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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
33.904.455.307.2550.90
Mizuno Inspire 4 Sz6.5 Lime Green (B) Miles: 11.40Wave Rider 7 Miles: 8.50Mizuno Inspire 4 Sz 6.5 Lime Green (C) Miles: 30.50
Night Sleep Time: 28.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 28.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.501.001.000.004.50

Took my sweet time heading out the door.  By 8:00 am the temp was already 83.  Yikes!  That first mile was painful (11:04).  I had lead legs...almost abandoned the run.  Man, wish I knew how to do other cardio Xtrain exercises.  

Turning left  onto 12th East, I noticed my left foot fall was noisy while the right was quiet.  Tried for the life of me, pretending I was running on thin ice; but couldn't make it go quiet.   Concentrated on symetrical form and finally fell into an easy pace (9:42). 

On the third mile with slight decline, I worked on "tall puppet", instantly the foot falls went quiet.  Saw a girl going the same direction on the other side of the road.   Slowly reeled her in (9:00). 

Picturing the Kenyans running with such fluidity,  I did some strides as if kicking my own behind while tucking in the tail, belly button to the spine.   Seeing my own shadow, felt like a real runner, the legs seemed to "cycle" and the push off more powerful.  I was surprised to see the pace quickened quite a bit (8:22).  Wanted to run more but decided to save it for another day.  0.5 mi cool down in (4:30). 

Around the world core + fast abs (35 reps).

Swim and exercise in the pool for an hour.

Have to clean 16 windows today!  Thank goodness Steven is home to help me.

Mizuno Inspire 4 Sz6.5 Lime Green (B) Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(12)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.001.250.005.258.50

Interval workout today.  I'm learning.

Warm up 2 miles in 21:14 (AP: 10:36)

1200 m @ 6:23   RI 400 m @ 2:17

1200 m @ 5:58   RI 400 m @ 2:10

800 m @ 3:41   RI 400 m @ 2:00

800 m @ 3:35   RI 400 m @2:05

800 m @ 3:27   RI 400 m @2:10

1200 m @ 5:15 RI 400 m @ 2:00

Cool down 1.25 miles in 13:15

8.5 miles in 1:13:55  (AP: 8:41)

Will do ITB stuff and yoga later.  Having some "future missionaries" over for dinner and teach me (the investigator) tonight.

Wave Rider 7 Miles: 8.50
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(12)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.001.001.300.003.30

Was planning to run with Wendy & Mary who forgot to stop by.  Ended up chasing them making this a progressive run.  9:36, 8:42, 7:56, 7:52.   AP: 8:40  Didn't get the intended miles in b/c shutters guys were coming.

Around the world core + fast abs (35 reps)

Shutters had some bad flaws, workers over-stayed for 4 hours and still have to come back next week for replacement.   Felt like a waste of time today.

Mizuno Inspire 4 Sz6.5 Lime Green (B) Miles: 3.30
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.100.000.000.004.10

Toss and turn all night with backache...from cleaning, moving furnitures (5 heavy couches), etc.  I want to retire from housewifery.  Dragged my achy self out of bed for an early morning run.   There was no juice in me, the legs were dead, the mind wandered, called it good after a painfully slow 4 miler.  10:49, 10:00, 9:23, 9:36.  Yikes!!!...I hope I don't feel this way tomorrow for the 10K!

Off to meetings, appointments, and grocery shopping.  Did I mention I want to retire and live in a hotel and run marathons 'till I'm 89?

Mizuno Inspire 4 Sz6.5 Lime Green (B) Miles: 4.10
Night Sleep Time: 4.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.00Weight: 0.00
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Race: Deseret News 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:49:31, Place overall: 664, Place in age division: 7
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.301.203.002.0010.50

Picked up Teena on the way and we both wondered aloud: "why are we doing this?"  My reasons were to be with friends and to cheer my brother-in-law in the marathon.  He flew in from Hong Kong a day earlier.  He had been in 5 countries the last 5 days.  That guy is an animal.  

