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Location:

toquerville,ut,usa

Member Since:

Jan 24, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

-I'm an avid runner and crossfitter turned obstacle racer.  This year has brought on new and unexpected opportunities racing in Spartan races.  I'm in love with this new challenging part of my life.

Here is what I've come away with so far

1st - Socal Super Spartan 2013

1st - Texas Sprint Spartan2013

2nd- Las Vegas Super Spartan 2013

3rd - Arizona Sprint Spartan 2013

3rd - Atlas Obstacle Race 2013

5th - Spartan World Championships 2013

 

Future Races

October?? maybe Sacramento Beast Spartan

December - Texas Beast

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

I am working to become the best obstacle  racer I can be.  If that goes hand in hand with a National Championship title, than I will have met 2 of my goals/dreams.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Another sub 3 hour marathon

Sub 1:20 half marathon

I want to complete an ironman and some ultra races.

I Hope to be running until I'm 100.

 

Personal:

I have 2 boys (7 and 4) and a little girl (14 months) that keep me on my toes and make life worth living..  I've been married to my better half (Jim clark) for 10 years.  I teach fitness classes and am a personal trainer - my 2nd love is Zumba!  I love what i do!

I hold Obstacle Training Groups at my house on saturdays -I feel so blessed to be able to help others.

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I planned on still keep speedwork out of the training this week, but wanted to start on the miles again.  I had decided that i was going to up my miles for a couple of months so that I could do well at st george (high miles have worked for me in the past).  At this point im having a hard time holding myself back - but i know i needed to recover from the marathon.I do have a half marathon in 3 weeks and wanted to get the legs moving again.

I ran to cholla creek and back at 10 am...and it was HOT, HOT, HOT today. no more running after 7 am. - average 7:53 - legs are feeling good

spent the day with my boys since jim was out of town.  We did our own FHE - dinner, temple, and fiesta fun.  I love my little guys!  They are such amazing little spirits.

the boys fell asleep in the car on the ride home, so i put them in bed an ran 2 more miles on the tread.  Then i went to bed earlier than normal and go a great night's sleep!

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taught core fushion in the a.m.

I knew i'd have to run on the treadmill again today and was dreading it.  I wanted to do 8 or 9, but only got 7 in due to time.  I tried to speed up my legs a little and run low 7s for a while.  I had the most insane experience today.  I was in the middle of my run and I had an insane desire to go grab a nice fat cheeseburger right then and there.  at one point I  had to jump off to help my little guy use the potty.  I ended up grabbing a pack of fruit snacks, a pack of gu chomps,  a piece of bread, and a granola bar (400 calories or so).  and then i finished my run!  I couldn't believe how hungry i was.

I jumped in on our zumba party that night.  So fun!  One thing i noticed though was that my belly was sticking out more than normal.  I had been soooo strict with my food, and had even taken my shakeology which always flattens out my belly.  So I was kind of frustrated.  My weight was about the same - 117-118, so i couldn't figure it out.

Well I went to sleep that night and woke up at 3 am.  I could not go back to sleep at allcause of something on my mind!  So after an hour and a half, i got in the car and drove to wal mart.  Strangely i was the only customer in there:) well i picked up some milk, band aids, and a pregnancy test.  I was late that month, and had been extra tired.  Post marathon symptoms could have been the cause of it too, but i was positive i was right.  And i was!  While driving home, i experienced a whole gammit of emotions - I was extremely happy of course - This had just come earlier than we had planned.  but also disappointed that my racing season was over after all that training.  I was relieved to know that my last marathon felt like it did because of the pregnancy (your average heart rate goes up right away - when every workout starts feeling really hard like that, i usually know i've got a bun in the oven)

This pregnancy is already different cause i usually get extremely sick right from the get go.  I have had few symptoms aside from being tired...and needing to pee more:)  So I'm hoping for an easy one this time - it sure makes it go by faster. 

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I never did get back to sleep last night and I was tired!  I was also starting to feel a bit sick - I had jinxed myself after saying that last night.  Thankfully I'm figuring out that if i stuff my face all day, i feel fine (oh dear).  I'm starting out a tad bit underweight, so my body is trying to fatten me up.

I didn't get outside to run til 10, and it was a scorcher already!  I was very paranoid about running pregnant in the heat, so i doused myself with ice water every 5 min or so and only ran 5.   It definitely was a slow, recovery run today.

i subbed kari's zumba at night, and could tell that my body was extra tired.  zumba is usually pretty easy for me, but i was definitely getting a workout.

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i list marathon pace miles right now, but my miles were only 7 min miles.  I'm making sure to watch my breathing and body heat to make sure i'm not over-exerting. I'm already signed up for the star valley half in 2 weeks, so i'm hoping to maintain some sort of decent pregnancy pace when i run it.  I'll do it with absolutely no pressure to win though!  I'll run for fun (what is that again:))   Strangely my body felt great today, and i didn't feel any different.  I did have to eat right before i ran, and then eat a granola bar and chomps in the middle. 

Can i just say that being able to eat more is seriously the best part!  My hubby raised his eyebrows at the amount of pasta on my dish last night:)  Only runners/ exercisers can do it though without gaining 50 lbs!  I still keep it really healthy though.

Sasha needs to add a pregnancy tracker on here:)  I'm almost 5 weeks along.  Due feb 24.

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That was the hardest 13 i've done in a while. I ran to la verkin and back through cholla, so it wasn't easy. I'm surprised how bad it was today though. I had to bring food with me to eat during the run, and i still ran out of energy. The biggest thing was my knees - they were so bad by the end of the run! I've never tried to maintain these distances pregnant, so i guess i'm seeing that my body can't handle it very well. I don't know if i'll do that half marathon now either....

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