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Location:

Cottonwood Heights,Ut,USA

Member Since:

May 17, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Pony Express 50 miler 2009 13:19

*** 50K PR is 7:11 Red Mountain 50K 2010

Red Mountain 50k 2008

Goblin Valley 50K (twice)

Antelope Island 50k

24 hours of Moab (dropped out at 42 miles)

Antelope Island 25K

*** Marathon PR is 4:50 (St. George)

14 St. George Marathons

Portland Marathon

2 Ogden Marathons

2 Park City Marathons

Top of Utah

*** Half Marathon PR is 2:18 (Bryce Canyon)

Hobble Creek Half

Provo River Half

Salt Lake City Half

Bryce Canyon Half

Painters Half

Short-Term Running Goals:

I did it!!! Pony Express 50 miler!! 13:19 ! Oct. 16, 2009

2011 Race Calendar:

Feb. Aloha Race - Honolulu

April Red Mountain 30K

April SL Running Co. 5K

May Running with Angels 5K

July Bryce Canyon Half Marathon

Aug. Park City Half Marathon

Oct. St. George Marathon

Sept. Little Grand Canyon Half Marathon

Provo Halloween Half Marathon

Nov. Mesquite Half Marathon

2012 Race Calendar

Jan New Years Revolution Race at Oval (14 miles)

April Red Mountain 30K

July Bryce Canyon Half Marathon

Aug. Park City Half Marathon

Oct. St. George Marathon

Oct. Halloween Half Marathon

Nov. Mesquite Half Marathon

Dec. Honolulu Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay fit enough to run marathons all thru my life

Personal:

I started running at age 40 (14 years ago!) I am married to Harold, he is a super supportive husband and we enjoy running and biking the trails along the Wasatch Front together. Between us we have 7 children and 9 grandchildren. I am really having fun trying new races in scenic parts of Utah, I am a newbie in the ultrarunning world, I am slow, but love everything about it! I have a lot to learn,but I am enjoying the journey.

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I am starting to feel better, I have been thinking this morning how good my feet and legs feel. They really haven't had a "week off" in several years, I haven't taken any Vit I and my PL seems to have gone away. I think this has actually been a good thing for my body to totally rest for a week. Not only do I feel better and rested, but it has made me appreciate how much I have missed running and how much I would like to do better at it, I will never be fast, but I would like to be stronger and to be able to hit more 10 min. miles in my training and races. That sounds wimpy to most of you on the blog, but 10 min miles for me would be just perfect.

I am looking forward to a run with Maurine tomorrow on the Parkway, SLC Running store is having a training run for the SLC marathon, they are doing a 18-20 run, with aid every 2 miles, they said it is open to the running public. I can hardly wait!! Let us know if anyone wants to join us. They said the start is at the 5400 S. parking lot between 7 and 7:30.

Oh, and if you need a good book to read, check out Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross, it is a great read!

Comments

From Maurine/Tarzan on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 09:55:33 from 63.255.172.2

Les, do you want to start at 7 or 7:30? I think I will park at Winchester and run over to 5400 South.

From odee` on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 09:59:49 from 76.23.61.78

Should we say 7:30 at 5400 S.?

From britta on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 15:23:42 from 72.130.122.244

So glad you are feeling better. I wish I could come run the parkway tomorrow. It sounds really nice. Have a fun run with Maurine.

From Kelli on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 18:44:34 from 71.219.76.202

I am so glad that you feel better!!! It is nice to get some rest for sure. I hear ya about appreciating running when it is taken away (I hate it the rest of the time!)

You guys have fun tomorrow. We have to start at 6 because our neighborhood is having some kind of disaster drill that we need to get home for. I have heard those SLC Running store sponsored runs are nice. And they always have runners (that work at the stores) there that you can talk to and ask questions.

HAVE FUN!

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