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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 7 (yellow) Miles: 29.30Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 11.50
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Went to church at the Park City Ward.  It seems a fourth of those attending are visitors.  The Sunday School teacher turned out to be Elder Richard Cook whom Larry has worked with in the past.  SO NICE to sit next to hubby during Sacrament Mtg. and Sunday School.  :) :) :)

After church we went back to the cabin for lunch, rest/read a little.  Walked down to Main St. to browse the Farmer's Market and Sunday Outdoor Bazaar.  It was very interesting to look at all the arts and products people create.  

Hubby cooked us a nice BBQ dinner on the deck!  Thoroughly enjoyed a restful peaceful day.

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Nice easy recovery jog with hubby on Poison Creek Trail.  Ran up south to the roundabout which is 0.5 mile, turned back and ran down north to mile 2 and back to the car for exactly three miles.  Hubby kept saying, you run up this trail for the marathon?   It's so fun to show him the shoe tree and the murals on the tunnels.  Glad we drove to the skate park so we didn't have to walk up the hills back to the cabin.  

Cleaned up the cabin then stopped at Tangers Outlet on the drive home.  It was a nice weekend getaway.  Park City is so beautiful.  :)

Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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HAPPY PIONEER DAY!

Hubby and I talked about the 4/1 run/walk ratio that Lowell and I did for the Sogonapmit and PE50.  He wanted to give it a try today.  We started by walking one min. then running 4 min.  He started out running too fast and quickly fizzled out.  :)  Turned around at the trail tunnel by Smith.  There are two huge banners/signs warning people not to trespass the not-yet-completed Murdock Canal Trail, violators will be ticketed and fined.  Hubby being a law-abiding citizen, refused to go on the trail; so we turned around heading back west. 

My pace was in the mid 9s and hubby's was in the high 10s so I would run 3 min. then turn back to meet him (usually at about 25-30 sec) to finish up the 4 min run so that I could tell him when to walk and give him water.  It was getting really warm.  It was a good incentive to run to Jimmy John's for some ice and refill the water bottle.  Perfect timing as we walked to the store.  Hubby felt revived and agreed to go to 500W instead of head straight home.  Saw Leanne walking when we walked out of the store, chatted for a min.  We then continued the same 4/1 with me running ahead 3 min and back to get hubby the 4th min and walked together for 1 min.  Hubby was happy to be done when we reached home at mile 5.5.  Got in the house to get a swig of gatorade, refilled the water bottle, take the Gatorade out to hubby; then headed back west around the two blocks for another 2.5 miles of steady running. 

I think the Elixir 6 in size 6.5 is smaller than the Inspire7 of the same size.  I have bought two pairs in sz 6.5 and one in sz7.  I think I will train in the size 7 and use the sz 6.5 for short runs and everyday walking...because I like the Elixir so much better than the Inspire.

******Can't wait to read everyone's race report.  Off to movie and early dinner with the family.

Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 8.00
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3 easy recovery with the hubs

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Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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Ran by myself the entire time today.  Can't remember the last time I had a solo run.  Ran down 3rd West, up Rail Trail, did not get on Canal Trail to obey the silly "no trespass" sign...hubby would be so proud of me for "obeying the sign".  The ironic thing is the sign says "your safety is important to us"; yet while I ran on the narrow Bull River Rd instead of the unfinished Canal Trail, I had to dodge a passing road construction truck and a fast moving car...clearly I would've been much saver running on the paved trail.

Busy day getting ready to host a baby shower for my daughter-in-law this evening.  Grandbaby #7 is due 4 days before Park City.  Why are all my grandbabies born so close to my marathons? :)

Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 7.30
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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A rainbow over Utah Lake greeted hubby and I as we headed out the door for a short run.  :)  Much cooler but muggier this morning.  We went to the temple while Lowell was just getting up.  Took Lowell to AF HS after lunch so he could exchange the Sogonapmit race shirts.   It made me all sad again to be at the packet pick up of yet another marathon that I have to miss this year.  I am determined to get back at it.  Although my goal of running 12 marathons this year is not obtainable, I still hold out hopes that I can run some Fall marathons.

Plan to run up to AF Canyon from my house tomorrow morning and then run Lowell and Marci to the finish, hoping to get in 16 miles. 

Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 3.50
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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Marci, hubby and I watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics last night while Lowell was on the phone.  We had planned to go to bed at 9ish.  But hubby had to wait for a return missionary to arrive from Italy to release him so he and I didn't turn in 'till 11ish.  I set the phone alarm at 5:00am but woke up at 1:45am.  I was wide awake though; did not get out of bed 'cause I didn't want to wake hubby.  I could hear Lowell and Marci getting up around 2:00 and left the house at 2:50.  I laid in bed thinking about how much fun I was missing.  My mind was swirling with thoughts of all the wonderful experiences and races I had in 2011.  It made me cry a little.  I finally got out of bed at 4:20 and texted Marci to see where they're at (between mile 5-6).   O man, how I wish I was running up the Canyon with them.  Interestingly it was very hot at 2am and got cooler two hours later.