I had a ton of fun hanging out with Teena, Julie, Shimelle, Bec, RAD and her sister and Slick.  It was so AWESOME to watch Allie come in so strong and beautiful.  We were cheering our heads off.

I am so proud of everyone doing so well...Teena with her HUGE PR!  Allie with her outstanding win!  Gary with his 3:08 "training" run, Lowell pacing and helping a girl with an asthma attack.

This is only the third time I've run a 10K;  had no idea how to run these.  I thought I would be happy with sub-50 and place top 10 in the AG.  Hadn't felt good the last two days and with the warm temp I knew it would be tough.  

Here are my splits, what a total amateur/idiot I was: 

Mile 1 ~ 7:15 (went out WAY TOO FAST and knew I would pay for it later, but it was fun blasting down the hill with bunch of younguns.)

Mile 2 ~ 7:25 (my mouth was getting so dry, I needed a drink so bad.)

Mile 3 ~ 7:57 (saw hubby cheering at the bank.)

Mile 4 ~ 8:01 (lungs are burning, ITB is complaining going down South Temple.)

Mile 5 ~ 8:04 (what's with that guy handing out donuts?)

Mile 6 ~ 8:55 (finally got a drink of water and doused myself with another cup of water. I wanted to quit and went into marathon mode.  I was a road kill to zillion people here.)

0.2 mile ~ 8:56 (legs were burning, gasping for air and thought I would die, kicked it in when I saw the clock ticking 49:xx)

Finish time: 49:31  THANK GOD it was over!

I had never watched the winners come in at a marathon before (only on TV).  It was amazing!  It was so fun to cheer Johnny V and his pacer, Riverton Paul who kept doing 360 to make sure Johnny wouldn't get passed by another guy. 

After congratulating our fellow bloggers, Teena and I ran back on the course to find Lowell and run him in (3.5 miles).  That amazing guardian angel was helping a girl in distress.  She had a very scary asthma attack.  Lowell stayed with her and she ran her 2nd marathon with over 15 min PR.  Her first marathon was the "monsoon SGM" last year.

Continued the Pioneer's Day celebration with a wonderful delicious grilled steaks, chickens, shrimp lunch cooked by none else but my awesome brother-in-law.  Did I mention that guy never stops?!!!  What a great day!

THANKS everyone for making this race SO SO SO SO FUN!  Have a great weekend!

Mizuno Inspire 4 Sz 6.5 Lime Green (C) Miles: 10.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(18)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.000.000.000.0020.00

Woke up bright and early at 4 and couldn't go back to sleep.  What the heck, might as well go for my scheduled 20 miler.  THANKS to Teena's organizing a "chump" group run, I called her and got the driving direction to the meeting place. 

It was fun to see Shimelle, her brother, "Peach", Julie and a groupd of great "chumps".  I knew right away that I was going to be the sweeper of this group; but was concerned that I would be lost.  Everyone took turn staying with me for the first 7 or so miles.  THANKS, you guys/gals are AWESOME!!!

We got back to the church just shy of 12 miles.  We had forgotten to restart the Garmin after taking a drink from a park so lost track of about 1 mile.  It was a humid morning with temp staying in the 70's.  I lost about 2 pounds of sweat!  I am tired; but otherwise feeling great.  20 miles ~ average pace 9:42.  Fastest at 9:00, slowest at 10:20.

Teena was so very very very kind and patient to run with me for 20 miles.  I treasure every second of the run with her.  I just hope I didn't ruin her body by running her longest and slowest miles since rehabing.  She is amazing!

THANK YOU my dear soul sistah for pulling, pushing and encouraging me the whole way!!!  I would not have made it without you today!!!  I LOVE YOU lots and lots and lots!!!! 

Mizuno Inspire 4 Sz 6.5 Lime Green (C) Miles: 20.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(11)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
33.904.455.307.2550.90
Mizuno Inspire 4 Sz6.5 Lime Green (B) Miles: 11.40Wave Rider 7 Miles: 8.50Mizuno Inspire 4 Sz 6.5 Lime Green (C) Miles: 30.50
Night Sleep Time: 28.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 28.00Weight: 0.00
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