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August 2009

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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
194.004.007.000.00205.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

Stayed over night at at a cabin near Strawberry Reservour for our ward's youth conference Friday night.  Got up at 6:00 a.m. to run to run 18 miles.  This run turned out to be much more difficult than I anticipated. 

I ran an out and back, 1 mile down the dirt road to the main road and a very hilly main road by the reservour.  Hills the whole way, not so bad on miles 2-5 and miles 15-17.  Miles 6 to 14 were mile long ups and downs.  The last mile up the dirt road to the cabin I stopped a couple of times to walk several steps.  It wasn't much steeper than all the other hills it was just mile 18. 

At mile 15 1/2 I wished I had turned around after 8 and only gone 16 and going up the dirt road at the end I decided if someone from the ward drove by on their way to the cabin I would hitch a ride, but no one came.  I'll sleep well tonight.  Average pace 7:36 min/mile.  (lots of fluctuation on the ups and downs)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Four mile run in Provo Canyon.  7:16 min/mile pace.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.004.000.0010.00

Ran with Melody and Josse 10 total with a 4 mile temp in the middle.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Trail run part easy, part hard.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

I did my long run today.  No time to go on Saturday because of my brother-in-law's wedding.  Ran 14 miles alone, up and back the Provo River trail then met my brother for 4 more.  I forgot to factor in my stop to stretch and had to book it back down the canyon to meet him when I said I would.  Coming up the Center Street hill at the start of mile 18 I felt like I was hitting a wall and Mark said, "Let's catch this girl."  (Some random girl we don't even know)  I informed him I was in the "just keep running" mode.  14 miles @ 7:22 pace and 4 miles @ 7:11

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles with my brother @ 7:11 pace.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.003.000.0010.00

10 mile run with 3 tempo @ 6:10 pace down Provo Canyon

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 miles easy part trail wtih Melody, Josse, Rebecca and Suzie.  Average around 8 min pace. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.004.000.000.004.00

Ran with Mark 4 miles @ 7:11 pace

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

Ran 18 with Josse up Provo Canyon and back.  My watch battery went out after only 8 miles.  Guessing we went about a 7:45 pace. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 miles with Melody and her friend.  Now I can't remember her name.  I have to really make an effort to remember names.  I guess I didn't make a big enough effort this time.  Iced in the river.  7:49 pace.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

3 on my own and 8 with Josse followed by a nice sit in the river.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 easy miles in the morning with friends.  Just under 8 min pace. 

My 3 year old daughter wanted to hike the "Y."  I told her I would take her when her brothers went back to school.  Well today was the first day of school and she remembered.  We went around noon in the heat.  I thought it would be easier to push her in the running stroller than piggy back her.  It took me 40 min to get up.  My claves were burning and I was exhausted.  We sat at the top throwing pebbles down the "Y."  I threw a real small one and said, "I coudn't even see where it went."  She said, "It went in the water!"  (Utah Lake)  It took 35 min to go down, breaks on the whole way.  Going down with the stroller was more stressful than tiring.  I don't recommend the stroller.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles with Mark at 7:12 pace.  Started feeling sick with a head cold later in the day.  I haven't had enough sleep.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.000.000.000.0020.00

20 miles from my house up Provo Canyon & South Fork Canyon and back.  Slept in and left my house at 7:45 a.m.  Cool on the way up, but hot on the way back.  Average 7:36 pace. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles with Mark @ 7:12 pace.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Ran 10 miles, from my house to Bridal Vale Falls and back.  I pushed my 3 year old daughter in the running stroller so this was really much more of an effort than the pace shows.  Average 7:59 / mile.  Then I did 4 hours of yard work.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Same workout as Tuesday.  10 miles up/down Provo Canyon.  Pushed Elsa in the stroller again.  Average 7:54 / mile. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Went an easy 4 miles later in the day with my daughter in the stroller. Ran into a friend I hadn't seen for 15+ years and walked for about 1/2 mile to talk to her.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.000.000.000.0020.00

Ran 20 miles out and back route up/down Provo Canyon and South Fork. My GPS watch wasn't charged so I ran the same as last week so I would know the distance. 1:16 1/2 min going up for a 7:40/mile average and 1:07 1/2 min coming down for a 6:45/mile average. Felt tired but good. Then I did 4 hours of yard work. I'm tired today (Sunday)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles with Mark.  Today I actually got him to go easy.  7:30 / mile.  I'm still tired from Saturday.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
194.004.007.000.00205.00
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