| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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Okay, honestly I'm getting a little peeved with my shins/calves. I have half a mind to make an apt with the PT. I'm still having some good pain going downstairs, but walking is getting better. I think the one mile on Saturday put me back a ways *sigh* Either way, back at the gym today. No running until I can get this pain under control! With OBX coming quickly I don't want to sacrifice that. I know I've got it in me to finish it, I need to run smart now (as much as it's killing me, I'm not to the point I WANT to run again!). Did ab's class and then hit the bike for 60 minutes @ L6 resistance. I did the upright bike and was sweating like a pig the whole time, which felt great :) 15 miles total for the hour. I've been debating between Ogden and UVM for a spring full. I was thinking both, but when I saw they were only 3 weeks apart decided it wasn't worth the money to PAY for a long run. So, I registered for UVM and I'm trying to just be happy about it. I think I'm going to miss not running Ogden, but financially the best a good decision.
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| | I'm actually seeing some marked improvement in the lower leg today! This makes me very happy, I am really getting quite anxious about running again, but I'm trying so hard to be a smart patient runner. If things continue on the same I think Thursday I'll be able to take the legs for a nice spin, and then we'll work upwards from there!! YIPEE!! Went to the gym for another spin :) 60 min on the bike at L6 resistance with 15.5 miles this time around. Then I hit the elliptical for 10 minutes - did 1.0 miles, and I didn't feel any stress on the calf which I was worried about. Stretched for 5 minutes then time was up (I'd spent the first 15 min or so exercising my jaw and voice chatting with Kelli and Wendy). Is anybody running the Halloween Half in Provo this year? I'm finally all signed up and ready to rumble! I want to just run and have a fun time like last year, it really is a fun party....anyone? |
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| | More improvement - I can go down stairs without holding on to the hand rails, it's been quite some time since I've been able to do that. There is still a bit of pain, so I'm holding off on the run until I can get a NO pain day, but I'm seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. I also actually got up early today (something else I haven't done in a while) and went to the gym to get the bike done. 60 min @ L6 - 16 total miles after a short cooldown. Came home got the kids up and fed then went back for boot camp (I need some resistance work!). Didn't do jumping jacks or shuffling across the floor due to worries about pain and making things worse. Good work out either way! Now I'm babysitting and being mom for the rest of the day - too bad injury can't help me take a break from that :)
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| | Another early morning (I need to get used to getting up early again!) on the bike at the gym. Good thing is I'm finally starting to get my bike butt back :) 15 miles in 60 min @ L6 resistance - another good sweat fest. The book I'm reading gets soaked every time. Back again an hour later for yoga. It was really good today, targeted a lot of things I needed worked on! Now to tackle my 'weekend'....
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| | blah, blah, blah...more of the same! Slept in and went to the gym during day care time. 20 minute circuit of weights with my old personal trainer. I was just harassing him as he was sitting around doing nothing and I was ready to get going "C'mon - 20 minute circuit for me! Lets go!" So, he actually did. It was a lot harder than I would've pushed myself - a great workout, short and not so sweet. Afterward when he started his real training group I finished up with some push-ups and biceps, so a total of about 30 minutes weights.
Then hit the bike for 60 minutes. I wanted to push harder and go further than I have any other day this week, so I changed the miles to pace and tried to keep the pace over 16 mph. Same resistance = L6. I ended up with 16.8 miles at the end of the hour and finished up 17 total with a bit of a cool down. Now it's 1 responsible adult vs. 7 children (3 with disabilities and my 4) for the rest of the day...wish me luck!
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| | Why is it when I blog about running each day, it doesn't seem to get old. But, when I blog about having to cross-train everyday I feel like it's just always blah, blah, blah.... Lower leg feels better actually AFTER the workout today than it did before, I'm honestly getting really tired of feeling it and want the pain to just GO AWAY!!! Subconscious self-sabotage this morning: set my alarm for PM not AM. Thank you baby for waking up to eat and getting me out the door. 20 min of elliptical = 1 mile @ L6 resistance Spin class - another good sweat fest, I really prefer to do hills and resistance on the bike than sprints and fast work...kind of opposite of my running :) 40 min of elliptical = 2 mile @ L6 resistance (plan was to do 1 hr before class, because hubby is going rock climbing today; however, the sabotage made me relinquish plans and do it this way. He had to wait an extra 30 minutes for me to get home, but was nice about it).
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