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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
17.500.000.000.0017.50

Karen picked me and Leslie up at 5:30 to meet Toby and Collette at Riverwoods to run the Provo River Trail.  Got a late message to have Luz join us.  I was SO SO SO SO happy to see Luz there.  I had not had much sleep this whole week due to hubby's bleeding episodes which were the worst at night when he's laying down.  Anyhoo, I was really dragging my feet.  Luz was so kind to stay with me all the way up.  I poured my heart out to her.  What an understanding and compassionate friend she is!!!  

At mile 6 or so, Luz needed to turn around.  The weather was so nice and cool in the BEAUTIFUL canyon, I decided to keep going and the others ran back to get me.  I was going SO SLOW up South Fork that I could not keep up with them.  Luckily Leslie only wanted to run 16 so she turned around and ran with me.  Running down was bothering Leslie's knee so we kept it nice and easy.  We saw Josse and Erica on their bikes and later Josse's mom and her friend on the trail.  When Leslie reached her 16 miles we were about a mile to the car, she decided to walk and I took off chasing Karen and Toby and they decided to run another mile so that was fine with me and I ended up with 17.5.  I originally thought I could do 14.   When we got back to the car,  Luz was still there waiting for us.  What a wonderful friend to wait for me!!!   I really needed a hug from her! :)

Toby brought a towel so we drove to the RHPC park (I don't know the name of that park but that's where RHPC's Half's start/finish, btw, did Marion and friends do the RHPC this year?) and found a place to get down to the river.  Soaking our legs in that cold cold river was heavenly!!!  SO grateful for wonderful friends!!!  :) :) :)

Distance: 17,50 mi
Time: 3:02:41
Avg Pace: 10:26 min/mi
Elevation Gain: 923 ft
Calories: 1.511 C
 
 
Details
 
 
Timing
Time: 3:02:41
Moving Time: 3:01:14
Elapsed Time: 3:25:49
Avg Pace: 10:26 min/mi
Avg Moving Pace: 10:21 min/mi
Best Pace: 8:02 min/mi
Speed
Pace
 
 
Elevation
Elevation Gain: 923 ft
Elevation Loss: 928 ft
Min Elevation: 4.734 ft
Max Elevation: 5.484 ft
 
 
Running Dynamics 
Avg Run Cadence: 191 spm
Max Run Cadence: 210 spm
Avg Stride Length: 0,81 m
 
 
Laps18
Split
Time
Distance
Avg Pace
Summary 3:02:41.1 17,50 10:26
1 10:50.2 1,00 10:50
2 11:13.7 1,00 11:14
3 10:17.1 1,00 10:17
4 11:06.0 1,00 11:06
5 11:17.8 1,00 11:18
6 11:45.3 1,00 11:45
7 10:14.0 1,00 10:14
8 11:51.2 1,00 11:51
9 10:10.2 1,00 10:10
10 10:09.7 1,00 10:10
11 9:58.4 1,00 9:58
12 9:49.3 1,00 9:49
13 9:26.9 1,00 9:27
14 9:43.8 1,00 9:44
15 9:56.7 1,00 9:57
16 9:29.9 1,00 9:30
17 10:01.1 1,00 10:01
18 5:19.7 0,50 10:40
 
Weather
 
64°
Feels like 64°
3 mph ESE wind
Humidity 64%
Source: KPVU
 
Additional Information
Device:
Garmin Forerunner 220, 2.60.0.0
Elevation Corrections 
 :
Enabled
Summary Data:
Original
 
Map
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 miles1 km
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Charts
 Average
 
 
Timing

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2:46:4041:401:23:202:05:0008:0012:0016:0020:0024:0028:00Pace (min/mi)
 
 
Elevation

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2.557.51012.51517.54,6004,8005,0005,2005,4005,600Elevation (ft)
 
 
Cadence

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Inspire 10 Miles: 17.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Toby on Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 21:47:30 from 74.81.235.5

That has been my favorite run all summer! It was such a beautiful morning and such a FUN run! THEN we topped it off in the river....it really doesn't get much better than that!

Thanks for coming and making us all smile (especially by doing extra laps in the parking lot!!!).

From Smooth on Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 17:05:56 from 65.130.110.24

Thanks Toby for organizing this run on the PRT!!! It was my FAV too!!! :)

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