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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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Old Inspire 3 Sz 6 Miles: 21.70
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Eric and Marianne arrived at 1:15 am after a 28 hours train ride.  Jeff has arrived earlier in the evening.  Went to bed around 2 am.  Got up at 6 am.  All seven of us piled into the car and headed to California.  The weather was good.  

Our last gas/potty stop was in a nice valley town after Victorsville.  I saw a sign in the shopping complex that says:  "Fontana".  Hey, that's where Robw8 and Mindy live.   It's funny how I looked for all the places where my "virtual running friends" live.  Drove past VOF State Park sign, Las Vegas where JeffC and Megan live, Apple Valley where Sweetiepie live.

Arrived at my sister's in exactly 12 hours at 6:00 pm.  She already had a nice spread of appetizers waiting for us.  Dinner was a feast.  My sister is a great cook.  Everything she makes is sinfully delicious.     

 

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3.100.000.000.003.10

Rain. Temp at low 40's.  Location:  Ranchos Palos Verdes, Calif.  Ran up Ganada Dr. at elevation 1019' to Crest Rd (mile 0.4) at elevation 1194' (175' gain) down from Crest Rd. to Palos Verdes East (mile 1.5) at elevation 922' (272' loss).  Turned around and ran back up Palos Verdes East (272'  gain), same route to my sister's house.  

Nice easy pace with challenging hills 3.1 miles.  

Left for the viewing at 9:00 am in Costa Mesa.  Funeral was very nice.  Bittersweet family reunion time for all the families gathering far and near.  It rained all day, the clouds parted and the rain stopped just in time for the interment at the cemetery. 

Old Inspire 3 Sz 6 Miles: 3.10
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
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Cold (for Calif standard) in the high 30's and windy, partly cloudy.  Ran the same route but further on Palos Verdes East Dr. to the Miraleste Library.  The local runners were wearing winter running gear while I just had my Boston long sleeve shirt and shorts on.  One gal said as she ran towards me in passing:  "You made me feel very cold."  Lots of walkers with dogs and a few runners on this scenic, rolling, hilly course, very narrow shoulder with single lane traffic.  There's actually a marathon on this peninsula sometime in May.  Someday I will run this marathon.

6.6 miles in 1:05:07.  Average pace: 9:53.  Nice hilly run (total descent = 1282', total ascent = 1255') Splits:  10:39, 9:02, 9:10, 9:08, 10:17, 10:40, last 0.6 mi in 10:23 

Ate way too much the last few days.  Every meal ends with desserts, apple pie, pecan chocolate pie, chocolate cream pie, blueberry tart, Christmas braid, crescent rolls, cookies of all kinds, not to mention the sausage, English scones, french toasts, omelet I had for breakfast.  Did I mention my sister made all these from scratch?  Oh, we eat out too, we had dim sum for lunch.  We went to a very nice Chinese restaurant for a  9 course seafood dinner (West Lake soup, ginger crabs, clams, fresh steamed fish, salt and pepper shrimp, Peking duck, crispy Shanghai chicken, seafood chowmein, garlic eggplant, sweet tapioca soup)

I think I gained 8 pounds. :-)   

 

 

 

Old Inspire 3 Sz 6 Miles: 6.60
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So sad to say goodbye to my sister and her husband.  They packed my cooler with fish (salmon, halibut, sea bass, cod, and some I don't know the names) that Joe had caught in Alaska.

All 7 of us piled into my car again for a long drive home.  We took a detour to Riverside where my daughter-in-law met and visited briefly her sister.  We stopped at Vegas, Virgin River hoping to get lunch, but couldn't find a place to park or the buffets were closed due to the holiday.  Hubby refused to stop at any fast food place for dinner because it's Christmas Eve.  We really missed being home for Christmas Eve.  We finally made it to St. George at 6:00 pm and had dinner at Texas Road House.  We were starving and very road weary.

It started to snow at the Virgin River Gorge in AZ and most of the way through southern Utah.  By the time we reached home the snow was coming down hard.  We arrived home around 11:30 pm.  It was over 14 hours.  Quickly unpacked.  Wrapped the presents, Santa didn't forget us.  Went to bed at 3:00 am. 

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Merry Christmas

 Slept in till 9:30 am.  Cooked my traditional Christmas feast, turkey, ham, roast beef, mashed potato, fruit salad, stuffing, thanks to Sissy, we have crescent rolls and Christmas bread, corn, carrot, broccoli, rice and German Chocolate birthday cake for David.

Talked to Bryan serving happily in Brazil, Larissa and grandkids before eating at 1:00 pm and opened presents at 3:00 pm.

It was a great a Christmas being with my children, my mother-in-law and Larry's sister and her family from Minnesota.  

I was too pooped to do any exercise.  Just sat and watched my sons wax their skis and hubby packed the car for skiing.

 

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6 miles in 52:19 with 4 miles at tempo pace: 8:20.  Average pace: 8:42

Around the world core 25 reps.

Bicep tricep lifts 3 sets of 20 reps.

AM/PM yoga 

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My son and I had planned on running the JRP this morning.  Hubby said:  "Are you nuts? There are over a foot of snow on our lawn.  I'm sure the trail has over 2 ft of snow and not shoveled."  He's probably right.  I screwed some short screws on my shoes while Eric took off.  He's run on worse road condition than this in Iowa. 

The road is icy and snow packed so I was running cautiously.  At about mile 2.5 I saw Eric running towards me, he had already ran 5 miles.  He was going to run 10.  I kept telling him to head home.  "Mom, I want to run with you."  "But I'm too slow for you."  "You're running Marianne's (his wife) speed."  "Well, her pregnant speed."  "No, you're a great runner...besides I never get to run with you."  What a sweet son!  The run was wonderful but the conversation was priceless.  Oh, I wish wish he and I could run Boston together; well not together, but the same year.

Before we knew it we had run home.   Eric did 14 and I ran around the two blocks for another 5 miles to make 12.  I had to cut my run short because we had a baby shower to do for Marianne and my niece.  What a wonderful day.

12 miles in 1:59:27.  AP: 9:55

Old Inspire 3 Sz 6 Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Old Inspire 3 Sz 6 Miles: 21.70
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