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Location:

Saint George,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 23, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Mount Charleston Marathon 2016 - 3:17:51

Snow Canyon Half 2012 - 1:33:30

Spectrum 10K 2012 - 43:41 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a destination marathon. 

Complete a half Ironman.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Know when to hold 'em

Know when to fold 'em

Know when to walk away

Know when to run....

Personal:

Surrounded by the people I love. Life is good.

Passionate about my family, the University of Utah -- GO UTES, almond M&Ms, mountain biking, comfy t-shirts, Survivor, friends, and (of course) running.

Physical therapist at The Health and Performance Center at Dixie Regional Medical Center. I LOVE what I do. Seriously, living the dream!

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
192.8739.008.2514.130.00254.25
Brooks Pure Grit - Trail Miles: 25.25Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 132.00Brooks Pureflow Black/white Miles: 36.00Brooks Pure Cadence - Fiery Coral Miles: 21.00Brooks PureFlow 2: Lime Punch Miles: 18.00Brooks Pure Flow - Teal Miles: 22.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.250.000.000.000.0013.25

13.25 wonderful miles on the trails in the immediate vicinity of a handful of houses we are looking at. My legs feel like mush ... some serious incline/decline. Ry ran 9 miles with me and Smo ran 4.25. It is so much fun watching Sophia float on those trails. I couldn't stay up with her (granted I had already run 9 but I'm not sure that I could have on fresh legs). She was kind enough to wait for me every now and then. :)

Our family is loving St. George. We have been driving to Cedar City every day to watch the 3A girls basketball state tournament (mostly to watch the Desert Hills girls). We think Rylee would fit in quite nicely. We already talked to the coach and various players. I think this is going to happen.

Brooks Pure Grit - Trail Miles: 13.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.004.000.007.00

1 mile warm-up then 8 x 800s with 400 recovery between, then .75 cool down (3:20, 3:20, 3:20, 3:20, 3:18, 3:18, 3:16, 3:16)

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.500.000.000.000.006.50

6.5 miles, AP 8:47

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 6.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles, AP 8:19

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.009.000.000.000.0010.00

10 miles: 1/2 mile warm up, 9 @ 7:38, 1/2 mile cool down

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 miles, AP 8:26

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
16.004.000.000.000.0020.00

20 miles: 10.5 with Ry, 9.5 by my lonesome. Perfect weather. Finished somewhere in the 8:20s but had a small break after 14.5 miles to take care of some stuff. :)

Brooks Pureflow Black/white Miles: 20.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles, AP 8:57

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.000.000.003.000.005.00

5 miles: 1 warm-up, 3 @ 6:53, 1 cool-down

Early morning meeting today so decided I would try to run a fast three miles with a nice mile warm-up and cool-down. Haven't run a crazy hard three miles in a row for quite some time. I was nervous but it went better than expected. The only real mistake I made was stopping immediately after the hard three (instead of jogging right into my cool down). For the first time in years I was in puke zone and I almost hurled a lung! As I am now in my forties this "puke zone" pace has become not nearly as enjoyable as it was in my thirties. :)

I know that many run faster than I do but for me this was a great pace. I was happy. :)

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

10 easy/recovery miles. Can't remember the exact pace but it was in the 9s. I'm guessing 9:15ish.

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Zilch! Taking a last minute trip to St. George to make some initial contacts with prospective employers. :-)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

12 miles on the trails behind Desert Hills High School. Ry joined me for 6 of them. :-)

Brooks Pure Grit - Trail Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.0010.001.000.000.0016.00

16 hilly miles in beautiful St. George. AP 7:52 (10 by myself at 7:41, 6 with Ry at 8:11). Good times with My Love but excited to see my 5 other loves in less than an hour! :-)

Brooks Pureflow Black/white Miles: 16.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.500.001.000.000.007.50

7.5 miles, AP 8:16

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.500.003.251.750.007.50

7.5 miles including: warm-up, 3 x 2000 meter at 5K-10K pace with 3 minute recovery jogs, 800 meters easy, 3x 400 meters at VO2 max with 400 recovery jogs, cool down.