Got dressed and out the door at 4:44.  Karen has driven to my house.  We walked over to Wendy's house and waited for her and John to come out.  As soon as they came out I took off running.  I was anxious to get going!  We ran up to SR92 which goes straight up to American Fork Canyon.  It was good to chat with the girls as we have not run together for a long time.  We encountered a strong head wind, I guess about 25mph.  I asked Wendy and Karen if it was like running the headwind at UVM.  They said this is worse because we are going uphill.  I tried to draft off John but it didn't seem to help.

We reached the mouth of the Canyon and could see the fast guys already made their way onto the golf course parkway.  Got to cheer on the first women.  It was awesome to see Melanie zoomed by.  Then I got super excited to see Kelli looking fast and strong.  After Emily ran past, I called Lowell with no answer, so I called Marci who told me she had lost Lowell at the Half and she is coming down around her mile 18ish.  My Garmin has low battery so Karen and I exchanged Garmins as she was going to be picked up by her husband.  We did not stop our watches while we were cheering and waiting at the mouth of the canyon.  We were at mile 5.5ish so I told Wendy and John that I would run up the canyon to find Lowell.  They didn't want to run further so I bid them goodbye. 

It was so fun cheering on the runners and super happy to see Don Bigger, Becky, Erik, Karen Tree, Michelle Stringham, many FRBers and our awesome American Flyer pacer Rachelle and JulieC as I made my way running up the canyon.  Found Marci at the mile 7/20 aid station.  She was feeling great so I left her to look for Lowell further up the canyon.  I reached him around mile 7 or 8 then turned to run back down with him.  He was doing the 4/1 thing and no issue with his strained Gracilus (from Ogden).  So while he walked I would run ahead a ways and then run back to him.  It was super fun cheering fellow runners along the way.  On the way down saw Wendy and Matt Clark running up the canyon.  Ran into Danielle, my daughter's HS friend, on the Golf Course Parkway.  It was great to chat and catch up with her life a bit.  I encouraged the runners on the rollers as I ran back and forth to get Lowell.  Had so much fun challenging a tall guy on the uphills.  One guy made an off-hand remark about my exuberant running: "Too much caffeine this morning!!!"  I wanted to yell back: "Hey you have no idea how much I crave running, I am a caffeine free girl."...but I didn't!  Lowell later told hubby  that the women runners in today's race were generally more pleasant and would smile and respond positively while the guys were either grumpy or way too serious.  I ran with a teenage girl who said her grandpa talked her into running this.  Lowell sent me ahead to look for her grandpa...later found out he wasn't in the race but her grandma is...so I went back to look for her! 

The sun got over the mountain once we reached the road south of the temple.  I ran back and forth 5 times and somehow could not find Lowell.  I have already run 13+ miles when I saw Kelli and Toby running back on the course for their cool down miles.  Since I needed 2+ miles so I ran with them back on the course for about 0.75 mile and decided to call Marci who told me that she just saw Lowell crossing the finish.  So we turned back and I asked Kelli what's the remaining distance to the finish.  A quick calculation shows that I would be about a mile short.  Interestingly as I "crossed" the side of the finish arch, the Garmin showed 15 miles.  So I made my way running thru the crowds on the grass to the track and ran 3.5 laps till the Garmin read 16 miles.   Karen's Garmin does not have mile split set up, just time, distance and average pace.  Dang!  I was hoping to see how fast I was going on the track!  Anyway, total time of  2:53:39 which includes the standing around at the mouth of the canyon, AP of 10:51 and max pace of 6:40 which are totally meaningless. Well, 16 miles in the bag. 

Waited for the award ceremony while chatted with a few friends.  So many FRBers took podium, very proud of each and everyone of them.  Got home, showered and made a nice lunch of salmon, stir-fry veggies (red onion, red & yellow sweet peppers, sugar snap peas, zucchini and Chinese lahpcheung), salad, rice.  Foot is feeling fine.  Will know better tomorrow.  So glad Lowell finished Sogonapmit without problem....he's taking a nap right now! :)

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I don't know how to handle the mixed bag of emotions flooding me since my stress fracture.  I feel such immense sadness for missing UVM, AF Canyon1/2 and Sogonapmit, the races that are close to home and to my heart as so many of my friends run in them and I have had such fond memories in past years.  On the one hand I wanted to hide and feel sorry for my self yet on the other hand I wanted to offer whatever help and support I could.  The later brought me tremendous joy.  I feel extremely grateful for the ability to run (albeit slow).  Yet I felt so very jealous standing around the finish.  I guess I really crave the satisfaction of having finished a race.  I know I am addicted to marathons.  I truly hope that I can continue to run and share the joy of running 'till the day I die! :)  On a side note, I would've volunteered in these races if I wasn't housing/running with Lowell.  I did help out a bit yesterday at the packet pickup while Lowell was waiting for the RD to go home to get last year's medals that he wanted an extra set of.  The RD's wife gave me a free bread coupon, she didn't know I wasn't running the race! :)

Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 16.00
Night Sleep Time: 3.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 3.00Weight: 0.00
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