"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

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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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Sat, Jul 21, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
21.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	21.00

21 miles with Melanie, Kim and Jane. We met at AF High School and ran an out/back route up AF Canyon, first 5.5 miles in the city and next 5 in the canyon. I have never run up AF Canyon before and it was a killer, so uphill for so long. I could tell I might struggle on this run from the very start. I haven't slept near enough this week. Going up the canyon I couldn't keep up with Melanie, Kim and Jane. I ran about 10 sec/mile slower than them for about the last 3.5 miles going up. Average pace at top 7:41. Coming back down was better, but I was still exhausted! At mile 17 I wanted to be done and at mile 20 I felt like I was at the end of a marathon. My legs were seriously more tired than they were at the end of both my other marathons this year. Average pace down 6:33. My average for the whole run was 7:07. We stopped a lot, about 40 minutes worth. It felt like 2 mile marathon pace repeats with standing stops to drink, pee and talk about how bad we felt. We all had something to complain about on this run. When I got home I showered and went straight back to bed with wet hair. Took a 2 hour nap. I need more sleep. I should be able to get that next week at Young Women's Camp right?

Comments

From allie on Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 15:19:18 from 174.23.135.116

nice run, julie. 7:07 average is MOVING for a long run. the nap was well deserved.

have fun at camp. :)

From runningafterbabies on Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 12:17:42 from 71.195.219.247

Great job on the run. It sounded tough! Congrats on a pr and third place finish at Bryce.

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