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January 07, 2009

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Location:

Payson,Ut,United States

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Payson Canyon Fox Club 4th of July 5K 2008- 27:56 :)

~~Onion Day's 5K 2006 37:18~~

~~Onion Day's 5K 2008 30:52~~

Onion Days REDEMPTION Sept 2008 29:34!!!

Onion Day's 10 K 2007 1:09:36

Provo Riverwoods 10 mi 2008 1:49:09

Short-Term Running Goals:

I want to run a 1/2 Marathon before April 29th 2009, my 40th birthday.

5k in under 28:00

10k in under an hour

Look like a beach volley ball player!

I want to run 40 miles a week.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a marathon between April 29th, 2009 and April 28th, 2010 for my 40th Year :)

1/2 Marathon in under 2 hours

Marathon in under 4 hours

~~To finish in a single number (1-9) in my age division ;)~~ I did this at Onion Days 5K 2008- I placed 8th! Yeah!!!

I want to finish in the top 5 of my age division :D

Personal:

My Favorite Quote- "When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." -Harriet Beecher Stowe

I have recently lost a lot of weight and running is very new to me (I started running about 2 years ago). I have 6 fantastic kids, 3 girls and 3 boys and a wonderful husband.

My new weight goal is to have lost 100 pounds. I am quite sure I can get to about 93, but I am not sure about the 100. The weight tracker is tracking my total weight loss.

www.meltingmarion.blogspot.com

Favorite Blogs:

Miles:	This week:	12.50	Month:	35.50	Year:	35.50
Asics 9.5 Lifetime Miles:						499.93
Asics 10.5 Lifetime Miles:						451.40
Mizuno Wave Rider 11 A Lifetime Miles:						39.00
Mizuno WR 11 B Lifetime Miles:						5.00

Sun, Sep 07, 2008

Total Distance

0.00

I am so glad that I seem to be coming back just fine from my calf injury. I am pretty sure what went wrong. I was not running slow enough on most of my days. I was also running the natural hills around my home every day and not enough flat runs. I also did that little sprint on the day it pulled. Running slow and relaxed most of the time and flat routes 1/2 of the time is making a HUGE difference. I recovered from the 5k a ton faster with no complications, only a little calf tightness.

This week is a cut back week. I'll only be running 21.5 miles this week. I will be biking to make up the time so I get 90 minutes every day. David adjusted my handle bars and that has helped a TON. I also bought some fancy gloves, which has also shown a great deal of benefit. Yoga is planned for 60 minutes each day as well. Surrender fat, surrender!!!

Nutrition plan for the week. I will continue to eat mainly whole foods (90/10 split J ). I am going to put some time frames on my meal times. I am one of those slothful servants who must be commanded in ALL things J . I find that as with ALL disciplines, rules and structure are quite helpful as you acquire new skills and habits. As I mentioned in my diatribe last week, I have ignored my body’s requests for so long, that it has been a bit tricky to learn to hear it’s needs clearly. I also am in the habit of ignoring it, and need some work there.

I am very confident that over the next year I will see the progress I am looking for. I just need to remember patients for my body and my inner self. I can do this! I can do hard things J!

Have a WONDERFUL Sunday!!! Great racing, everyone! I am feeling quite ill today, so I am going to rest! I think it is just a cold ;) Although it could be a major aversion to attending Stake Conference with my sweet little boys! Good luck, Honey!!!

Oh yeah- We, David, the kids and I went to Salt Lake last night to Leslie's benefit fundraiser party for her Son-in-law Paul who has recently suffed a major stroke. I was really a great party and wonderful to see so many people there to support Paul, Julie and Les. Thanks for inviting us Leslie. The food was great and we had a wonderful time. The kids love their t-shirts and fought over the leftovers for breakfast this morning! You are an amazing lady to put all of that together!!!

Comments

From leslie on Sep 07, 2008 at 17:50:54

Marion, It was so nice to see you and your family at our event. We were thrilled with the way it all came together and for the awesome turn out. I just wanted to be able to stop all the chaos for a few minutes and sit down and chat with you,but it was pretty wild. You and your family were so patient with the very slow food, you guys are a class act. The caterers were terribly slow and it was my only big complaint about the evening. Your children are adorable! I wanted to steal Ford and the little blonde headed charmer with the chocolate cake face. He reminded me of my Chris, the stunt rider....watch out!! I am looking forward to a time we can get together for a run and I won't be as frazzled! Thanks again Marion, you are an amazing friend!!!

From marion on Sep 07, 2008 at 18:50:46

It was great to see you too! I sure hope that it went well $$$ wise and you were able to make what you had hoped. As for the food wait, I'm not sure the polinesian culture is a great combination for catering ;) Too layed back :D I am just kidding of corse! The food was great and don't worry about it AT ALL! The oreo brownies you sent us home with were divine. The watermelon was tasty too. I am a wateremelon-aholic after all :)

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