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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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Karen picked me up to meet RAD, ScottW, Chad, Maynard and Annette at 7 at the JRP.  The river was very high and calm.  Thanks to Chad guiding us around Willow Park to avoid the flooded tunnel under Center St.  and the FUN chats, the miles flew by.  Saw a deer, lots of birds (a Falcon?), a remote control airplane and a snake freaked RAD majorly when Maynard pointed it out to her! Ha!!!  Good thing I was too blind to notice!  :)  Knee bugged here and there during warm up and at the end. 

THANKS Rachel for the invite and everyone for coming; you're AWESOME company!!!  I wouldn't have run this many miles and not nearly as FUN if it weren't for y'all! :) :) :) :)


Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Teena Marie on Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 18:35:49 from 67.2.101.26

Sounds like another wonderful morning for you!!! :) :) :)

LLL LLL LLL LLL

From RAD on Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 22:10:29 from 98.202.17.113

I'm sure Maynard will never point out a snake to me again! :) I now wish I was blind enough to not see it - blech!

I had a wonderful morning with you as always and I too enjoyed the great chats and just plain getting my legs moving again!

From Maynard on Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 22:37:38 from 71.213.10.154

For some reason, my eyes are just drawn to little things like snakes on a trail. There was this one time though that I didn't see one until I almost stepped on it and I screamed like a little girl. Fortunately there were no witnesses.

From Chad on Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 23:34:49 from 208.186.134.105

I missed a snake?! And Rachael freaking out?! Crap!!

From Smooth on Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 23:47:55 from 67.2.124.217

SSF~ It was a fun run! We missed you!!! LLL LLL LLL LLL

RAD ~ You made me laugh! :) :) :)

Maynard ~ You are tooo FUNNY!!! :) :) :)

Chad ~ Yep! You should've stuck around! :) :) :)

From Scott Wesemann on Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 22:33:09 from 205.158.160.209

Nice to meet you Smooth. That was a ton of fun.

From Smooth on Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 23:58:23 from 67.2.124.217

Hey Scott ~ It was nice to finally meet you! I totally LOVE the way you run, such quiet quiet feet, easy smooth fluid strides. I seriously want to run like you! THANK YOU for coming!

Hope your training for Wasatch 100 continues to go well and your archilles behaves! :)

From Markir on Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:38:54 from 98.202.116.134

Nice job at UVM!! We stayed behind to cheer for you. I would've tried to find you after to say hi, but my kids were already bored so we headed home. The excitement really rubs off on you. We were wishing we had just stayed with it and even walked it if we had to.

From allie on Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 23:01:09 from 24.10.191.18

group run! sounds like you had a great time.

From Smooth on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 01:33:05 from 72.214.129.235

Kirsten ~ THANKS for waiting around to cheer me in! That is a long time to wait especially for your kids!!! I hear ya on the excitement rubbing off! For TOU the last two years I waited at the mouth of the canyon and ran friends to the finish and then wish I had run the whole thing but I also know that I would be miserable if I had run the full! So when/what is your next race! You mentioned doing a tri. GOOD LUCK to your daughter's swim meet this Sat.

Allie ~ soon you will be doing group runs! Meanwhile enjoy the biking! How's that air cast treating you?

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