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Thankful Half Marathon

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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
Race: Thankful Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:07:50
Total Distance
13.20

Lovely morning half marathon! Ran with Jason who has run Wasatch Back Ragnar and LV Ragnar....and nothing between. It was his first half and AT Ragnar Kimberly and I convinced him he was wasting his running gift and that he needed to run a half. This wasn't the best to start with, but now all the rest will seem easy!

The wind was crazy and around Thanksgiving Point the hills aren't always easy, but Jason pulled through in GREAT fashion for only running 9 miles at the most beforehand. He ran the whole way and never walked. He grabbed water and drank at a couple aid stations and had one gu at mile 8, but that was it. Stellar performance! Now, he needs to do more!!! :)

My hubby and kids did the 5K, but results...well, what results? The awards were crazy. The guy couldn't see on his laptop (because we were outside FREEZING!) and he finally just said "here is how this is going to go. If you are here, you won, take a pie." Whatever. I know I didn't win anything, but since they had a bounce house and the kids were happy I froze for the raffle...which ended up not existing anyway. But, we got a Costco HUGE pumpkin pie from leftovers at the 'post race feed' table. Awesome.

Everyone had a good time despite being cold. A wonderful morning for sure!

AP: 9:41 splits: 9:03, 8:50, 8:55, 9:10, 8:57, 9:55 (aid station stop), 9:29, 10:38 (another stop, but slowing and into the wind), 10:02, 10:01, 10:32 (hills and wind - Kimberly and I tried to make a wind block, but he was slowing too), 11:02 (aid station walk and HILL), 9:39 (ahh, wind at the back and finish line ahead!), 8:06 (finishing sprint the last .2 on garmin).

Before and After the race. We stayed in Kimberly's truck before so that we could stay warm as long as possible!

TTT #1 Miles: 13.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Toby on Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 19:12:58 from 199.101.229.6

I really hope you ate all that pie after the race (or one of your other pies you made yesterday)!!! Hooray for a fun COLD morning! You are amazing!

From flatlander on Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 10:54:44 from 76.31.26.153

Good job out there in the cold. It can be just as much fun running with a newer runner as doing it for yourself.

From JulieC on Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 18:03:24 from 71.35.248.135

we were four miles away and cold but apparently not as cold. I wore shorts and my thighs were red but doesn't sound as drastic as your weather. I wonder if it is really just the shock from the early morning warmer weather to suddenly deep freeze again??? and running a heck of a lot longer :D. way to go!! glad you made it to the temple today too!! :D

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