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Earn Your Turkey Run

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Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

Nov 10, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

19 Marathons!

2007 St. George Marathon 3:07

2009 Boston Marathon 3:11:17

2009 Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marathon 1:24:48

2009 Top of Utah Marathon 3:03

2009 Halloween 1/2 Marathon 1:22:38

2010 Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marathon 1:23:48

2010 Top of Utah Marathon 3:01:51

2011 Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marathon 1:22:16

2011 St. George Marathon 2:58:19

2012 Provo City Marathon 2:59:24

2012 Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marthon 1:22:08

2012 St. George Marathon 2:54:39

Long-Term Running Goals:

I love to run!  I want to feel good and run for a very long time.

Personal:

My husband Brent and I live in Orem with our three kids ages 12, 10 & 7.  Brent is a Marriage and Family Therapist and I'm at home with the kids.  I used to be a CPA, but now I just do a little bookkeeping from home.  For a lot of years running a marathon was something I did to get back in shape after having a baby.  Just finishing was accomplishment enough, now I want to finish faster.

I ran the St. George Marathon in 3:18 when I was 18 and set a record for my age division 15-18.  Now I train with the girl who broke my record.  I love the marathon and half marathon.   Long runs are what keep me from going crazy.

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Thu, Nov 26, 2009
Race: Earn Your Turkey Run (4 Miles) 00:25:13, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.004.000.006.00

I ran the Thanksgiving Day Earn your Turkey 4 mile run.  My splits were fairly consistant: 6:14, 6:13, 6:30, 6:14.  My third mile is slower than the others every year.  I think this stretch has a very slight uphill grade.  I was pleased my time was 24 sec faster than last year, although I was hoping for more like 40 seconds faster.  I got my turkey and my boys love turkey.

My kids also ran their races and seemed to have a good time.  My 3 year old got a ribbon for 5th place.  As she sat in the car holding it on the way to Grandma's house she asked "Did I win?" and the conversation continuted like this, "You got 5th place, so you were one of the winners" "So did I win?" "Well they have 5 winners and you got a ribbon for being the 5th winner," "So did I win?" "Yes Elsa, you won," "Oh."

Comments
From JulieC on Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 16:39:10 from 71.35.213.136

Congrats on a PR!! Too cute about your daughter. She is a Winner!!

From Nan Kennard on Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 23:18:04 from 174.51.250.151

I love that. I tell my kids they win everything too. No matter if its 1st, 4th, 5th...or 99th place. You win when you complete the race.

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