"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, Jul 31, 2010

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

I lay in bed last night thinking about how I wasn't going to be able to run because of this dumb blister. Then I got out of bed and started cutting up old running shoes thinking if I cut a hole out of a shoe so it didn't rub on the blister I just might be able to do it. Was up until 1:45 a.m. My husband was gone doing a work thing from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. and couldn't believe I was still awake when he got home. I don't think we've stayed up that late since before we had kids.

I got a pair of shoes to work good enough that I could do the elyptical. Not good enough to run though. I slept in to 9 a.m. That was some sort of record too. We've arrived at a some new parenting stage. I don't think we've stayed in bed that late since before we had kids either. I went to the Fitness Center and did the elyptical for 1 hour 20 min and read 38 pages of the Book of Mormon. The multi-tasking aspect was nice. There was hardly anyone there and the TV's were off. I would have gone longer, but I ran out of time. The morning goes really fast when you sleep in until 9 a.m.

I'm hoping to run on Tuesday.

Comments

From melanieb on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 19:07:00 from 75.169.203.224

Put lots of glide on and maybe Ktape or some sort of bandaid. Do you want to run Provo Canyon with us Sat. (Half marathon course?)We didn't sign up we are driving up and running marathon pace down. Then adding some on. I would love to have you join us.

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