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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 did a nice easy 4 miles today, I wanted to be kind to my heels for tomorrow's long run. They felt pretty good today, so I think I should be fine.

I don't know if I mentioned this or not to my blogging friends, but Paul climbed 2 fllights of stairs yesterday! 

Maurine and Laurie see you at 6:00am at Einsteins!!!!  

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Today was the perfect running day!  I have been waiting all year to do this run!  It was worth the wait, and I hope I can up there at least one more time before the snow flies, life gets so busy and it takes some time transporting people from canyon to canyon, but it is SOOO worth it!  We all met at Einsteins at 6:00am - Harold ( my most adorable husband), my brother Steve O from Springville, Steve Hortsmanshoff,  Maurine, and Lauri and Chris.  The guys all mountain biked and the girls ran.  We beat the heavy traffic, that trail is so popular now with bikers, we were jumping off the trail often so not to be trampled.  The bikers were all very nice and  appreciative of our efforts at getting out of their way.  Everyone was happy to be out, the wildflowers were spectacular and it was so cool and nice up there.  The 3 of us girls stayed together for about 3 miles and then Maurine took off like a crazy woman and we didn't see her until  the end.  Laurie and I enjoyed the scenery and chatted for most of the time, I think we have her hooked on the trails, she is a natural billy goat!  We saw a few Wasatch 100 runners training..... oh my dream is  to do that some day..... dream on old lady... Laurie and I hit the parking lot and none of our group was in sight, so we headed down the road and finally our boys came up in the car and rescued us.  The boys had jumped back on the pipeline at Elbow Fork and rode all the way to Rattlesnake Gulch, before coming back to get us.  They had a great time, Steve O, Harold and Chris all crashed, but lived to tell the story.  It was the BEST!!!  

Yahoo!  I made my 40 miles this week!!! 

AND..... My Paul is doing SUPER!!!!!!!!!!  That is the best news!!!!!

 

 

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This morning Kim S. and I went on a hike up Millcreek, we took the Pipeline trail and then headed up the Birch Hollow trail that goes up to the ridge. It is not a very popular trail, so we were doing a little bush wacking. Odee got to try out his new doggie back pack. He didn't seem to mind it, he can now carry his own water and  leash and dog treats.  It was great!   Now I am going to head off to the pool and try and get in my 70 laps! 

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I am pooped!  I haven't really recovered from my 15 1/2 mile trail run  Sat., but I couldn't  NOT go with my chics on their 14 miler today, so I tagged along, in the back and did a little more walking. It was tough.  I had an average pace of 13:54.  Glad to have the miles in and visit with the chics, but I felt like I got my butt kicked good.  I am chillin' the rest of the day!!!!

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Today is a nothing day, no running or exersizing at all, I really over did it yesterday. Today I an focusing on our fundraiser for Paul, we are having a celebration in a park in Sandy on Sept.6th!  Food, Polynesian dancing, music, raffle and FUN FUN FUN!  I will post details if any of you can come up and party with us!!!

 

Run hard everyone for me!  Except you Marion, run slow and behave yourself!!!

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Another  no running day, spent the night in the hospital to give Julie a break.  I did do 30 min. of swimming laps.  Now it is back to the hospital!

Good luck on all your training everyone!

 

 

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Today is another "nothing" day, BUT.... I am doing a 10 miler with the chics tomorrow!  My heels feel better, they needed a rest.

Paul gets out of the hospital tomorrow, which is great, but will need care around the clock until they can put back his skull, so it will be alot of work for Julie to arrange for his constant care. 

Have a great weekend everyone and enjoy your long runs!!!

 

 

 

 

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Jen, Lisa and I did our favorite 10 mile route, from the Smiths on Wasatch to the South Mountain bridge.  We started out at 5:30, it was nice and cool the whole way, we had a nice easy pace, it was a great morning.  Lots of runners out this morning!  I had heel issues the whole way, so I probably looked pretty spazy but it was still a perfect morning. It took us 2:15, about a 13:32 min. pace, we decided we could never get away with that if Des was along, so since she was out of town we kicked back and loved it!  We did miss Des though!  I called Harold at the 8 mile mark and he came and picked us up. 

 

Hope you all had great long runs or races, have a great weekend

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Okay, I need to get clear on my goals for next week, and so I thought I would write them down for the whole blogging world to see!!

#1  NO DIET COKE, not one little tiny sip!