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.500.001.000.000.006.50

6.5 miles, mostly super easy

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 6.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.001.000.0010.00

So I was supposed to have today off but the opportunity came up to watch (and even help) an MD with some x-ray guided cortisone shots into various parts of the body (SI, low back, rib insertion, neck, etc.). Very cool!! I'm amazed how specific those things can be when using x-ray.

To make the day even better I ran the fastest mile I have ever run in my life (that I know of). It was on the treadmill so maybe it wasn't accurate at all. But who cares ... it was awesome!!! I'm going to hit the track with Sophia next week and see if I can repeat it legit! :)

A.M.: 5.5 miles at 8:30, then my fastest mile ever (at least the treadmill said it was), then one slow mile.

P.M.: 2.5 miles easy.

Happy March Madness, All! Let the shining moments begin! :)

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.500.000.000.000.007.50

7.5 miles, AP 8:57

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.008.000.000.000.0021.00

20 miles, AP 7:59

-14.5 @ 7:54, on the JRP by my lonesome, well kind of my lonesome, the trail was packed -- and I ran into Kathie and Kimmy :)

- 5.5 @ 8:17 , on 7800 South with Smo. I was so tired at the end and she showed me no mercy by kicking it up a giant notch the last mile and leaving me in the dust. My legs were just too mushy to respond. Dang.

*** Then I was adding up my miles for the week and realized that I only needed one more to hit an even 60! I hopped on the treadmill and slowly plugged along.

1 mile, 9:30

Got to figure out my intake before Boston. I feel the energy being zapped from my legs around mile 17. Not good! But on a positive note I have zero niggles! That is usually not the case with me this close to a marathon. Usually am trying to ward off something. So perhaps the two things will offset each other. :)

Brooks Pure Cadence - Fiery Coral Miles: 21.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

10 miles, AP 8:27

Brooks PureFlow 2: Lime Punch Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.620.000.004.380.008.00

8 miles including: 7 x 1000 meters with two minute recovery jog between (all at 6:59 pace except last one at 6:38)

Brooks PureFlow 2: Lime Punch Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

9 miles, AP 8:47

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.008.002.000.000.0011.00

1/2 mile warm up, 10 miles at 7:37, 1/2 mile cool down

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 11.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.500.000.000.000.007.50

7.5 easy/recovery miles, AP 9:10ish

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
22.000.000.000.000.0022.00

22 miles, which I am listing under easy miles because I'm not sure where to put them. The pace was slower but they did not feel easy by a long stretch!! :)

First 12 miles were FANTASTIC! Comfortable pace, with GREAT company: Ry, Fly, JohnnyV and Dave, on the beautiful BST. Nice hilly run with great conversation! With that said, whomever thought that course would be a good idea to start my 22 miler on was NUTZ! ;-)

When those miles were complete Ry and JohnnyV immediately drove me to the entrance of the JRP (so about a 7-8 minute break) while I re-fueled. I then ran home, which unfortunately was directly south, which happened to be the exact direction the wind was coming from at 12-20 mph. Needless to say the wind and I are now sworn enemies. Thankfully, I was able to manage an 8:19 pace for those last 10 miles, which I feel really good about under those conditions. However, I honestly felt so beat up afterwards.

Sigh ... I hope it will pay off at Boston. I'm a little worried that the 7-8 minute break and another 4 minute break on the trail (I ran into Andy D and we chatted a bit) may make this 22 miler not as effective as it would have been without those breaks.

Anyways ... that's all. :)

Oh ... and our house is under contract! I hope we find one in SG really soon!!! :)

Brooks Pure Flow - Teal Miles: 22.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles, AP 9:05

Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
192.8739.008.2514.130.00254.25
Brooks Pure Grit - Trail Miles: 25.25Brooks Pure Flow - Red Miles: 132.00Brooks Pureflow Black/white Miles: 36.00Brooks Pure Cadence - Fiery Coral Miles: 21.00Brooks PureFlow 2: Lime Punch Miles: 18.00Brooks Pure Flow - Teal Miles: 22.00
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