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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
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
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Inspire 5 Purple (3) Miles: 11.25Inspire 5 (5) Miles: 28.50
Night Sleep Time: 19.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 19.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.250.000.000.0011.25

♥ HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!! ♥

11.25 MLR

Mile 1 - 3 with Carolyn, Wendy, Karen (Sky).  AP: 10:15

Mile 3 - 5.5 with Karen (Sky).  AP: 10:00

Mile 5.5 - 11.25 by myself with hills and wind.  AP: 9:40

Early Valentine's dinner with my love at Red Lobster at 4:30pm!  :) :) :) :) :) :)

Inspire 5 Purple (3) Miles: 11.25
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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Plan was to run 13 today (a scaled down version of Pftiz schedule).  But the run didn't go as planned.

Ran w/ Karen (Sky) down 3rd West, crossed State St. to 900 North ran west, then turned north to 1500 North, turned around to run on 1500 North to State St. then on the new trail by the rail road to 2600 North.  With the exception of 900 N and trail, there were lots of traffic and barking dogs.  I have never run this route before and probably won't again by myself.

We got to Karen's house at mile 9.25.  Stood and talked for awhile which made the legs all stiff.  The right knee and hip hurt really bad on the last mile home; so I walked most of it. 

In hindsight I shouldn't have run 2 MLRs back to back, both days with hills and cold wind. 

Ice the knee for 20 min in the afternoon and evening.  Foam roll and gentle stretched.

My son counseled me to scale my training way down.  I may follow Higdon's Novice II or Intermediate I schedule so that I can give my knee best chance of healing and hopefully run Boston with not too much pain!   Onward and upward! :)

Inspire 5 (5) Miles: 10.25
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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Eric, Marianne and Emi are all sick, runny nose, cough, fever.  Emi threw up all night. :(

On the bright side, our new shoes arrived.  Marianne got the Saucony Triump7,  Eric got Mizuno Inspire 6.  I got Mizuno Inspire 6 and Elixir 5.  I really like the Elixir's fit.  Have never run in one before; can't wait to try them out. 

AM/PM Yoga

45 min of CSE and leg lifts (8 sets of the following):

ab crunch (60 reps)

leg pushaway (60 reps)

straight leg supine lift (30 reps each leg)

plank (60 sec)

side L & R plank (60 sec)

back extension (15 reps)

clam shell (60 reps)

straight leg lift (20 reps forward, outward & inward)

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BAA announced the new registration process for Boston 2012 and the new qualifying standard for 2013:

http://www.baa.org/news-and-press/news-listing/2011/february/boston-athletic-association-announces-new-registration-process.aspx

I'll be able to register for Boston 2012 (my 5th Boston) on Sept 14! YAY!!! :)

Night Sleep Time: 3.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 3.00Weight: 0.00
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Let's see.  I played nurse, Nana, friend, chef, Costco going buddy, wife, mother, laundry-maid, housekeeper! :) Yep, everything but a runner today! Sigh! :/  Oh and I ate way too much dark chocolate covered blueberry/acai! :)

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KT tape the knee.  Karen picked me up and off we went to the JRP.  Temp 31, cloudy, 10mph SE wind.  Got a nice tailwind running north.  We *trespassed* the construction site since there were no workers and the torn-up trail (aka mud) was frozen; also avoided the school traffic at the elementary had we gone on the *detour*. 

The knee started to complain almost immediately, but survived the uphill.  Running downhill was a different story.  Going south was no fun w/ the headwind.  Took the detour on the return since we didn't want to trudge thru mud. 

Reload the fuel belt at the car (mile 10.8) and stretched a bit; then continued onto the south portion.  Encountered a few dog-walkers which always make Sky a bit skittish.  She seemed to enjoy watching the hawks, Canadian geese and other fowls.  Stopped at Willow Park's pop (mile 12.80) and stretched a bit.  The last 3 miles were nice as we got a bit of tailwind.

This was one of the slowest 18 miler I have ever run.  The knee held out ok but the pelvic symphysis is not happy.  Poor leg turnovers, no energy, forgot to eat breakfast, drank gatorade before start and every 2-3 miles, took 5 Powerbar chews at mile 6-7, hammer gel at mile 13.

Busy day today as we have out of town friends coming to stay overnight and ski tomorrow.   Fun weekend! :)

Inspire 5 (5) Miles: 18.25
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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Our friends from Idaho got here yesterday.  I was too pooped to cook so we (all 9 of us) went out for dinner Fri night.  It was fun to catch up on each others' lives.

All the boys & men went skiing at Deer Valley even though they were sick (except our friends).  They have been planning this ski trip for a long time.  They had to cancel couple weeks ago b/c Paul had to conduct a funeral...turned out to be a good thing since my husband's ankle was still recovering.   They had fun even though it snowed the entire time.

I stayed home with the girls/ladies, cooked and visited.   Didn't notice how sore my knee was until bedtime!

 

 

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