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Location:

So. Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

St.George marathon 2009 - 3:34:07.  It was a PR on my 11th time running St. George.

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run St. George in under 3:30; be in the top 3 in my age group

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay strong, run well for many more years.  Still set PR's in my 50's.

Learn how to run more relaxed and efficient.

Personal:

I'm married with four children.  I run with a group called the Bingham Butt-Kickers, a really fun group of people that gets me out running early on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and sometimes Saturdays.   I recently found out that I've been running with poor form for many years, which has probably contributed to some nagging aches and pains I've had for years.  One of my big goals now is to be able to run with better form and to have running feel more effortless.  I hope this won't take too many years to achieve!
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Sat, Jun 14, 2008
Total Distance
11.00

I have not had a truly easy day of running in a long time, so I decided today would be the day.  I was going to run slow, slow, slow, I didn't care what the pace was.  So I started out on the canal road slow, slow, slow I felt, but would find myself speeding up periodically, so I just worked on slowing myself down.  The goal today was to run for two hours.  After the first hour, I took my shoes off and ran barefoot in the grass (sounds like a movie title) in the fields by Bingham for about 30 minutes.  Now let me tell you, that was fun!   It even felt liberating, so liberating that I felt like joining NOW (I was going to say I felt like burning something, but didn't know if that was appropriate.)  I felt like I could go really fast on the grass.  Watch out, BBK group, I know what I'll be planning for you soon.  After that, I put my shoes back on and finished the run on the canal road.  I'm not sure how far I went, but I'll estimate that I averaged 5.5 mph, so I'll put down 11 miles. 

Comments
From steve ashbaker on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 23:31:47

Good for you Cheryl.. I'm glad you had fun today. Save your smoke for Monday though!

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