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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
Total Distance
47.35
Fargo Nikes Miles: 33.35Boston Mizuno Miles: 14.00
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Forgot about Kindergarten Parent's day this morning. Was going to make up that hike, but then I had to ditch...crap. I really want to go hiking :( Nothing. But, with sore quads can't complain too much. Stairs STILL hurt!

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Total Distance
7.15

Ran a nice little 7 mile loop with the tapering Newtons. It was a nice 4 mile uphill and 3 mile downhill course. I was impressed with how well my legs ran...AND that my hammy didn't bother me. YAY!

Chad and Curtis pulled out on the downhill and my quads weren't quite ready to PUSH downhill, so George and I hung back and discussed Ogden strategies. 

Felt cheated that I found out later it was Chad's birthday! Should've brought donuts :( Must remember this next year! I'll make it up to him next week...after Ogden. We will have lots to celebrate then. 

AP:  8:05 splits: 9:00 (a little rusty start), 8:29, 8:17, 8:35 (for those hills that I hate I'm impressed! Didn't seem too horrible!), 7:33, 7:29, 7:18, 7:16 (last .15)

Went to the gym and did spin bike for an hour while I read, read and read some more :) almost done, but biking is the only time I read. Then I took Adam to his Tuesday swim class that he loves, but had to miss for music for the past year. He was VERY excited and I had a great time hanging out with the little guy :)

Becca and I met Smooth for lunch which was another treat! I'm really going to miss that lady. Three years better go quickly!

Fargo Nikes Miles: 7.15
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6.00

Didn't want to go to the gym. Didn't want to run. I wanted to sit in a corner and cry. Lots going on in life right now and my brain isn't coping well. Honestly, it hasn't been right since Boston. Not just because of Boston, but a gazillion other personal things too.

Thankfully, when I walked in I saw Amy. We both really needed each other today! I decided to run just one mile on the track with her to get myself moving and stop the pity party.  A nice slow warm-up mile, then we went to the TM.

I had to still start out slow, because I'm not even kidding that my quads are still tender! So, I started at 6.7mph and just went up from there. Amy left for a quick bathroom break and I decided to do a little extra speed while she was gone. I got up to 10.2mph for just a tenth of a mile, felt good! :) I then went down to 7.2 mph and then did the last mile progressive and finished off with that fast push at 10.2 again. I like it when legs start coming back to life!

5 miles @ 1% TT: 42:00 AP: 8:24 - not too bad for starting as slow as I did for a couple miles.

We then walked a couple cool down laps around the track and I got to vent a bit. I'm telling you... it was really nice to have a friend to lean on this morning. A lot better than sitting in a corner and crying for a couple hours :)

I finished up with some stretching and strengthening stuff (for the hammy to keep it happy, still no big issues with it again!). Then went and ran errands before Kindergarten got out.

Finally getting blog all caught up! Whew! I miss you guys....

Boston Mizuno Miles: 6.00
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8.00

Picked up Becca and met the Newtons (okay, just Chad...everyone else dodged out!) at Daybreak lake to run a loop. With them on taper, it is easy week!

3 miles around the lake in 8:08 pace. I took a 'short-cut' one way and so that forced Becca and Chad to do some speed work to catch up to me. Bad Idea! Those legs didn't want to slow down after that. a 7:41 finishing mile proves that it was a bad idea :) 

then 5 more with Becca wandering around the Daybreak area. We got tired of the bugs at the lake so we went by the temple. Beautiful views! Then back at the car Becca took off to run back to her brother's house, but I had to get home for kiddos. So, I dodged the last 2 miles of our 10 miler. I'll regret it later today when I've been sitting in a car for 8+ hours on our way to Fargo...yes, that will only take us half way. Sigh.

Fun weekend ahead!!! Long drive, but with good company, then a fun Saturday hanging out with peeps in Fargo. Not sure pacing the 4:20 crowd is going to be easy for me...4:10 at SLC after Boston was hard to slow down. 9:55 pace means walking through water stops :)

AP: 8:20 splits: 8:31, 8:14, 7:41, 8:44, 8:18, 8:43, 8:14.

Boston Mizuno Miles: 8.00
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6AM leave time from Cowley, WY for a 10 hour drive to Fargo....

Not as bad as anticipated :)

Expo and dorms all wonderful! Found the best shirt:

"I've been to Fargo...really!"

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Race: Fargo Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:19:51
Total Distance
26.20

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE sleeping right outside the start of the marathon. With an 8:15 start time, it was a wonderful morning to sleep in! Met 30 min early to line up as pacers and get our crowd ready to run. It was supposed to rain all day off and on and not get more than 70...HA!

Had a good crowd to start with and a few newbies in the crowd. Had a moment of silence, Prayer, Canadian National Anthem, US National Anthem and then we were off!

