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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
40.00
Saucony Rosy Red Mirage Miles: 8.50Saucony Ride 7 Cheetos Miles: 4.00Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 54.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 54.50Weight: 113.73
Total Distance
6.20

Afternoon run in the sun, 6.2 miles. I felt okay but not great - my pelvis felt a little off. Met up with Jake afterwards, who was measuring out the tempo loop with his new wheel.

I hit 40 miles for two weeks in a row :) Goal this week is to try a short tempo on Tuesday, intervals on Friday, and a longer run on Sunday for ~40 miles again.

Night Sleep Time: 10.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 10.50Weight: 113.50
Comments(3)
Total Distance
3.00

Easy 3 miles during lunch - really nice outside.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 114.00
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Total Distance
8.50

Tuesday Tempo with Jake - 3 mile warm-up then 5K in 20:27 (6:36, 6:34, 6:31, :47). It felt like a very controlled effort and it was nice to have Jake join me on the tempo as part of his easy run :). Ran 2.5 miles to cool-down for 8.5 miles total. Temperature was in the 50s which was a nice surprise.
 

Saucony Rosy Red Mirage Miles: 8.50
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 114.40
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Total Distance
4.00

Ran the usual four mile loop and saw the CIM-bound guys fly past me on their tempo. 

Lots of good stuff in here - Trent Stellingwerff: on the belief effect

Saucony Ride 7 Cheetos Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 113.00
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Total Distance
6.20

Horsepark loops with Jake, 10k. It was a cold drizzling rain at first then raining pretty steadily by the end of the run. Had it been the other way around, I probably would've crawled back into bed.

I tried running in moonshoes (Hokas) for the first time this morning and was honestly a little disappointed. There is so much squishiness - to the point where I felt like I was losing all of my momentum on every stride....kinda like running on really soft wood chips all the time. The shoe was not very flexible so I could feel blisters starting to develop on my toes, and I just didn't feel like I had good running form with them. I can see how they might be nice for a 3-4 mile shake-out but definitely not what I would consider a good every day shoe. I don't want to sound negative but I'm just not as impressed as I thought I would be. My opinion though, and I know several people that do love the shoe.

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 113.80
Comments(7)
Total Distance
8.00

Interval workout. Jake was nice enough to join me again so we warmed up 2 miles then ran 6 x 0.5 mi w/ 0.25 mi jog recovery. Averaged 2:53 (2:56, 2:52, 2:55, 2:54, 2:52, 2:49). It was extremely windy this morning - mostly from the east - so we picked a north and south route so it wasn't a big factor.

Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 114.00
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Total Distance
4.10

Four slow miles in the afternoon with Jake. Windy!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 113.40
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Total Distance
40.00
Saucony Rosy Red Mirage Miles: 8.50Saucony Ride 7 Cheetos Miles: 4.00Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 54.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 54.50Weight: 113.73
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