#2  Swim 4 times this week

#3 NO running on pavement

#4 at least one trail run with Maurine

# 5 ICE ICE BABY on my poor heels

This shouldn't be a difficult week to get right!  No mileage goals!  I CAN DO THIS!!!!

 

 

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I did a 7 mile hike with Kim S.  We started at Butler Fork in Big Cottonwood and hiked to the ridge.  We hiked along the ridge for about 1 1/2 hours and then down the other side.  It was a new trail for me, it is interesting seeing how they all connect, I am slowly getting familiar with a lot of these Wasatch trails.  Kim and I should write a book, a Girls Guide to hiking the Wasatch!   The only Wasatch trails book we have is pretty outdated and it gets frustrating when you rely on it.   The heels are still painful, but they would have been worse pounding them on the pavement!   Ice Ice Baby...... 

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Ardath and I went on a hike with Odee on the Shoreline trail.  It was nice and cool, it was perfect until a lady freaked out and screamed like a lunatic because Odee came running up to her dog without a leash, I am such a naughty pet owner. 

 

The heels are feeling pretty good. 

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Well, here it is Wed. and I haven't had a diet coke since Sunday and it has been painless, I haven't had a headache and I haven't felt bloated. This has been super easy, I hope this frame of mind continues!  I know it is all in the head for me.

I walked for 2 miles in the neighborhood with my best buddy Ann from Hawaii.  I haven't run since Sat. and my heels are feeling a little better. Tomorrow I will test out the heels on a trail run on the Pipeline with Maurine and hopefully Laurie. 

Now I need to check out your morning runs!  Have a great day!

 

 

 

 

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Good Morning! Just wanted you all to know that I am doing a trail run tonight with Maurine, so I will post my run this evening. I hope you all have a nice run this morning. Today is day #4 and no Diet Coke!!! The scale seems to be moving down a bit, I am feeling so much better, I am thinking I am going to count down the days and see how long I can go....maybe 100!! I swam for one hour yesterday, I get butterflies in my stoamch thinking about a mile swim in Jordanelle. I will do a practice swim this Sat. at Jordanelle and see if I can do it. Paul is back in the hospital, he has surgery today, they think he may have an infection, I hope this is just a minor set back. More later.... I can't wait to hear about your day!

I just got back from dropping off Maurine, we had a great trail run.  We drove up Millcreek canyon, Harold jumped on his bike and rode to the top of the canyon and we got on the trail at Birch Hollow and ran to the end of the Pipeline and back.  It was nice and cool most of the way. It was great to have a liesurely run with Maurine.  After our run we went to Zuppa's for dinner.  

Odee came along sporting his new back pack. It was nice to have him carry his own water, and BTW he looked very rugged and tough, a true Ultra dog!!!!

Maurine and I got in over 9 miles and Harold did just over 32!!!  A great evening indeed!!!



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I woke up this morning to very tender heels!  No running today, but that is okay, I have a full day of appts. in my salon, and then I am going to Utah County for wedding reception. Polynesian food and dancing, a good time for sure!!  I am saving points for Guava cake!!  Paradise!  My hips are already swaying.... ( and not from the music!)

I am excited to see how your long runs go this weekend.  Cross your fingers I don't drown in Jordanelle!

***** Day  #5  of No Diet Coke!!!!! *****

 

 

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Today was the Jordanelle Triathlon clinic.  I did a swim across Jordnelle and back for the practice, they said that it was probably just shy of the sprint distance, so not even half of what I have to do next week, but on the bright side, I enjoyed it, I wasn't panic stricken, and I wasn't the last one out of the water, almost, but not quite.  I think I will be fine next week.   

Harold did great on the bike, 25 miles in 1:15, so he is feeling pretty good about things too.  My son is doing it and he also felt the clinic was great and feels more confident about the race.  I think we might all have a good experience for our first time.

I ended up walking up the road and back, I should have run, but in my mind all I could think about was the swim and I just wasn't in the running mode. I have to gear myself up for things and be mentally ready. 

 

 

 

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Okay, I made my one goal of  No Diet Coke for a whole week!  Yahoo!  But I was replacing it with Guava Nector!  So this week, I need to replace the Guava Nector with Ice Tea or Water, something not loaded with sugar. 

Since I am no longer doing runs on pavement, I didn't have time to drive to the canyon and run so today is a big goose egg!  That is the down side of trail running, it takes more  of a commitment to get your run in.  So I slept in,  I feel like a slob today. Okay, a lesson learned here, I need to get my fanny out of bed earlier and hit the trails!