Flat, flat and a little more flat...Stuff my body isn't used to, but I was pacing 4:20 so nothing is really a big deal for me at that pace now. Anyway, we chatted and picked up more groupies, had a good time, got the crowd involved and just enjoyed the miles. The runners loved it when I told them that this was a 20 mile warm-up for our 10K race. I had a few of them laughing multiple times with my crazy antics!

They had great bands along the way (some in garages in the neighborhoods) and the crowd support was really fun too! A great marathon if you're ever in the area. I'd recommend it hands down. The shirts was great the medal was nice and the organization was good as well. There was a few stretches down these beautiful tree lined streets...a beautiful tunnel of trees!! It was breathtaking. I guess it was the best scenery in Fargo :)

I did get tired of the turning and the out and backs...I swear nearly every mile after 8 there were people headed back towards you. I got tired of it. I loved it at first, but the flat flat flat and having to wonder where the turn around ahead was and to have to see all the people in front of you...man alive, it just got to me after a while.

Then around mile 10 the sun came out...and stayed out. It got HOT and HUMID! Two things I am NOT used to! I'd decided to ditch my undershirt and just do the thin tank and I was SO glad I had. What I wasn't so happy about was that I had neglected sun screen...still paying for that one. Anyway, people had hoses and ice out for us and it was SO nice. Man, it was hot. I'd drench myself to cool off, but it never dried...darn humidity! I kept drinking because I was hot and thirsty and that was a mistake I paid for as well. The pace was fine for me because it was a lot slower than I'm used to, so I was able to still keep up and pace people along, but man alive...I was getting drained! Just exhausted. Not sore or anything, no cramping, I just was fatigued.

I lost and picked up some of the crowd here and there, but I was unhappy to see Lindsay (Rachelle's friend) drop off around 17...then my crazy companion (that did a side of the road pee stop) drop at around 21...then her friend we'd caught up to a few miles before fell at mile 22ish over a cone! Road rash on her shoulder :( I helped her up and got her brushed off and she went over to a hose to wash off. I'd now lost them all. Then, Becca was coming back on one of those out and backs with Rachelle! YAY!

First thing I did was hand Becca the sign. I was SO sick of that thing. After I handed it to her people kept commenting on the awesome pacer (spectators) I decided I needed my sign back :) So, just before mile 25 I took it back. I was really struggling. SO hot at this point and with the late start it was after noon and between the heat and humidity and miles I was spent. I was really happy to have Becca there to help me keep pace so that I could encourage people I passed and that were walking! I let her do the numbers (just keep running at a steady pace I could follow) and then tried to encourage anyone I passed.

Just before mile 26 as we turned in front of the Fargo Dome my stomach seized. Maybe it was seeing the grim reaper with the sign "The End Is Near"? I threw up. I didn't feel sick, my body just had too much liquid. I started running again...I felt it come on again. I saw a sewer grate in the gutter. I made it there and threw up a nice generous quantity of liquid :) Then, jumped back on course and finished. Just in time! Pacer Jim likes a perfect finish for a full at 30 seconds under pace, so I was a little 'slow' but acceptable times are anywhere a minute under time. Anything over time is death for a full pacer :) So, despite chucking my guts, I still had a pretty perfect pacing day. Oh, and I hate flat and humidity...yup, that is what I learned. But, I'd do this one again!

I had perfect splits on the mats through the race and my crazy runner came up to me and gave me a big kiss on the cheek and thanked me for 22 miles! She was only 4 or so minutes behind me, but that heat and humidity killed a lot of goal times. I also got to watch the girl that had fallen finish and Lindsay - who ended up with a 25+ minute PR! YAY! What a great pacing day.

Walked back across the street, got out of my soaking wet clothes...I could still wring out my shorts!...and laid on my bed. No one to answer to. No where to go. I could just sit and do whatever I wanted :) That was kind of nice after a marathon too! No family or anything, just me and my bed and a shower when I was finally ready.

Finished off the night with dinner at Rhombus Guys with Rachelle and Becca. A GREAT place I would certainly go back to again if I'm in Fargo! Then went to the HUB for the "Mile 27 party" a concert with Pop Rocks (a cover band) and Firehouse. Oh, what fun Becca and I had dancing and making fools of ourselves. If you want to stick out in a crowd, go to the bar at a club and order water....

Cindy that roomed with Rachelle, Becca and I was a wonderful lady that has a daughter that lives here in SLC. I think we shall be running soon, and seeing Cindy again soon as well! I really just had a great time and met some wonderful people. Totally worth the 2 day drive to get there and the humid flat race I endured!

Back to the dorms to pack up and sleep a few hours before driving again....

Fargo Nikes Miles: 26.20
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Total Distance
47.35
Fargo Nikes Miles: 33.35Boston Mizuno Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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