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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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Did a 3 mile hike to the falls behind dad's house with the family.

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My first run since Ogden.  A beautiful run thru Capital Reef on red dirt trails.  Amazing scenery and weather. My dad dropped me off and picked me up after he went birding.  I didn't see a soul on the entire length of the trail.  Slow and easy, no pain, just perfect.

I have been talking to my sons and dad about my running, they are all in agreement that if I want to run another 10 years I need to stay on the trails, something that I think about often and have mentioned on my blog,  I am going to try  and stick with this plan, it was awesome today to be in such beautiful country and enjoy the soft trails and feel no pain.  

I am going to be in Torrey until Thursday with my son Tracey working on my folk's ranch, it has been so much fun to spend some time with my family.  Julie and Paul and Chris were here for awhile,but have left, so it is just Tracey and I for the rest of our trip. 

Enjoy your running! Stay injury free and eat some sugar cookies for me!!  Last night we went to Cafe Diablo and had the most amazing meal EVER!!!

Good-bye from the desert! 

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I am back home now and trying to get back into gear after Ogden and then a week vacation.  I did a nice easy 3 miler this morning on my new trail at the base of Little Cottonwood Canyon.  Now off to play catch up on the house and all my ladies.

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 Harold and I did our first bike/run of the summer together. It was so much fun we got to the Birch Hollow trailhead about 7:30 am and stayed together until Rattlesnake Gulch, he then decided to take off down the gulch and ride his bike home and get busy on some yard work. I went on to the SLC overlook and then turned around and headed back and low and behold I came upon my most favorite homie  MAURINE! I decided to turn  around and head back to the overlook so we could catch up on all the lastest and put in a few more miles. It was a great morning.  Now it is off to run errands and then Harold is going to see Terminator with grandson and  I am going to stay home and play Susie Homemaker and make cool stuff with my new wheat grinder ( Maurine, I couldn't resist buying one, I know you were going to  let me borrow one, but I got a killer deal  and I will enjoy having one I can use with out driving over to get yours, thanks anyway- anytime you want to make bread come on over, I have lots of counter space!) 

For the record, I have not run on pavement since Ogden, and all my chubby parts are working well, the slow trail runs are my friend, I have not had one Motrin or pain drug in two weeks.  I think I might change my blog title to Trail Running Granny!!!  I am trying to talk my cute hubby into getting on the blog to  track his biking miles, and then we can write love notes to each other, does that make you want to puke?  :) 

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