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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 08, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided -  
17:16 OktoberFAST 5K (10/11)
17:23 BAA 5K (4/12)
37:10 Memorial Day 10K (5/11)
1:17:03 Long Beach Half Marathon (10/11)
1:17:21 USA 1/2 Champs - Duluth (6/12)
2:49:01 Philadelphia Marathon (11/11)

Aided -
16:52 Fight For Air 5K (6/11)
17:08 Provo City 5K (5/12)
1:17:52 Top of Utah Half Marathon (8/11)
1:17:54 Utah Valley Half Marathon (6/11)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run consistently as I get back to 100% health. Stay patient!

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun training and racing.

Sub-17 5K
Sub-1:17 Half Marathon
Quality for the Olympic Trials in the marathon

Personal:

I am originally from Knoxville, TN and moved to SLC with Jake in 2010. I started racing in 2011 and had some great success before a major injury hit me in July 2012. I had athletic pubalgia surgery in May 2013...then again in Sept 2014 and am still trying to get back to my old self. Although running is my true passion, I love doing pretty much anything active outdoors - backcountry skiing, backpacking, biking, etc. 

I've been running for the Saucony Team since 2011. I enjoy representing the brand and really do believe they make the best shoes :)

I work as a Quality Engineer for BD Medical in Sandy.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Skinning Miles (1000ft ~ 2.5 Miles) Lifetime Miles: 912.35
Hiking Miles Lifetime Miles: 10.50
Total Distance
11.20
Night Sleep Time: 37.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 37.50Weight: 115.64
Total Distance
3.10

AM - 3.1 miles on horsepark loops. I woke up with a very tight psoas muscle so I was a little nervous about running. It actually loosened up as the run went on - a first with this injury and a good sign. 

PM - Headed up to Snowbird with friends for a tram ride + short hike + rock scrambling. Had sooo much fun and the colors and snow made the views beautiful. Then rollerblading with Jake for 4.5 miles.


Night Sleep Time: 10.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 10.00Weight: 116.00
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Total Distance
0.80

AM - Scheduled day off from running. Walked on the treadmill at 3% incline for 25 minutes while reading Alberto Salazar's book 14 Minutes. Really liked this statement:

"...but a runner of any caliber almost never outlives the need to run. Once you get hooked - once the day comes when you suffer more by not running than by running - you're stuck with it. Your daily run becomes your solace and your refuge, the place you go to reflect, heal, and pray." 

PM - Weight training for 35 minutes. Then ran 0.8 miles on the treadmill during PT. Haven't been to PT in a month or so (b/c I did diagnostic imaging and such). I told him that the traditional strengthening exercises just weren't working. So he put me through a painful session of ASTYM - a soft tissue therapy. He scraped from the toes up to the hip and said we would know if this helps after 2-4 treatments. If nothing else, it will get rid of a lot of scar tissue!

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 115.50
Comments(5)
Total Distance
3.00

AM - 3 miles around the neighborhoods. Sore from the ASTYM yesterday. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 116.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
4.30

AM - Horsepark loop 4.3 miles. Pretty happy about this. Minimal hamstring/IT band/everything else injury problems. 

PM - Walked for about a mile with Jake.

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 116.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
0.00

AM - 30 minutes on the elliptical talking to a co-worker/cyclist about all the drug problems in sports right now. Obviously, the topic of Lance came up and my co-worker had the philosophy of "everyone was taking them so Lance was still the best" that a lot of people seem to have, but I think I convinced him out of that by the end. Not everyone was on drugs, it's just that the ones that weren't could not reach the same levels. Some people that we've never even heard of might be the ones that would've been in the top otherwise. Many gave up the sport because of it. It is interesting to me how they seem to crack down on this drug problem in individual sports, but isn't it pretty widespread in sports like football and basketball too? Can all those guys really get that big without them? 

PM - Weight training for 35 minutes, then walking for about a mile. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 115.00
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Total Distance
0.00

AM - 30 minutes easy on the elliptical. Lots of aches and pains - I feel like I'm 50, not 25!

Night Sleep Time: 9.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.50Weight: 115.00
Comments(9)
Total Distance
0.00

AM - Injury problems were bad today. I had another ASTYM session last night, and I am so bruised and painfully sore from it. No running again today, instead Jake and I went on 3 walks throughout the day for about 4.5 miles. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 116.00
Comments(9)
Total Distance
11.20
Night Sleep Time: 37.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 37.50Weight: 115.64
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