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Location:

Sandy,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 09, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon #3 - PR - Salt Lake Marathon 2011- BMQ 3:41:03

PR - Bryce Canyon Half - July 2011 1:38:29

BOSTON

 

At the finish

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Recovering from micro-fracture surgery on my right knee.  I tore the cartilage off of my knee while doing a speed-training run one month before Boston.  Doc gave me a cortisone shot so that I was able to finish Boston.  After the surgery, I was told to never run again. :(

Long-Term Running Goals:

QUALIFIED FOR BOSTON! April 16, 2011 

Ran Boston on April 14, 2012! 

Personal:

 

Married, 40 year old, mother of four. 

 

"In truth, runners don't race other runners.  They race against themselves: to conquer their wills, to transcend their weaknesses, to beat back their nightmares.  And while a runner can't actually beat himself, he can beat his time. Even years into running, he can get better." Running for His Life by Michael Hall

 

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Wed, Jun 08, 2011
Total Distance
4.50

My sis and I went up the street to Granite Quarry and headed up Little Cottonwood Trail.  We found out the trail is closed due to flooding and risk of a bridge that is about to be washed away by the river.  We ran into a park ranger that told us we could go up as far as the bridge, but to not cross.  We didn't cross the bridge, but headed up on the other side of the river on the pipeline.  We saw one deer, one snake and racoon prints.  I wish we could have gone farther.

The river was amazing. You can't really see how it was spraying everywhere.

The racoon prints and my 5ft 10in sis.

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Comments
From SlowJoe on Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 20:30:15 from 184.79.24.255

Looks awesome, we don't have any places like that down here!

From Steam8 on Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 20:33:37 from 166.70.55.77

I'm trying to figure out how to download pics on here. I'm not doing a very good job! haha!

From Lily on Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 21:27:02 from 67.199.178.210

You rock Sista! :)

From Burt on Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 22:41:08 from 72.223.90.79

Your sister looks pretty. Do you think I can haver her number?

From flatlander on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 09:25:42 from 200.46.103.228

I'm sure you know by now it's OK to ignore Burt. That scenery looks just like mine. Not.

From Derunzo on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 09:28:02 from 64.56.60.130

Awesome pics! I'm super jealous of all you Utah folk.

From I Just Run on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 10:52:08 from 67.79.11.242

Joe & Flat,

I think we would be embarrassed to post any picture from Texas :-( I can almost smell the fresh air and feel the cool breeze.

Ahhhhhh.....!

Thanks for sharing Steam!

From RAD on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 10:57:04 from 98.202.17.113

Looks like a wonderful run! How fun, especially being able to do it with your sister. Jealous!

From Steam8 on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 13:41:06 from 166.70.55.77

Hey all you Texas folk, I lived in Houston! We lived right by the Astrodome, train tracks, crack houses and could see prostitutes out walking from our apartment window! We flew in and had one day to find an apartment that was by the medical center and we didn't know what we were doing.

Houston was rated the most polluted city in America the year we lived there. I remember going out for runs and having people keep asking me for money...no joke! I remember having 3 people stop me on a 4 mile run. I remember the last time, I wasn't nice and yelled at the person, "do you think I take money with me on a run?"...I know not nice!

From SlowJoe on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 13:52:00 from 132.3.53.68

Sounds about right... I grew up in Houston (all 18 yrs of childhood), although we lived a few miles toward downtown, in the Montrose area. Do you know much about Montrose? Let's just say I have certain images in my head that won't go away anytime soon! Most of Texas is not like that though, I promise.

From Burt on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 13:54:51 from 206.19.214.144

You mean like this, Joe?

http://localism.com/blog/tx/houston/posts/1089891/Houston-Texas-Art-Car

From Burt on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 14:00:48 from 206.19.214.144

Amy, what in the world are those open-toed yellow shoes you're wearing?

From Steam8 on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 14:03:02 from 166.70.55.77

Burt-that is more like VEGASS!

Joe-That made me laugh! I know the Montrose area. I actually miss Houston, but not enough to live there again. Luckily, we were only there for a year.

From Steam8 on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 14:04:05 from 166.70.55.77

Burt-They are my cute running sandals. You can borrow them next time you come to Utah! :)

From SlowJoe on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 14:10:40 from 132.3.53.68

Burt - uh, yeah, sure, that's what I mean. the art car parade is one of the more innocent parades that go through Montrose.

From Burt on Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 14:43:51 from 206.19.214.144

Why do you think I'm a tranny? Mike Monte is the blog's resident tranny. http://mike.fastrunningblog.com/blog--The-other-day-someone-asked-if-I-was/06-07-2011.html

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