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Location:

UT,

Member Since:

Oct 14, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

85 marathons, 5 times Utah Grand Slam finisher (division winner twice).

7 Bostons (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016).

Two 50Ks, one 50 miler (Pony Express).

A handful of AG wins in all distance races.

Marathon PR: 3:57:09 (Boston'08)

Half Marathon PR: 1:48:41 (Bryce Canyon '11)

10K PR: 47:50 (Spectrum 10K '09)

5K PR: 22:31 (Nestle 5K '08)
 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2017 Races:

June 10 - Utah Valley Marathon (5:13:43)

June 24 - Morgan Valley Marathon (5:49:01)

July 8 - Hobbler Half (2:19:37, 2nd AG)

July 24 - Temple to Temple 5K (27:43)

July 29 - Timp Half (2:08:01, 3rd AG)

Aug 26 - Mt. Nebo Marathon (5:16:16, 3rd AG)

Sep 16 - Huntsville Marathon (4:48:53)

Oct 7 - St. Geroge Marathon (4:57:11)

Nov 4 - Canyon City Marathon (5:30:07)

2018 Races:

Jan 13 - St. George Half (2:19:45, 3rd AG)

Mar 3 - The Woodlands Marathon (5:01:35)

Apr 6-7 - Ragnar So. California

June 1-2 - Ragnar Wasatch Back

June 9 - Utah Valley Marathon (5:19:22)

June 30 - Morgan Valley Half

Sep 1 - Pocatello Marathon (6:00:43)

Sep 15 - Huntsville Marathon (5:37:08)

Oct 6 - St. George Marathon (5:25:43)

Oct 20 - SoJo Marathon (5:29:23)

2019 Races:

June 1 - Utah Valley Marathon (5:44:24)

June 22 - Morgan Valley Marathon (6:15:13)

Aug 31 - Pocatello Marathon (5:38:47)

Sep 14 - Big Cottonwood Marathon (6:03:51)

Oct 5 - St. George Marathon (5:57:46)

Oct 12 - SoJo Marathon (5:55:45)

2020 Races:

Jan 18 - St. George Half (2:38:28)

Feb 15 - Sun Marathon (5:51:54)

May 5 - Conquer Covid-19 Virtual Marathon (5:49:07)

May 16 - Clear Creek Canyon Half Marathon (2:32:15)

May 25 - Utah Valley Virtual Marathon (5:33:110

June 9 - Independence Run Virtual Marathon (5:55:22)

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run happy and healthy all the days of my life. Be an example and inspiration to my family.

 

Personal:

I'm 64, retired RN, happily married, nana to 14 beautiful grandchildren, mother to 6 children (1 daughter, 5 sons) who are kind, hardworking, caring, wonderful people! Wish they live closer!!!  :)  :)  :)

Picked up running in 2005 at age 50, to stay healthy so I can take care of my husband who had endocarditis resulting in AVR and MVR in 2004, end stage renal failure in 2014, kidney transplant on Dec 30, 2015.  Six months after the kidney transplant, we discovered that he has a rare auto-immune disease that was probably triggered in 2004 with then the undiagnosed infective endocarditis.  The doctors had to make up a name for this rare disease, Monoclono Gammopathy with Renal Significance (MGRS).  It is not curable.  After desperately trying different chemotherapies, the doctor finally found one immuno-therapy, Daratumamab, that works to treat the MGRS.  It is a miracle!!! 

Grateful for the gift of life, blessings, dear friends and loved ones!!! Thankful for the ability to move, walk, jog, and yes run!!!!

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Guide ISO Wide Lifetime Miles: 311.91
Saucony Guide ISO Lifetime Miles: 313.31
Sacony Guide ISO (2) Lifetime Miles: 225.26
Altra Torin (sz 7) Lifetime Miles: 44.49
Saucony Guide 10 (2020) Lifetime Miles: 60.91
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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The gang only wanted 10-11 so I ran to Karen's for extra mile and met Wendy, Carolyn and John on our way to Alpine park.  Gu'd and drank from the fountain-of-youth where we turned back.  Lots of runners out, saw Emily and Bryan Hansen.  After dropping the gang off, I picked up the pace a bit.  Nice running weather. :) :) :)

FUN outing and shopping all day with the fam.  DVR'd the Olympic Trial Marathon so I could watch it tonight.  Hubby and Marianne were good to not tell me the results.  :) 

Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 13.50
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From AmberG on Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 00:44:34 from 209.33.238.101

Sounds like you've had fun lovin' on Emi and Devin this week! How lucky are they to have a spunky Grandma!!!

I just read back to Saturday's marathon! Congrats and thanks for sharing all the pics, and your hair is so long! It's been way to long since I've seen you :) You did great as always and nice miles today adding on!

From Teena Marie on Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 01:16:52 from 174.27.210.108

Sounds like you had a great day! I wasn't able to watch the Trials until almost 9 pm tonight ... but it was AWESOME! :)

Miss and love you!! :)

From allie on Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 15:13:14 from 97.117.82.156

nice running, smooth! nothing's better than water from the fountain-of-youth :)

From Rhett on Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 20:31:04 from 74.32.209.119

Sounds great. It was fun to watch the trials on TV.

From RAD on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 14:24:26 from 98.202.23.178

Isn't it crazy how the Oly trials are like our superbowl? :) gotta love it!

From glidergirl on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 16:25:20 from 67.2.139.16

I love reading about all your group runs! :) I'm feeling some serious group running withdrawals. :( I miss all of you guys!

From Smooth on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 22:55:16 from 75.162.95.99

Amber ~ Thanks! It's so fun to have my grandkids visiting. They live so far that I don't see them very often.

Yes, it's been too long since we've seen each other...my hair has grown much since! :)

Am so excited for a new year and a new you hopefully with a new baby! :)

SSF ~ The best way to watch the Trials is on DVR so we can skip all the commercials as long as no one reveals the results to you!. It was AWESOME!

Rhett, Rachel ~ My sweet hubby watched it with me and loved every second of it. :) He said: "It is very exhausting watching and cheering the runners!!"

Brooke ~ We need to get together sometime. I miss you too!

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