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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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4 miles avg 7:24 pace.  My allergies are awful!  My sinuses keep draining down the back of my throat and are making it sore.  It was so nice when we had those little rain stoms every few days for a while.  I want more rain.

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10 miles.  Met Melanie, Melody, Emily and Rebecca at the BYU track for a workout.  8 x 800 meters with 400 meter recovery.  2:54, 2:54, 2:56, 2:56, 2:56, 2:57, 2:56, 2:57.  Allergies still bothering me.  I doubled up on my one medication and added another so by the end of the day I wasn't feeling quite as bad. 

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10 miles avg 7:10 pace.  I felt tired.  I know I need to do more tempo type training runs, but I just didn't feel like it today. 

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4 miles avg 7:01 pace.  The first almost 3 miles of this run were very pleasant, up/down Provo Canyon, cloudy with a little breeze, not too hot, and not too cold.  Then as I came out of the canyon the wind picked up. 

(I just asked my daughter if she could think of a more fun way to say, "the wind blew really hard."  She changed her tone of voice and put an arm in the air as she said, "the wind blew really hard."  I laughed a little and thanked her for the help.)

Anyway, I must have been a sight making my way up the 800 North hill with dirt filled wind blowing in my eyes, because when I stopped at the light a man in a car asked me if I wanted a ride.  I said I didn't live very far away and was laughing about it more than anything.  Fortunately I made it home when it was just starting to sprinkle and was safely inside when the downpour started. 

Yea for the rain.  I looked at the forecast on Monday when my allergies were so bad and there was no chance of rain ever.  I told my kids to pray for rain and I know at least my 8 year old did.  I of course did too.  My son wrote a poem in school last year in which he said he wished he could control the weather.  I wish I could do that too.

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18 miles avg 6:52 pace.  We started up Provo Canyon at the turn off to Wallsburg.  We ran towards Wallsburs 1 1/2 miles then out and down the canyon to our cars at the Riverwoods Shopping Center.  It looked so nice out,  but was only 33 degrees up the canyon where we started and the hills around Deer Creek seemed bigger to me than they did last fall.  I hope they don't feel that big during the Utah Valley Marathon.

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