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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 and sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups, squats, etc.

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8 miles.  I was so stupid.  I planned to meet Melanie at 6:00 a.m. in Lehi and set my alarm for 6:25 instead of 5:25.  I got up, went to the bathroom and even started getting dressed when I looked at the clock all confused and realized what I had done.  I did my 5 x 1200 on the street, way more miserable by myself.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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10 miles up/down Provo Canyon with Melanie, Melody and Emily, avg 6:46 pace.  Warm-up 4 miles to Bridal Veil, tempo down 5 miles to Riverwoods, cool-down 1 mile back to cars.  Tempo miles 6:07, 6:02, 6:08, 6:06, 6:10.  I felt really tired on the third mile then Melanie, Emily and I stopped at the drinking fountain for a minute.  Melody kept going.  I stretched and felt better on the last two.  I think we saw the fast group of men from Lehi coming down on our way up.  They must be really early risers. 

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4 miserable miles.  My back was so tight and everything just felt yucky.  about 7:30 pace. 

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14 miles up/down Provo Canyon with Melanie, Kim, Emily and Melody.  About a mile from Vivian Park, our turn-around spot, we realized we had a sub 7 min pace going UP the canyon! Never done that before.  Stopped to stretch and turn around then quickly realized we were running up with a nice tail wind.  Our first couple of miles back were pretty windy, then it died down.  Avg up 6:58, avg down 6:34 pace, overall avg 6:46 pace.  I've done some out/back 10 milers in the 6:40's but never 14 before.  Felt good, but tired at the end.  Then we iced in the river.  It wasn't too bad.  Emily only lasted with her feet in for about 1 min.  They were bare.  The rest of us stayed in for about 4 min.  The key to icing "comfortably" is wearing socks. 

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