My Daily Dose of Sanity

May 03, 2024

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Location:

Spanish Fork,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jun 14, 2010

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2008 Top of Utah Marathon Finisher

2010 Provo River Trail Half 1:55

2010 Top of Utah Marathon 3:52

Short-Term Running Goals:

Mostly I just want to stay fit and enjoy every second of running I get!

Long-Term Running Goals:

 Run! Run! Run!

Personal:

I am married to a fellow runner and we are blessed with  3 awesome kids ages 9,6, and 1.  I have been running for 7 years.  It is my sanity saver!!!

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Launch #4 Lifetime Miles: 267.25
Brooks Launch #6 Lifetime Miles: 276.65
Pearl Izumi Streak II Lifetime Miles: 310.15
Asics Storm Lifetime Miles: 61.25
Brooks Launch #7 Lifetime Miles: 111.30
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.006.007.00

Ran the river trail with Lilly this morning.  Felt so so good. It's morning like that that makes you fall completely in love with running all over again.

So last weekend I did my first real hard core trail run down in Sunny St. G.  I went with my hubby, our friend James, and a guy called Cameron, and an ultramarathoner, Jared.  I was slightly in over my head, but so fun.  We did 12 miles total.  At one point, we gained 600 ft of elevation in .5 mile.  Somewhere with about 8 miles to still run, I tripped over some lava rock and biffed it.  I was not about to be the weany girl who quit, so I finished the run but I have been pretty sore since.

Adam and I at the top about to head into Snow Canyon.

Jared, Adam and I right before the fall. See all those sharp nasty lava rocks. Not my friend.  Luckily for me, Jared tripped right before this so I didn't feel like the only clumsly one.

There is only about half my owies.  Now 5 days later, my whole leg is dark black and blue. Am I tough or what? :)

Seriously one of the best vacations I ever had.  All I am sayin' is why go on a cruise when you can go running?

Brooks Launch #6 Miles: 7.00
Calories: 600.00
Comments
From Lily on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:44:39 from 67.199.178.210

I'll go on a running vacation with you any day.

You're no wimp, that is for sure. I know how you are, you're just like me. We don't quit!

This morning was awesome. Turns out I could have done the other mile. My kids were all zonked and Brooks and Maile slept until 8.

Next time we'll do 10. Just let me know which days. We were speedy this morning!

From gdoc on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:01:50 from 98.202.195.25

Hey Julie, Nice trail run!... Hey I am going to st george next month and am looking for some good trails to run...any ideas?

From Scott Wesemann on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 15:46:29 from 66.239.250.209

Hey you're blogging again... :) Nice pics. That looks like a fun run. Don't worry about biffing it, I think I take a dive every few weeks on the trail. One thing that helps is carrying a handheld water bottle to catch your fall.

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