 

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I was a good girl today and got up at 6:00a with my hubby and was on the trail by 6:30, I saw Lisa and drove her to Jen's so I could at least say Hi to Lisa and welcome her home from Alaska. The chic's were running on the pavement, so I couldn't join them, I am being strict about my new "NO PAVEMENT" rule.  I ran the Cottonwood trail, that is the first time I have done it  in the morning for months, it was cool and you could feel the breeze from the river.  There were several runners out and I saw Alice and Jon on their bikes.  It only took me 10 minutes to drive there, it is not a big deal, I need to do this on a regular basis.  I went to the 3rd bridge and back.  4.84 miles in 1:16.  I think my day will be much better today.

BTW Paul was released from the hospital last night, he will have home health care come in take care of his IV.  Our fundrasier on Sept. 6th is looking better every day, I hope some of you can come. It will probably be an all day affair at the Bell Canyon Park in Sandy, but I will give you more details later.

 

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This morning Lisa and I did the Pipeline trail. It was 52 degrees when we started out, perfect! I was struggling with my heels, I am going to go and ice right now. 

I just found out Cubword is going to play at our fundraiser as well as the Moleni Brothers, you can check out his music at Cubworld.cc  Jacob Kongaika (Cubworld) was also our neighbor in Tonga, I am soooo excited to have these two musicans perform for us.  They are so great!!!  It will be such a fun day in the park!!

Thanks Lisa for coming with me on a trail run, we need to Jen and Des to go with us next week!!

 

 

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Hello!  I have been running around like a wild woman, but not in my running shoes!  I have been trying to get my fundraiser-party in order before I head up to Jordanelle today for the weekend. We got a condo and are staying until Sunday, some of the kids and grandkids are camping up there. Should be a fun time.

I wish all of you Hobblecreek runners the best of luck!  A PR for everyone! 

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Race: Jordanelle Triathlon Olympic Distance (6 Miles) 00:01:11
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We survived the Jordanelle Triathlon!  I was very nervous about the mile swim in open water.  I was in the last wave of the Olympic distance swimmers, I stayed very wide to avoid the crowds, I think I probably was overly cautious and swam an extra half mile.  We had to swim in a big triangle, and the Olympic distance had to do it twice.  It is an odd feeling to not be able to know what is going on around you, you feel real isolated (especially when you are swimming 20ft  off to the side of everyone else. After the first loop it seemed like I was all alone so I stayed more on course. I asked a kayaker as I started the 2nd round if I was the last Olympic swimmer and he said yes.  I thought I was and I felt like the last loop was done all by myself.  I didn't know if the sprinters were waiting for me to get in or what.  Why was I out there by myself and this huge crowd on the shore?  It felt like forever, and I was thinking I was so out of my league it was ridiculous, and I felt like they were saying over the bullhorn,  "Sorry for the delay we have to wait for this PATHETICALLY SLOW Olympic swimmer before we can start the sprint division"  As I swam to the shore the Sprinters were in the water waiting  and I swam into there starting area, again, swimming too far off course ,they made a clearing for me to swim thru them.  I was happy to be done, the embaressment of being so slow wasn't too bad because the crowd was very kind and friendly and treated me like a world class athelete and cheered me on.  I ran thru the transition to Harold who was ready to bike,  I thought for sure it was over an hour and twenty minutes and he said my time was 54 minutes.  I was really happy to have been under an hour.

Harold took off  and passed my  29 year old son and his buddy that left 15 minutes earlier and did his 25 mile bike in 1:21!  I was super surprised to see him come back to the transition before the boys. 

I took off for the10k and my heels hurt and it was very hot by this time, and trudged thru it. I worked hard,  and  had a time of 1:11, an average pace of 11:30, which was just fine with me.

Our total time on our garmin was 3:26:37, we will see how that compares to the the race results.

I really enjoyed it and want to do more.  I need swimming lessons! 

 PS  I forgot to mention, I was NOT the last person out of the water for the Olympic Distance, there was at least one man, and maybe more,  I will have to check the results.

 

 

 

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I slept in this morning, Harold came to give me kiss good-bye and said the chicks had just run by the house.  Wah wah wah!  I want to run on the road, just because it is easy, get your shoes on and go, but I am trying to save my heels for my 2 marathons. 

Tomorrow, I will rise and shine  early and hit the Cottonwood trail. 

I hate non running days.

