with the gym shopping. you are always welcome to come run in my workout closet.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 00:14:18 from 71.229.134.155

It sounds like you're in great shape.

From Kelli on Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 00:19:36 from 71.219.69.52

I LOBE that gym, too, but it so far and so HUGE and impersonal, ya know? Enjoy your week there, get in some good classes!

I will so miss our nice little gym and everybody knowing everybody's name just like Cheers! I am joining the Rec Center, but I am not happy about it! AND I know it is going to be ridiculously crowded for a bit, until all of those "other" people figure out they really do not want to work out. And the daycare is going to KILL me! I am working out babysitting deals with my sister for a few days a week because I can not afford $4 a day every day!!!

Nice job on the TM. You are just in great shape and i am pretty convinced the TM at BodyWorks are poorly calibrated and we were always running faster and harder than they said!

From glidergirl on Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 02:16:21 from 155.100.9.11

I'm with Allie, your new pic is so cute! Great job on your workout, despite the diaper duty! PS Awesome job on 53 last week!!

From RivertonPaul on Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:34:26 from 67.42.27.114

Sorry about the sales rep. And, my experience has been that the treadmills are calibrated quite well.

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