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Race For The Cure

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Location:

West Valley City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 05, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

5k-29:50

Half-Marathon:

6 completed and aPR of 2:17 in 2005

Full Marathon:

10 marathons, 5:36 my first and fastest, almost beat it this year in Portland but my training slacked the last 6 weeks and it hurt me. Someday I will beat it!

50k 6:39 Goblin Valley 2010

Disney World Goofy Challenge Finisher!

Short-Term Running Goals:

To train consistently.

Races:

5k PR

Marathon PR (hopefully at the Arizona Marathon in Feb '11)

Possibly a 50k in April.

Bear Lake Marathon June

Fresno Eye-Q Marathon Nov '11

Long-Term Running Goals:

Hmm, I got my first PR in 5 years but I want to get some more. I want to be a consistent middle of the packer not just "not last place"

Personal:

Married to Chris, "krashman" Pope, Have Natalie 6, and Loren Paul 4.

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Sat, May 10, 2008

Race: Race For The Cure (3.1 Miles) 00:35:42

Total Distance

3.10

Wow what a race! First off, we thought we would fight traffic and ride
trax. Well three trains go by and we cant get on! We finally smooshed in up by the driver and the wheelchairs. Some sweet grandma help Loren in her lap so that I wouldn't fall over. Natalie got to watch over the drivers shoulder and see where we were going.

There was so many people there it was great. I was able to find Hildivinsi from the running blog and we ran together since we are about the same pace. It took us about 5-6 minutes to pass the start line and then it was just crowds of people. I actually felt so fast today, because I was passing people right, and left, and zig zag, and over here and there and they were everywhere. I am really happy with my time especially since I was dodging the whole time.

According to the GPS it was 3.16, I wouldn't doubt it because of all the back and forth between people we did.

After the race we enjoyed the refreshments and the kids corner. They had a pool full of ducks the kids could catch and get some really great prizes. Loren skipped the net part and reached for a duck and went right into the pool. Oh man I laughed so hard! I wonder if people realized that it was my kid........hmmmm. Natalie got a poodle purse, and Loren a dinosaur coloring book. Overall it was a great day and I am impressed by so many people who came out for a great cause.

The weight thing went okay this week, total so far = -7lbs

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Lybi on Mon, May 12, 2008 at 22:01:05

Great job, Laurie! This is a faster pace than my first race since starting to run again. Sounds like you had fun!

From Hilisvini on Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:06:02

-7 is just okay?! I can't wait to see what great is.

I've been assuming that in my condition, the number one way to improve my times is to drop weight, which was going good, but stalled the last couple of weeks.

Anyway, I had a great time at "race for the cure". It was fun to see you and Krash Man again. I enjoyed reading your positive report on the race.

From Laurie on Tue, May 13, 2008 at 14:47:54

It's okay because last week was only -1 and because I'm still 16 lbs from my "normal" weight. I gained more than 20 in 6 months while working graves and not being careful what I ate. I guess I want to lose weight as fast as the biggest loser people but I don't have a personal trainer and I don't have that much time to work out.

The race for the cure was a blast. I hope you thought so too. Let me know when you are running Lake Park and I might be able to come out and join you.

From Hildisvini on Tue, May 13, 2008 at 17:32:10

I run most Tuesdays and Thursdays at about Noon. Sometimes Ben and Smeagol (from work ) run with me. We are all preparing for the DesNews 10K.

We start at the Spillman building, loop around the IHC and Discover card buildings for about a 2.9 mile run. Ben runs about my pace and Smeagol runs an 8.5 minute mile so he does an extra loop around the Discover Card building and tries to catch us before we get to the end.

It's the fox and the geese game.

Sometimes I see Marie. She is usually running the opposite direction with a couple of other runners. But I haven't seen her for a while.

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