 

 

 

 

 

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This morning I woke up to AGAIN some very sore heels, the thought of  running on a trail sounded too brutal, so I took Odee for a 1/2 mile walk on a trail, even after the 1/2 mile walk it was sore, I thought I might be able to walk it off, but no such luck. So..... today I am calling the doctor and seeing if she will refer me to someone that might help me get rid of this.

I hope you all have a nice morning run, I will have to live thru yours!  Have a great day!

 PS  I went to a store called Chandlers, the owner is a PT.  He works with a lot of runners. He looked at my feet and gave me some exersizes to do and a better pair of insoles.  He told me to take 200mg of Ibprofen (or however you spell it) 3 times a day for a few days for the inflamation and to do some specific exersizes he showed me.  He did not tell me to stay off my feet, just to keep my mileage low for a few weeks and see how it goes.  I had made an appt. to see my doctor and see if she would refer me to a specialist, but I am going to cancel that and go with the PT for now.  I can always try the doctor if this doesn't work.  Wish me luck.  I need my feet to work, I have about 4 weeks to go!

 

 

 

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God Bless Chandlers Shoe store and the nice PT who owns it!  Thanks Ardith for referring me to them.  I wrote in my blog yesterday that the PT(I wish I had his name, nice older guy) checked out my feet. Yes, I have PT, he also said I have plantar warts, ( I always thought that I had glass in my feet that had grown over to make callouses, they always hurt, but then I run to the point where they go numb and I can't feel it anymore)  He also said the pads of my feet have worn down (due to age.....Yeck!)  Anyway, he gave me exersizes to do, a new insole that is built up more in the arch and more padded than the one I got at Wasatch Running, and he told me to take 600mg of Vit.I 3 times a day until I feel better, he told me to cut my mileage down, but that I didn't need to quit!!  Yahoo!!  I am a miserable person if I don't get my run in.

I woke up with my feet feeling better than they have in weeks!  I did a 2.07 easy run to the first bridge up on the Little Cottonwood trail. I felt great, I didn't even have to land on my toes and then my heel to avoid pain!

I am going to follow the PT's orders religiously!  He also said NEVER go barefoot! 

All  you young runnners, please take care of your feet, you will get old one day and I KNOW you want to run forever so take care of them.  NO flip flops unless they have support!  I spent $50 on a pair of "Fitflops", they came recommended by a friend who had PF and is now fine.

I am so happy!  Have a great day!

 

 

 

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Hi Everyone, another no running day. I had to get up early and go watch Paul and then I have a full day of work.  I thought I would use this entry to invite you all to our   party in the park for Paul!  So here are the details and if you can come out that would be wonderful, it should be a great time!!!

                                                Party in the Park for Paul

                                                      Sat. Sept 6th

                                                        5:00pm to 9:30pm

                                                       Antzcak Park Pavillion

                                                       1850 E 7200 S

                                                                SLC

We are having the Polynesian food catered by the  Pauni Family ( the Logan family that had the Extreme Home Makeover) They have delicous food! We have two fabulous musicans coming, The Moleni Brothers and Cubworld ( you can google them and hear their music) There will also be Polynesian dancing and a silent auction and a raffle.  We have Jazz tickets, BYU Football tickets, personal training coupons, dog training coupons, massage therapy, retro aprons, quilts, running shirts, holly molly, we have got TONS of prizes and we are selling really cool tee-shirts for only $15. 

I would love for you all to come, I will be the one with the red hair in a Paul Alusa tee-shirt running around like a wild banshee!!!  Come Party with us!!!!

Oh, for those of you who haven't seen my earlier blog entries about Paul, he is my son-in-law who had a rugby accident that caused a massive stroke, we are trying raise money for his rehab and therapy. He had his accident on July 19, he was just released from the hospital last week, he is doing well with his physical rehab, but is still not speaking.

 

 

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I cramed in a 3 mile run up the  Little Cottonwood trail. Life is super busy and of course I am dealing with PF, so my running week looks pathetic.  I am hoping I can get more miles in next week. 

I would love to come down and do Onion Days with you all, but I am not sure I can pull it off, I will just have to see how the weekend goes and make a last minute decsion.

Have a great weekend!!

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Whimpy, whimpy, whimpy! I only did 5 miles on the Cottonwood Trail and mostly walked. The heels are doing pretty well and just want them to stay that way.  I only got in about 10 miles this week.  Next week I will try and increase it to 20 and see how that feels. 

Do you think Harold will miss me if I sneak off to Onion Days to do a 5K with the girls?  Maybe I could put some sleeping pills in his ice cream tomorrow night.

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