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October 2011

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Location:

South Jordan,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Jan 11, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

5 K Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I've been running for the past 25 years.  I ran my first marathon at age 50 and have run 3 since then.  I run 5K's, 10K's and half-marathons.   I ran the Ogden Marathon in 2006 and finished in 4:35.  I won Thrid Place in my age group.

Three of my daughters and I ran the Ogden Half Marathon.  They did great and I was glad to just finish.  I ran the Riverton 1/2 marathon the end of March and pulled my hamstring and then got bursitis so I wasn't able to train as much as I wanted to.

I have slowed down a lot the past 10 years so my goal now is to keep running slow and steady until I die.  I also ride bikes and am as fast as my daughters.

We have now switched from Marathons to 1/2 marathons and Triathlons.  Last year Leslie and I did the Desert Sharks Triathlon and Daybreak.  I won first in my age group in both because there are not many people in my age group.

2010  Riverton Half Marathon 3rd in age group

Daybreak Triahtlon 2010 1st in age group

South Jordan Half Marathon 2010 1st in my age group

Riverton 10K 2010 1st in my age group

Vikingman Triathlon September 10 2010  Won 1st in my age because I was the only one in my age group

March 2011 Riverton 1/2 Marathon 1st in my age group and there were actually 6 people in my age group.

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

My daughters and I are starting to train for Triathlons, but would still like to run 2 half-marathons and 5K's and 10K's 

2010

Riverton 1/2 Marathon  3rd in age

Daybreak Triathlon 1st in age

Riverton 10K

Hobblecreek 1/2 Marathon

Vikingman Triathlon

MS 100 Mile Bike ride finished in 7 hours

2016

Terrain Run with son and daughter.  It was fun but very muddy

August 25 Triathamom with my daugter Christine


 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running, biking, swimming and stay fit until I'm 100 years old

Personal:

I'm married, have 8 kids (7 daughters and one son) and 28 grandkids. I have a great supportive husband.  The grandsons and grand daughters are now tied at 14.  I have 2 grand daughters married and one going on a mission to Australia.

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12.00

Leslie and I rode our 12 mile course from my house to redwood road south to 126th then west to 3200, north to 118th, west to 40th west, north to 98th, east to redwood and then south to 114th.  It was a good ride.

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2.00

I was able to walk half a mile and run one and a half and my foot didn't hurt too much.  I think it is getting better.

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I didn't do any exercise today except walk around at Capitol Reef.  Ben, Kent, Leslie and I drove down on Monday after work.  My 6th oldest daughter got married today at Capitol  Reef.  It turned out very nice and we are happy for them.

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3.00

I ran 3 miles this morning before work.  It only hurt a little bit.  After work I did my arm weight exercises.

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3.00

I used the spin bike for 30 minutes and got a very good workout.

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1.00

I walked 1 mile with Duke this morning and than this afternoon I did my leg weight/stomach exercises and my 80 mens pushups.  I did 50 pushups, took a 30 second break and did 30 more.

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6.00

Leslie and I ran our 6 mile daybreak course.  It was the longest I have run in 6 weeks since my PF started acting up.  It didn't hurt much, I just had a few twinges of pain.  I am running the South Jordan Half next Saturday so I just hope all the training I did before the injury will be enough to get me through the race.  I wasn't too dead after so I think if I just go slow and easy I will make it to the end.  Leslie signed up for the race yesterday so she could help me along.  She is such a nice daughter.

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2.50

I met the BBK's at the SJ Library for the early miles.  Lisa Dudley was the only other person there so she ran slow with me.  We had a nice visit.  Had had to be to work at 6am so I was ony able to run 2.5.  My foot was starting to hurt just a little at the end of the run.

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3.00

Met the BBK's at the Parkway Palisades park for the early miles.  Duke ran with me and it really helped.  The only ones at the early miles were Mike and Peggy.  It was nice to visit with them.  I had to be to work at 6am.  My foot didn't hurt too much after.  I hope I am ready for my half on Saturday.

