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June 2011

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Location:

Payson,UT,

Member Since:

May 27, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

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

Onion Days 5k Route Jan 2010   28:18

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

Provo Riverwoods 10 mi 2008 1:49:09 (aided- downhill)

Riverton 1/2 Marathon March 28th, 2009  2:23:24

UVM 2009- 5:14:49

Short-Term Running Goals:

Recover from being hit by a car while I was running in early October 2010.  Be healed enough to run my planned races.

Planned races for 2011:

UVM 1/2 June 11 (registered)

RHPC 1/2 July 9th

Payson Onion Days 10k (break 60 min)

St George Marathon 4:22 (3rd times a charm) 

Long-Term Running Goals:

I just want to be able to run...

Personal:

I am the self proclaimed FEARLESS leader of the FRB's RED HOT PINK CHICKS!!! Our Motto's are- 2010 "Diamonds and Titanium, Thats what we are made of!"  2009 "We are water-proof-dye-in-da-blue-crazy-nut'n-gonna-stop-us-fun-lovin'-red-hot-pink-chicks!!!" 

The next official RHPC event is the RHPC 1/2(5k, 10k, 10 miler) July 16th, 2011.   PLEASE join us !!! 


 

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 started running in May of 2006 while losing 85 lbs after my youngest was born.  I have 6 fantastic kids, 3 girls and 3 boys and a wonderful husband.  My oldest is in college and my baby is in pre-school. (Six kids in 5 schools ;)

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girls camp this week.  walk run still working :)

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it worked!  the 10 miles went really well.  I ran super slow the first 5 miles.  (I was still doing the walk run thing, switching every 2 minutes).  for the second 5 I ran as fast as I could during my runs.  It felt great.  My right foot's neuroma was KILLING me, but  I can live with that ;)  I am really excited for the half next weekend. :)  I'm still rolling my right hip.  It is the root of all evil!

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3 miles on the river trail in St George :)  55 degrees  :)  90 degrees in the afternoon by the pool.  My life is perfect ;) ...until we go home in a few hours :(

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UVM my first DNF :(  The ITB flared at mile 7-8.  I'm pretty sad and have cried a bunch.  It is what it is.

*** the details for posterity ;)  This race was my sil, Barbara's first half.  I talked her into it :)  Kristine (David and Barbara's sister) drove in from CA to run it too, as well as Kylee( Barb, David and Kristine's brothers wife) also came to run it with us.  Barbara is from Bakersfield, CA and Kylee is from No. SLC.  We had a GREAT time Friday with our families at the pool and then chilled all evening eating a spaghetti dinner and popsicles :)  We left the house at 3:45 to meet the buses.  We stood in line FOREVER, but made it to the start in plenty of time for a POP stop and to drop our bags.  Kylee was shooting for her first sub 2.  Kristine was planning on and easy run and a sub 2 as well.  Barb just wanted to finish and then under 2:45 would be great.  Barb did a ~2:43.  Kristine did a ~1:52 and Kylee did ~ a 1:55.  The weather was PERFECT!!!  It really could not have been a better day!!.. well almost ;)

I started out running with Barbara.. mistake #1.  I should have done exactly as I had trained and walked for the first 4 min then started the running.  I didn't start out too fast.  I also did a 2 run 1 walk and that was a mistake as well.  Live and learn and cry a lot.  Mile 1 was not my favorite, shin splint pain in both legs, which is unusual for me.  After mile one I told Barbara to go on and I needed to do my own thing.  Back to 2:2 walk run.  This worked GREAT and while I am not a quick walker, I was able to run 8mm for my running and it felt great.  Mistake #2 was an 8 minute wait for a pop.  I should have just held out to mile 8, no lines there.  Now this is where I cant remember very clearly.  Everything was fine until right as we come out of the canyon.  I started to notice twinges here and there.  This is also where I started crying really hard.  I was so upset by the the twinges that I bawled, which embarrassed me as now there were tons of spectators.  I pulled my visor down as low as I could and my sun glasses were on.  Tears were streaming and I was trying to hold back the sobs.  I kept the 2:2 run walk thing until my right knee totally gave way, so I just walked.  I prayed that David would come and guess what, he did.  Just before Will's Pit Stop he drove by screaming and waving heading up the canyon past me.  I finally got brave and quit crying long enough to ask a random spectator if she had a phone.  A nice lady gave my her phone and I called David to tell him to flip around and come get me.  It was right by mile nine and the thought of crying my way for 4 more miles, walking and heart broken, just made me cry harder.  Russ and his kids were in the car so I couldn't cry so I ate 3 donuts.  Donuts work well for stopping crying ;)  We drove back to the start to see Barbara finish.  I missed it because I went back to the car to get my race number so I could pick up my drop bag.  I must have walked too close to the finish line, because I have a finish time for the 1/2.  I'll email Hyrum to get that deleted on monday.

