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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:	7.50	Month:	30.50	Year:	30.50
Asics 9.5 Lifetime Miles:						494.93
Asics 10.5 Lifetime Miles:						451.40
Mizuno Wave Rider 11 A Lifetime Miles:						39.00
Mizuno WR 11 B Lifetime Miles:						5.00

Tue, Nov 18, 2008

Total Distance

5.00

I am still really congested but No fever and NO cough ;) The run was tiresome and long, but done.

I hope everyone has a GREAT day! And, NO- the body they found down here was no where near where I run at all. I have biked over there, though.

Asics 10.5 Miles: 5.00

Comments

From Lucia on Nov 18, 2008 at 11:42:56

Big kudos for running sick!!!

Yikes, they found a body in your area? Scary! Well, in your area that is... people are attacked and murdered a block away from my house here in DC... hopefully it's nothing to be concerned about!

From Burt on Nov 18, 2008 at 11:58:39

Scary stuff. I didn't think murders happened in Utah until I saw Brigham City. LOL.

From Burt on Nov 18, 2008 at 11:59:04

(I don't know why I'm laughing.)

From kungfublonde on Nov 18, 2008 at 11:59:17

You know, you burn double the calories when you run while feeling crummy. True story :)

Dont' tell Mike about bodies or murders. He already wants me and the girls to stay locked in the house until he gets home. He asked me to buy a big dog to help protect us (I guess he thought the pug wasn't doing the job). So when I got Penelope I sent him a picture. He thought it might be a rotweiler, or maybe a doberman and he was happy knowing I'd have a killer guard dog in the house. Imagine his dismay when he discovered she's a trusty, protective wiener dog!

From marion on Nov 18, 2008 at 12:04:28

Yeah for the double calories!!! :)

Burt- it's OK to laugh :) Utah is a funny place, especially for a California girl ;)

Lucia- Things are pretty quite around these parts. They are assuming he was murdered (I am assuming it's a "he") Hopefully it was some random thing and not some wacko!! :) Ok all murderers are WACKO's.

Mike- don't read this :)

From montelepsy on Nov 18, 2008 at 12:10:42

Marion,

Nice work. Any cowboy sneezes along the way?

Hon,

Maybe you could just get a recording of a big dog and blast it on the stereo.

From marion on Nov 18, 2008 at 12:14:18

Oh man- talk about cowboy sneezes! Yikes! But hey- my sinuses are clear now :)

From Kelli on Nov 18, 2008 at 14:26:10

Glad to know the illness is moving along. Take care of yourself!!

I had no idea they had found a body. I need to watch the news. I will have to ask Scott if he has the inside scoop---sometimes he still knows things!!

And, lastly, my little cocker spaniel growing up was named Penelope. I even named her. Such a cool dog name!!

From Metcalf Running on Nov 18, 2008 at 15:53:12

Way to go... you are tough, I hope you get feeling better soon, but way to go for running when you dont' feel well.

From leslie on Nov 18, 2008 at 16:30:20

Marion, glad it wasn't your body! I hope you can stay healthy!

My son has a dog named Penelope!

Okay, I could read the blogs all day, but I must go do weights.

See ya'll!

From kungfublonde on Nov 18, 2008 at 16:33:29

Wow, we totally thought we gave her the most origial name ever...!

Even our vet said she is the first Dachshund named Penelope she has ever treated. It's a good name. A long naame for a long dog!

From marion on Nov 18, 2008 at 16:36:21

Hey all you fun people! I am quite sure it has morphed into a sinus infection. I am going to see the Doc tomorrow :) Yeah!!!

I am ready to get a motion sensor hooked up to a dog bark to get rid of the neighbors cats. Our yard has become their litter box! :(

From Burt on Nov 18, 2008 at 16:57:04

We have a stuffed monkey named Penelope. It's not real It's a toy.

My brother-in-law told me while he was vacuum sealing up a bunch of meat yesterday that they no longer have a problem with cats using their yard as a litter box. I'm not sure if the story had anything to do with what he was doing at the moment, but I wasn't going to ask.

From kungfublonde on Nov 18, 2008 at 16:59:03

Burt just cracked me up. Again.

Don't eat the cats, Marion. :)

It's so gross when cats do that. My mom has the same problem with neighbor cats at her house. They haven't been able to fix it... if you come up with a good solution please let me know so I can tell my mom!

From montelepsy on Nov 18, 2008 at 17:01:15

Maybe he was packing cat meat.

From Lucia on Nov 18, 2008 at 17:10:49

Ha! I can't get my cat to use our back yard as litter box! He goes outside and just walks around, then when he needs to go, he comes back to the house and uses his litter box!

I thought that the stuffed monkey named Penelope was what scared the cats away from using the yard as a litter box!!!

From kungfublonde on Nov 18, 2008 at 17:12:30

Ugh Lucia- we have a cat that does that too. She comes IN to the garage to go potty. At least I can keep the box there instead of in the house. But still, I'd really like to just not have to maintain it at all!!

From marion on Nov 18, 2008 at 17:36:03

I wouldn't mind if they burried it, but they just poop on the lawn like dogs and my kids step in it.

I don't think I'd like to eat cat meat. :p

OUR cats used the litter box!

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