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April 25, 2024

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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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Saucony Guide ISO Wide Lifetime Miles: 311.91
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Sacony Guide ISO (2) Lifetime Miles: 225.26
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Saucony Guide 10 (2020) Lifetime Miles: 60.91
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I had Steven bring me some running clotehs to the hospital so I could sneak away for my 16 miler today.  After waiting for the doctors to make rounds, getting hubby fed, up voiding and sitting in the chair and back to bed, I finally got out.  I picked up my car outside of the ED and drove to the JRP via Vine St.  It was 3:15pm by the time I got there. Weather was perfect 43F light breeze and parlty sunny.  I was a bit hungry.  For dinner I had some clam chowder and sour dough bread that Wendy brought me from Market Street Grill (my favorite Utah seafood restaurant).  At lunch today I had a yogurt parfait and dinner roll from the cafeteria.  I carried a 6oz water flask and 2 Gu's, cell phone just in case hubby needs me.)

Plan was to run 4 miles north then turned back to the car for water break (not knowing if any of the parkway's bathrooms would have drinking water turn on) and then 4 miles south and back to the car for 16 miles.  There were heaps of dog walkers, cyclists, families with children on bikes).  I Gu'ed at mile 6 and drank from the stale water bottles in my car at mile 8.  Running south got a bit slower and tired.  By 10 miles my legs were ready to quit.  When I reached the tunnel by Winchester park (I think) in West Jordan at mile 11, the tunnel was blocked and I walked up to the road and saw that there was a backhoe on the other side of the road.  Assessing my situation, the slow rate I was going, I knew it would be getting colder and dark by the time I finish so I turned back (cutting the run two miles short) Gu'ed and used the bathroom at the park which thankfully was opened.  That last 5K back to the car was a death march but I made it back to the hospital before it got dark.

AP: 2:41:23  (11:15, 10:57, 11:12, 10:56, 10:48, 11:06, 11:11, 11:47, 11:31, 11:51, 12:38, 12:26, 12:35, 13:13)  Yep!  Slower than tar!!! Believe me, I was not walking, these are my jogging pace.  :(

This run was a failure!  I seriously don't know if I can make it to Boston.  I am battling with chronic PF, 20 lbs overweight, stressed to the max, doing most of my runs at a snail pace and mostly by my lonesome.  Lowell and I talked later that night and he was leaning towards not going to Boston.  But hubby really wants to make the trip.  It's been three years since we went to Boston (or travel for that matter).  He had gone through so much with his illness that a vacation to celebrate our 38th anniversary in Boston is much needed and something he looks forward to every year.  So I will continue to put in the run whenever I can, howerver long my body let me and if I can't make it to the start line, I'll just have a much needed get away to Boston.  Who knows when I'll ever BQ again!  

Inspire 10 (mum's Day) Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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