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Location:

Saint George,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 09, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I started running in September 2007 - 4 months after baby #8 was born.  Since then I have finished two 5Ks, three 10Ks, three half-marathons, and I completed my first Marathon with at time of 4:48- the Phoenix Rock-N-Roll - Jan 2009!  Marathon #2 showed GREAT improvement - the Saint George Marathon 2009 with a time of 4:10 - YEAH!!!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

I want to run more marathons, finish injury-free, go dancing afterwards, and mostly have a LOT of FUN!!!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running!!!  Someday I want to be able to consider myself as something other than a beginner.  :D

Personal:

I am happily married, have 8 children, and am madly in love with my awesome husband!!!  Besides running, I love performing on stage, and have recently become re-involved in the theater, after a LONG break to have children.  Last summer I did my first show as a PAID professional actress!  I teach piano and voice lessons, and homeschool my kids.  Life is grand!

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Today is day ONE of my new training program, which includes my 17-weeks-until-half-ironman-triathlon schedule, and my 21-weeks-until-saint-george-marathon schedule, combined with my 4-weeks-until-becoming-a-fitness-bootcamp-instructor schedule! I was a little freaked out when I realized all that I would have to do this summer, but once I had written it all out on a calendar, it really wasn't much more than I'm already doing. So I started this morning with a 50 minute run, doing 5.6 miles total. Then I went to bootcamp training, where we ran another half mile jog, then did a great arm and ab workout, and followed it up with some stabilizer strenthening exercises with the bands. After that, I did my 60 minute bike ride, taking along my trainer friend Kim, and we did 15 miles of hill work. But when I got back home, Ben wanted to go out again, so I did another 51 minutes on the bike, finishing 15.6 more miles. Needless to say, food is tasting really good right now. :D

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Comments
From KP on Mon, May 03, 2010 at 16:38:57 from 65.208.22.25

my goodness! you are a machine! i guess after having 8 kids, a measly little workout (or 5 of them) seems like nothing!

From Burt on Mon, May 03, 2010 at 17:29:53 from 206.19.214.144

KP - you may have noticed she's on my Bloggers I've met in real life list. You wouldn't believe by looking at her that she's had that many kids. Truly she is a machine with interchangeable parts.

From eightkidmom on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 10:36:32 from 4.228.255.37

OMGoodness you guys are so funny! Actually, I'm beginning to wonder what I've gotten myself into. Hopefully after a couple of weeks my body will adjust to the rigorous new schedule. Or maybe not, since I have a marathon in 9 days.... :D

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