Trail Running Granny

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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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After being out on Antelope Island with Maurine yesterday I decided I have to get a little more serious about my running. I am not going to make huge goals here and set myself up for failure, but I do plan to kick it up a knotch and try and improve. I need to shed some weight, work on my strength training and my speed. When I say speed I mean more 10 min. miles. The most important goal will be endurance for the 50 miler in Oct. I have been coasting thru the winter and now it is spring and the running season is here, I need to RUN !!

Thanks for all the motivation from all of you on the blog, it is a huge boost for me!

Comments

From snoqualmie on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 18:18:07 from 67.171.56.164

Now is a great time to renew running commitments, imo. The days are longer and better fruit is appearing in the markets. lol Best wishes on your goals!

From Maurine/Tarzan on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 18:46:50 from 97.117.61.64

Ok - it is probably totally sick and wrong that watching people struggle and suffer make us think how neat it would be to do that ourselves.

Les - you are a great friend and a great runner. One thing I enjoy about running with you is that you enjoy running just for that itself - it does not have to be everything in your life.

We are going to so rock this summer in our running and in our endurance. We will never be local elites - but we will be the awesome, mature runners that those youngsters out there will envy.

From leslie on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 19:02:04 from 76.23.61.78

Sno, thanks for the encouragement, yes, I am so excited for the farmers markets and all the wonderful fresh produce. I hope you are doing well, I need to check your blog it has been awhile.

Maurine, I am glad I have you to run with, even though we are older we can still improve, you are so right, we are going to have a great summer with the grand slam and the 50, half the fun is the training runs with you!

From Smooth on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 00:09:24 from 71.36.65.79

Leslie,

This is your year. No better time to renew your running love than now. It's also good to be flexible and love running for the love of running. Good to run hard or hard days and easy on easy days so that your running is not stale. You're an experienced runner. Your racing schedule is a good motivator to take it to the next level.

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