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13.10

South Jordan Half Marathon.  I couldn't get the race format to work for the time so I had to publish this like a normal run.  This ended up being a very interesting race.  It was quite cool when we got to the race start.  We could have arrived at least 30 minutes later and still made it in time.  I thought since we were getting dropped off that the roads might be crowded, but there wasn't any traffic on the way up.  Leslie could have slept in for another 30 minutes.(Off course I always wake up at 4 or 4:30.)  We huddled around the warmers for awhile and then got in line for the POP.  There were lots of them so it was quick.  We waited until the very last minute to take our warm clothes off and head to the start.  I saw Kris from our running group and his wife and Leslie saw her bosses wife.  We started off nice and easy.  Since I wasn't able to train much for the past 5 weeks I wanted to be sure I made it to the end.  We ran past a lady that looked like she could be in my age group so I talked to her for a minute and she was in my age group.  We kept plugging along and at about mile 5 Leslie needed a POP stop so I told her to run ahead.  I met her just after mile 6 and there was no POP there.  I tried to get her to run ahead because I was getting very tired.  When we got to mile 8 I was slowing down and the other lady in my age group caught up with us.  She told Leslie she would stay with me so she could go on ahead.  This lady was very nice and she used a technique where she would walk for about 10 steps about every half mile.  This really helped me to not get so tired.  My foot was hurting just a little.  We kept doing this until we got to about the half a mile when a marathon runner passed us and was running very wobbly.  He then started walking wobbly and then collapsed.  We ran up to him and a biker stopped and gave us his water bottle and we helped the guy drink some.  We told him to stay laying down.  After a couple of minutes he said he wanted to finish the race.  We helped him up and he was still quite wobbly so Carol took one side and I took the other and with his arms over out shoulders we helped him wobble to the finish line.  It was his first marathon and he finished in 3 hours and 13 minutes.  Carol and I walked across the same time but they gave me first place and her second in our age group because we were the only ones in our age group.  It probably added 10 extra minutes to our time but we were glad we could help him finish.  My time ended up being 2 hours and 36 minutes.  I could have finished 10 minutes faster if we hadn't helped the runner that collapsed, but I'm glad we helped him.  We still got 1st and 2nd and a free entry into next years half which really made me happy.

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1.50

Ben, Duke and I walked this morning at 4:30. We went our usual route. My foot hardly hurt at all. Tonight after dinner I did my arm weight exercises.

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2.50

Duke and I met the group at the SJ soccer fields for the early miles. Kris, Julie, Lisa and I were the only ones. We did our usual course except we came down Canterwood instead of Rustic Roads. When I got back and was ready to leave I couldn't find my keys. I had to call Kent and he brought the extra set. Luckily he went back when it was light and drove along the course and found them.

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0.00

I did my leg weight/stomach exercise along with pushups.

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3.00

Duke and I met the group for the regular miles. I only stayed for 3 miles because I didn't want my foot to get sore and I didn't want Duke's leg to get sore.

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3.00

I ran 3 miles with Duke and Then I came home and packed to go to Idaho with mu husband to visit our daughter Jenny and her family.

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6.00

Leslie and I met the group at the SJ library for our Saturday run.  We left before the others because we knew they would pass us soon.  They were all going 10-12 but Leslie and I only wanted to go 6.  We headed out to 13th west and south towards Riverton Park.  The group caught us quite fast and yell "Hi" as they passed.  We continued on until the light at 126th and then turned around and headed back.  When we got to 114th we turned west and stopped at my house to use the restroom and pick up Duke.  Duke was so excited he dragged me faster that usual.  Leslie caught up several times when Duke stopped to use a bush.  It was a good run and I really enjoyed it.  We both have a busy day planned so next week maybe we can go farther.

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3.00

I ran 3 miles with Duke before work.

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3.00

I met the group at the park at the bottom of tithing hill for the early miles.  We ran along the parkway trail.  I ran with Duke.  I'm glad I had a head light because it was dark.  I had to leave right after the early miles to be to work at 6am.

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1.00

I had a headache this morning so I only ran 1 mile with Duke before work.  After work and a short nap I did my arm weight exercises.

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3.00

Duke and I met the group and the River Front Park.  Peggy was the only other person that came for the early miles.  I had a nice visit with Peggy.  Duke had to stop at almost every bush.  I had to be to work at 6 so I couldn't stay for the other run.

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6.00

Leslie and I met the group at SJ Library for the Saturday run.  We started off early because we knew the others would pass us quickly.  We ran out to 13th west and headed south.  The group caught us fast and said "Hi" as they passed.  We continued south to 126th and then we turned around.  They were all going 10-12 but Leslie and I only had time to go 6.  We headed north to 114th and then turned west and stopped at my house for a pit stop and to pick up Duke.  Duke was so excited he pulled me even faster than normal.  Leslie caught up several times when Duke stopped to use a bush.  It was a good run and since Leslie and I had a lot to do today 6 was just right.

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3.00

Duke and I ran our usual 3 mile course at 4:30am this morning.  I had to be to work at 6am.

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80.60
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