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January 08, 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

Wed, Jun 25, 2008

Total Distance

4.29

Time-53:54, Ave pace-12:34, Best pace-6:53

Laps- 11:08(.95m), 11:05(.45m), 7:53(.29), 9:44(.89m), 10:03(.13m)

I started today with about 20 min of very low intensity yoga. Boy my hamstrings were tight and not ready to wake up. It felt really good after about the third sun salutation. Yoga is such a miracle ;) Anyway- day three of 6 am runs. I really like having my running all finished and being ready for the day so early.

Now about the run- it was hard :) This goal of mine to run faster than I have to, is a little rough, but it feels SO good to record the times and see that I have been able to go faster than I thought I could. Running 10:55 at the Provo Riverwoods 10 miler, really has done a trick on my mind. If I can average that for 10 miles, I can go faster, or atleast that fast on shorter runs, right? Anyway, we are making major progress, in my books, and I am very excited!!

Yesterday I ate very well! Lots of fruit and veggies, fresh sugar snap peas and raspberries :). I also made apple cinnamon bran muffins. Yum! I went over my POINTS budget for the day by a touch, but I was hungry and the scale showed a loss this morning. I am really trying to make better food choices to keep my energy up for running. I would really like to actually place in my age group sometime in the next year. I don't have to be first, just a single digit would be GREAT!!!! Dreams dreams!! ;)

(-1.8 lbs from last wed)

Comments

From leslie on Jun 25, 2008 at 10:09:08

Way to go!! Great pace!! If you can do 10:55 on race day, I bet it won't be long before you are doing it on training runs, and then watch out Hobblecreek! Great effort!! Looks like you are doing super on the food too! I think you are smart to post your weight accomplishments, I think I might try that. It helps to put it out there!!!! Go go Marion!!

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