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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
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
36.100.000.000.0036.10
Inspire 5 (4) Miles: 36.10
Night Sleep Time: 34.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 34.00Weight: 0.00
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Got up early to pack.  Left the house at 9:00 for the 11am flight to Long Beach.  Huge delay due to weather, deicing, finally got on a different aircraft 2.5 hours later.  Arrived at Long Beach just before 3pm.  Heavy LA traffic.  Got to Sis house after 4:00pm.  It was so wonderful to see her.  She cooked this enormous seafood dinner for hubby, me and her husband, Joe. 

We had ginger steamed whole fish (yellow tail, that Joe caught from the ocean),  boiled fresh prawns, baby bok-choy, brown rice, BBQ spare-ribs, Watergate cake.  Did I mention she served us freshly baked peacan chocolate chips cookies, bavlaka, almond milk, mangoes and persimons as soon as we arrived?

Legs are stiff and tight.  All that sitting at the airport, on the plane, in the car, in the house made it worse.  Must run tomorrow!  Did I mention I ate toooo much?

Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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6.100.000.000.006.10

Got up at 6am.  Sis already in the kitchen preparing omelet, bacon, English scones, berry smoothies for breakfast.  Drank EmergenC and water before heading out.  Planned to run for an hour.  Surprisingly cool, wore l/s top and tights. 

Sis. lives on a hill in Rancho Palos Verdes, one of 4 towns on the Peninsula of Palos Verdes, southwest of LA with beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean.  The beach is less than 2 miles away.  The street she lives on, Ganado, is one serious hill.

Ran 0.4 miles on Ganado up to Crest w/ 200' elevation gain (according to Garmin, 1010' to 1212').  Then 0.75 mile down on Crest w/ almost equal elevation loss to Palos Verdes East.  Ran another 2 miles on Palos Verdes East, rolling hills ranging from 606' to 1005' then turn around and back the route. 

Palos Verdes E is a winding busy 2 lane road w/ heavy morning commute traffic.  I had to run on a very narrow 2'-4' wide sidewalk which is only on one side of the road.  I loved running the few yards of pine-needles or bark covered shoulder.  I really enjoyed running the dirt next to a metal barrier where there's no sidewalk.  Absolutely loved the ocean view!

Left hammie complained on the uphill, quads & knees very sore on the downhill.  

Ate ginormous breakfast.  Sis took us to Torrence for a yummy dim-sum lunch.  Picked up Joe from work at El Segundo.  Sis made us a ginormous dinner, steak, seafood pasta (shrimp, halibut, mushroom, tomato, zuchini, in roasted garlic wine sauce), fried scallops, Chinese broccoli w/ oyster sauce, apple turnover for dessert. 


Inspire 5 (4) Miles: 6.10
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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Ran the same route as yesterday!  Legs are very sore!  Not much recovery!  Too much eating!

Went to movie, Red, before noon, tickets are only $6.  Ate tons of snacks during movie. 

Joe took us to Rafael, a family own Italian restaurant in San Pedro for dinner.  I had fresh clam linguinie in white sauce, hubby had sea bass, Sis had fresh vegetables shrimp linguinie in pink sauce, Joe had beef shank.  We had calamari, grilled red peppers. prosciuto bread for appetizer.  For dessert we had tirimizu.  Did I mention I ate too much?

Inspire 5 (4) Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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7.000.000.000.007.00

Same route as the last two days, a bit faster, a mile farther.  Wore shorts today!  Beautiful sunny blue sky, perfect running weather.  I think the temp range from high 50s to mid 60s.

More eating, some shopping.

Had dinner at Sis' daughter, Erica's house.  We had, BBQ short-ribs, garlic-black-bean-pork ribs, ginger steamed sea bass, shanghai bok-choy.  For hor'deuve, we had mushroom turnovers, spinach quiche, cheese ball.  For dessert we had blueberry tart, cookies.  Did I mention my sister made all of that from scratch?

Inspire 5 (4) Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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6.650.000.000.006.65

My legs are so sore that I do not want to run the same hills that I ran the last 3 days.  Hubby drove me to the southwest side of the hill.  He was supposed to drive me down the hill to the Donald Trump Gulf Course Country Club where there's a bike path.  But he missed it and drove for 5 miles north on Palos Verdes South, a road along the coast.  He pulled off at Abalone Cove Park. 

I ran from the "park" down to the beach on a single track dirt trail, very treacherous, my quads screams and knees complained.  I decided to not run on the beach as it was out of view from my husband.  Ran back up to Abalone Cove and ran "laps" cross-country style all over the "park" dodging gofer and rabbit holes.  It was very warm, no shade!  The sound of the waves, pristine blue ocean and sky made the run worthwhile!

More eating!  Very sad to say goodbye to my wonderful loving sister!

Got home after 9ish pm.  Very tired from lugging four pieces of luggage, two of which are filled w/ frozen fish that Joe caught, fresh persimons and gazillion goodies Sis made or purchased. 

Legs are so sore!

Inspire 5 (4) Miles: 6.65
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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10.350.000.000.0010.35

Met my SSF, Matt, Brooke, BJ at Winchester at 8.  Ran the first 3 miles w/ SSF then the rest w/ Karen.  My pelvis, hammies, glutes, quads are sore.  Got a new blister on my left 4th toe.  Hope everything heals up by next Sat.   Oh I gained 6 pounds...but my sister's wonderful sinfully delicious cooking was well worth it! :)

THANKS SSF for inviting me and the hot chocolate post run!  :)

A sad note:(  a dear friend, Lori, died this morning, after battling cancer for 8 years, leaving behind a wonderful husband and 4 absolutely outstanding terrific children.  The oldest is on a mission in Taiwan, the youngest is 11. 

Inspire 5 (4) Miles: 10.35
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
36.100.000.000.0036.10
Inspire 5 (4) Miles: 36.10
Night Sleep Time: 34.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 34.00Weight: 0.00
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