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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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Met Melody and Marie at Provo Canyon in hopes I would be able to run.  I went a mile with them and quickly realized  my ankle was hurting to bad.  I walked back to my car and went home, stopping at Harmon's on the way.  I realized if I got right on my bike I would still run into them up the canyon.  I rode up the canyon from my house and turned around with them on their way down.  I rode by Marie and Melody as they finished up their last little bit.  So I didn't get much of a workout but at least I got to visit some.

I decided I must need to eat more salt.  Last week my legs and feet started cramping on me again.  I'll be stretching and my foot will cramp, or I'll be laying in bed and my butt will cramp.  It's so frustrating.  I got a good vitamin and multi-mineral supplement with potassium and magnesium that I started taking a few weeks ago, but I realized I eat a very low sodium diet.  Last week I purposefully ate some extra salty French fries on Thursday and again on Friday and felt a lot better for a few days.  Then I went back to eating normal and last night I started cramping again.  I really don't eat anything salty and I don't salt anything.  I purposefully cut back on my salt when my blood pressure was a little higher than normal a few times last fall, and also because my sister is having blood pressure issues and it runs in my family. 

Comments
From runningafterbabies on Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 23:48:35 from 71.195.219.247

I really enjoyed your company today! Thanks for coming back to chat. I really hope that ankle will hurry up and get better.

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