I have thought about whether I should have just walked it in or not, and I really think the dnf was best.  I would have been alone and crying all those 4 miles and just fell apart at the finish.  I suppose if someone had been with me to talk some sense to me, maybe it could have been different, but all I wanted to do was to go home and cry in my room. 

A strange side note.  Last monday when we were down in St George (in Kim and Tom's AWESOME condo), I noticed that my right foot was swollen on top.  No pain, just swollen.  By Friday night it was still swollen and painful to touch from the ankle to the toes.  It still is swollen and painful to touch, walking does not hurt it.  I am going to the doc this week and see what is up with it.  Who knows and at this point, WHO CARES!!! ;D

I haven't cried too many times today.  My hips are killing me (bum, mostly) and my ankles are achy.

I am sure the hard concrete and the downhill were not my friends for this event.  Live and learn and take a salt tab to replace all the salt lost from crying ;) 

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The foot swelling is going down.  I haven't had time to get in with a doc.  I pulled out soon enough on sat that I haven't had a single twinge of the itb, even while going down stairs.  My hips have chilled and so have my ankles.  Sunday I was really tired, probably mostly because of the emotionality of saturday ;)

I am hoping that I can wake up early to go pool running with Mac and Michelle :) 

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This is something that a friend posted to my other blog about my dnf.  I thought it was sweet and wanted to post it here.  I think it a good thing to remember for us all on those seemingly frequent BAD days ;)

"DNF. Hmm. They don't sound like bad letters to me. DNF. Did Not Fail. Did Not Fall. Did Not Finish is actually good too. Even though this race kicked you in the ear, doesn't mean that you are going to quit, right? So not finishing is a good thing...you aren't quiting. That is one of the amazing things I see in you, Guru, is that you never except failure. You may stumble, you may eat over 100 ppv in a day, you may get hit by a car, you may have the whole world fall on top of you, but you still get right back on the wagon and are determined to never quit. (You are a huge example to me of ENDURING!!!) This is what I love about you. You are Determined Never to Fail! DNF! :) You rock! "

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60 minutes of yoga.  It dawned on me that it has been a LONG time since I have taken a deep breath!  I have got to get a long term stress management plan in place.  Running for 60 minutes each day really works well, but it is not possible right now.

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yoga for 60 min.  I did all of my yoga and strengthening exercises given to me by the doc and some tricep stuff too.  NO FLABBY RS ARMS!!!

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45 min yoga.  30 min elliptical. 65 min weeding.  30  min treadmill walking.... later while I watch a movie :)

We may go to SF reservoir this afternoon.  Haven't decided yet.  I took the boys to Salem Pond yesterday.  It was nice and HOT!  Perfect!!  I am LOVING the heat!  I am VERY sorry for all of those who are experiencing flooding right now.  So scary and terrible :(  I feel bad for being glad that it is finally warm.  

We may have to put a pool in.  I suppose that it not really a great idea financially, but boy would I love it.  I used to think that my parents always had a pool for us kids, now I am quite sure it was for them ;)   We do have a creek.  I guess i just need to put up a privacy fence and then I can pretend the creek is a pool ;)  We might even be able to dig out a spot for a beach....

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30 elliptical, 15 yoga, 30 walk on the treadmill

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40 min walk with the family

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30 yoga, 30 elliptical, 30 treadmill walk.  30 Frisbee with the family.  going to the doc tomorrow to see what is up with the STUPID swollen right foot :p

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40 min elliptical. 40 min yoga.  I went to the doc and guess what????  My 4th metatarsal on my right foot is broken :p  My right foot swelled up while we were in St George at the beginning of the month.  Of course I ignored it until this monday when even I couldn't deny that it was still swollen and that was weird.  It's mostly healed so I should be in the "shoe" for just a few weeks.  I can swim and bike.  No biking because of the ITBS, though.  I am going to just chill and heal. ...and eat watermelon!

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