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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

Thu, Jul 02, 2009

Total Distance

0.00

Yoga and biking to and from the gym.

Okay, I'm letting this cat out of the bag...so to speak. A few hours after the race Saturday I got a deep aching mid-thigh pain that wouldn't go away and that hurts bad enough that I 'limp' on my leg. I searched and searched for what the problem could be and I kept getting thrown back to 'stress fracture' option. Called and went to the PT on Monday and she had an orthopedic doc look at me, he was suspicious enough that he sent me to get an MRI. I was also told to not do any running or impact until they knew the results - thus the goose eggs this week. Never heard from them, but called yesterday and found they'd had the results since Tuesday afternoon and hadn't called (thus my annoyance yesterday!!). Finally heard from him just a few minutes ago....Good and bad news; Good news: no stress fracture, the MRI showed everything including muscle tissue normal (This indicates I'm a hypochondriac and make up pain :) ) Bad news: the doc said that sometimes the pain is referred from other areas of the body, namely in this point the hip. So, he wants me to come in for an x-ray and discussion of such on Monday to check and see if there are any developmental abnormalities in my hip that could be referring pain to the thigh/knee. The reason he's going this direction and not to muscle is that when my PT examined me on Monday she couldn't reproduce the pain with any tests muscular wise. The other explanation he gave me was to consider this a 'freak' overuse pain and to just limit activity until the pain went away, obviously he liked that explanation as much as I did! So....I guess we're waiting now until Monday.

The one good piece of news that I liked was that he told me I could do what I wanted as long as it didn't cause pain. If its only pain I can push through that :) So, I guess I'll be running tonight and tomorrow, the pain usually is just at the beginning and then it goes away (or at least that's how its been before when I've felt the 'twinges' of pain the past few weeks). A lot of rambling, but y'all seemed so interested :)

Night Sleep Time: 8.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Cal on Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 14:27:44 from 66.133.117.3

Just proceed with caution, of course.

I think its a good sign that the pain subsides after you get moving.

From Smooth on Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 14:33:54 from 71.36.78.56

I think that's GOOD NEWS!!! Pain is often a signal to back off. Smart to listen to your body and be on the safe side. You know what to do!!! GOOD LUCK with the hip X-ray. Hope no abnormalities there.

From Bec on Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 16:01:43 from 67.177.35.60

You be careful young lady. I am so happy that it's not a SF. Remember that good Xtraining can really help keep things in balance. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it isn't anything else.

From marion on Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 17:16:35 from 71.219.58.182

As hard as it is to pull back the running, it is really OK too :) You like lots of different activities, so maybe take a rest (ease up) from the running, heal :) Hopefully, there is nothing to really worry about at all :) Hang tough sister :)

From Kelli on Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 19:45:22 from 71.219.89.21

Glad that it is not a stress fracture and hoping the hip is okay. I did wonder why you were not running, but I was hoping it was for a different reason.

From Nancy on Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 20:24:03 from 76.27.11.127

I'm glad they didn't find a stress fracture, but I'm sorry you are having pain. I hope it gets better soon and you can some back to running group.

From leslie peterson on Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 21:50:28 from 76.23.61.78

It sounds like you need a little break! Take it easy and you will right back at it! Glad you are on top of things, you are a smart girl!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 23:54:09 from 71.229.164.25

Oh, we are interested. Thanks for the explanation.

Take it easy.

From allie on Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 11:37:07 from 208.110.151.113

SO glad to hear that it's not a stress fracture. you have been smart to back off this week. i hope you get to feeling better.

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