"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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sat, Jun 15, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
13.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.00

Ran the AF Canyon 1/2 Marathon with Kim and Melanie. We were not registered and Jane was nice enough to give us a ride to the top. I was relieved Kim and Melanie are still recovering a little from their marathon and wanted to take it easy and stop for drinks and to stretch. We walked through the water stops and I stretched every time. I was happy my ankle felt good. Thursday it really hurt going down a hill and AF is a lot of downhill. My left butt started feeling tight around mile 10 which pulled on my hamstring. I was worried I might have a problem with it later. 13 miles felt long to me, in that my legs felt very tired the last two miles. I massaged my butt really good at the end as we stood there talking to people. When I got home I stretched and dug into my hamstring, iced my leg and took 800 m of Ibuprofen every 4 hours the rest of that day. I took it for my ankle, but think it actually really helped the hamstring to not flair up. I wish I had started doing that two months ago. I was so encouraged when I only had a tiny bit of hamstring pain later in the day.

Comments

From Burt on Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 21:38:42 from 72.223.88.98

So, people saw you massaging your butt??? Have you no shame?

From julieesplin on Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:28:22 from 75.169.179.136

I have no shame when it comes to running and comfort.

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