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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
55.805.500.002.5063.80
Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 23.05Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 28.00Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 6.75Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 36.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 36.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Ran west to meet Karen on a cloudy hazy morning, 25F.   We ran down on 3rd West, up on rail trail and east on canal trail. 

Coach Jay's 12 Build a Better myrtle exercises.

3 circuits of Pfitzinger's 6 core strengthening exercises.

Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
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10.000.000.000.0010.00

25F snowing.  Had to wipe the snow off my sunglasses the first 4 miles.  Love running on fresh fallen snow...so soft and peaceful!  A closer look at my footprints show that my right foot points outward slightly compare to the left foot which points straight.

Ran east to Smith's then west to Center.  Saw Karen driving by on her way to the temple.  Got on dirt canal trail which was a whiteout so had to be careful with footings.  Got on paved trail connect to rail trail.  There was one set of footprints for about a mile.  Saw one of the hawks.  She took off as I got close.

As soon as I got off the rail trail onto 3rd west, a guy with a small plow came to clear the trail...talk about timing.! :)  Running up 3rd west was awesome!  I haven't run up that for awhile.  I need to do that more often during this training cycle.  Picked up the pace on the last mile, thankfully very little traffic as I had to dodge puddles and slushy snow. 

Air quality was horrible.  Felt a little light headed and some coughing when I got in the house.  Took a nice LONG hot shower...ahhhh!

Myrtle.

Yoga.

Biceps and triceps.

Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.001.500.002.5014.00

7.25 with Karen on a new route.  Ran down Center > trail south of the Woods > 900N > 1200E > 1100N > Center > back on trail > 2100N > 300W to Karen's.  Foggy, cloudy, light snow, 30F.  A few slippery spots where we'd walk it.  Pleasant easy run, nice chats! :)

6.75 by myself in 56:45 AP: 8:23.  My weight is up.  My fitness is down.  Winter training is tough with two As (asthma, arthritis).  But am grateful I can still run! :)

Myrtle.

Planks.

Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 7.25Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 6.75
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
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7.800.000.000.007.80

19F.  icky air.  But very fortunate to have the company of Wendy and Karen.  

Plan for Sat. is 18 miles on the JRP where Karen and Wendy will run 10 with me.  Y'all are welcome to join us!  :)

Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 7.80
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
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Went to bed very late last night...a wonderful MoTab OTS Christmas Concert! :)  The air quality was noticeable worse in Salt Lake vs Utah County.  Almost didn't go running.  Karen and I convinced Wendy that it's not that cold (25F) and quite peaceful (misty snowy w/ a skiff of snow on the road).  So glad she gave into peer pressure! :) :) :)  Ran nice and easy, great inspiring conversations! :)

Myrtle.

4 circuits of CSE.

We're running the Lehi JRP at 8am tomorrow.  We'd love your company!  :) :) :)

Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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I was all bummed last night thinking I'd have to run 8 of my 18 miler alone this morning.  Thought about canceling the JRP plan and just run around the hood.  I was reading some scriptures and talks (in preparing for my Sunday's talk) at bed time.  The inspiring words gave me comfort and reassurance that I am NEVER alone! 

At 7:50am I drove myself down to the JRP as planned while Karen (Sky) and Wendy drove in separate car.  To my joy and delight, Maynard and Chad were there!!!  SO SO SO SO HAPPY to see them especially Maynard whom I haven't seen forever.  I was VERY excited to find out Chad's plan was to run 14!  YaHOOO!!!

Temp was 19F,  a whopping 5 degrees warmer than last Sat.  Seriously it felt much warmer to me;  perhaps it was the company of 4 great running friends...never underestimate the power of friends!  :)  I did not look at the watch once until we stopped to say goodbye to Chad's neighbor (who had joined us on his last 3 of a 10 miler).  That's when I realized I hadn't started my watch.  It was so much fun running and chatting that the miles just flew by.  Chad and I turned around at mile 5.3 while the rest of the group turned back at mile 5.  They waited for us and we ran the remaining 5 back to the car together.  Thanks all for making the run so fun!!! :)

After bidding Karen, Wendy and Maynard goodbye, Chad and I headed north for 4 more.  It was hard to get going after stopping plus we had a bit of uphill.  Those 4 miles just flew by like the migrating geese overhead.  There were a lot of hunters out today.  We saw two shot ducks on the side of the trail.  I saw a hunter walking from the river with a fat duck in his hand and a rifle in the other.  And heard many many gunshots.

THANKS Chad for running with me!  Bid him good bye, ate a gu and headed back south for 4 more.  Re-set the Garmin as suggested by Chad so I didn't need to do any math since I forgot to restart the thing earlier.  Didn't look at the watch until it beeped at mile 2 right in front of the pop at Willow Park.  Stopped to use the pop before running back to the car.  I was surprised how good my legs felt on the heel of a 63+ mile week that had one tempo and 3 hilly runs in it.  The only negative part was the air pollution.  My airway is definitely irritated.

Didn't look at the pace until I got home.  I'm surprised to see that the first 14 miles (9.5 of data) was run at 9:36 AP and the last 4 at 9:10 AP.  My last mile was 8:50 which felt easy.  I didn't want to push it because of the icky air. 

Have a question:  If the air outside is bad, wouldn't the air indoor bad too?  Granted that it is recirculated indoor air, but over time it's still outside air that's being recirculated, right? The last time I check, my furnace only filters dust and dirt, not the micro gunk that the EPA people warn us of.  What's an asthmatic runner to do?  Wish we'd get a nice storm to blow away this smog!!!

Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 18.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
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55.805.500.002.5063.80
Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 23.05Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 28.00Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 6.75Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 36.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 36.00Weight: 0.00
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