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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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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 5 Purple (3) Miles: 12.00Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 24.00Inspire 5 (4) Miles: 15.25Inspire 5 (2) Miles: 7.00
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My choir did a wonderful job singing Arise and Shine, Touch by a Child, Listen to the Silence of Light!  Can't believe Christmas is just a week away!

So fun to see Emi (20 months) on Skype.  She's growing up.  Melts my heart to hear her say repeatedly "Nana! Nana! Nana!" with a smile.  She's such a happy baby!  Can't wait to see her in 2 months.

Jade, Lex and Luke skyped briefly as they usually *flashed* by the screen.  Can't wait to see them in a month when they welcome their new baby brother.  Airfare has gone up quite a bit from last week.  Wonder if it's going to come down a tad after the holidays.


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Ran w/ Karen, peaceful morning, light rain/snow, warm.  

Lots of errands.  Got to get more sleep.  How many days before Christmas? Yikes!!!

I try to take one day at a time...but sometimes several days attack me at once!!!

 

Inspire 5 Purple (3) Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 4.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.00Weight: 0.00
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Super wet snow storm clobbered Utah County.  Woke up to a foot of snow and still coming down hard.  Took me 50 min. to drive from Lehi to north Orem to pick up my MIL to take her to the dentist who was 30 min late.  The tooth extraction took a little over an hour.  It was a bit scary when my car started to roll backward going up Killer's Hill.  Fortunately there was no other cars around.  When I finally got home,  barely had enough time to make to lunch at Fiddler's Elbows in Sugar House.  It was so fun to see everyone and meet Rob & Ann in persons.  Such great people! 

Took Riverton Paul's advice to try out some ellipticals.  Very fortunate to have my SSF accompany me.  She knows just the right questions to ask.  FUN DAY!

Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 4.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.00Weight: 0.00
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Busy day with visiting teaching, shopping.  

Dinner party at Cuisina Tucana, the most delicious, fantastic Italian gourmet experience EVER!

Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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Took my youngest to the dentist for checkup for his mission papers.  The last time we went to the dentist was 3 years ago.  Steven has one cavity and 4 wisdom teeth to be pulled.  Bryan has NO cavity.  

Busy day.  Finally got on the TM at 9:35pm.  

Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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So so so glad RAD organized a group run at the Lehi JRP! :)  I started my run 36 min earlier to get in 4 miles before everyone got there at 9am.  It was so good to see Cal, Kelli, Scott, TomSlick, Allie, RAD, Quiet Pirate, and met Chad for the first time.  

Got to run with Kelli the whole way!!! :) :) :)  I just love running with her! :)  She has such great running form.  I have missed her soooo much!  It was warm (mid 30's), overcast, zero wind, no snow on the parkway!  Right knee complained a bit.  Had no fluid for the entire run. 

RAD brought us hot chocolate, special donuts and oranges!  THANKS Rachel!

TT: 2:20:00.  AP: 9:10.  Splits:  9:59, 9:20, 9:07, 9:07, 9:27, 9:16, 9:02, 8:45, 8:41, 9:21, 9:00, 9:01, 9:00, 9:10, 9:20,  last 0.25 @ 9:10

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!!

It's almost 1:30am...I think I better go to bed before Santa comes down the chimney!

Inspire 5 (4) Miles: 15.25
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
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Got up at 5 am to put the turkey in the oven, roast in the crockpot, etc.  Thought about sneaking out for a run since everyone was still asleep; ...but didn't!  It was a good thing b/c both my daughter (from TX) and son (at Michigan) called at the same time, and we google-cam'd on Jeff's lap-top and my computer.  It was pretty cool and fun to have the whole family "gathered" around from three different States :)  My mother-in-law was astonished to see her 4 great-grandchildren via web-cams instantly.  Jeff announced his good-news to the family.  He is engaged to be married in April!!! hopefully 6 days after Boston :).   

After all the fun celebration, including David's birthday (yes David, my 4th child turned 25 today),  hubby and the boys went downstairs for ping-pong tournament, I went for a Christmas day run!  Wore shorts, l/s and s/s tops, gloves, sunglasses (yay, the sun is out!)  Nice EZ run reflecting on all the wonderful blessings given me! :)  Lots of happy happenings in the next few months:  5th grandchild being born in Jan., Jeff getting married in April, Steven leaving for his mission at the end of Winter semester, Eric graduating from Podiatry in May.  I am the luckiest mom and nana!!!

Hope y'all enjoying your family on this Christmas day!


Inspire 5 (2) Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 3.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 3.50Weight: 0.00
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Inspire 5 Purple (3) Miles: 12.00Mizuno Nexus2 Miles: 24.00Inspire 5 (4) Miles: 15.25Inspire 5 (2) Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 30.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 30.50Weight: 0.00
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