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Location:

Kowloon Tong,Hong Kong

Member Since:

Jul 02, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided:

5K - 17:11 (track Pre-kids and at BYU) (1998)

10K - 35:48 (track Pre-kids and at BYU) (1998)

10K - 35:34 (road - Shek Mun 10k 12/12)

1/2 Marathon 1:19:44 (UNICEF HM 11/12)

Marathon 2:47:08 (ING Hartford Connecticut 10/10)

Aided:

St. George Marathon 2:50:40 (10/08)

1/2 marathon - Hobble Creek 1:17:14 (8/08)

10K - Deseret News 10K - 35:02 (7/08)

Short-Term Running Goals:

PR 1/2 marathon AGAIN

Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 2:46 in Boston!

Personal:

I used to run for BYU, but only after trying out three times and finally walking on, so I was never a star. However, it was wonderful to run with great people and under Coach Shane. When you run with fast people, you can't help to improve! I graduated BYU in 1998, and didn't run a race until 2002, after having my second child. My hiatus and other crazy life commitments have made my competitive running suffer, but the last couple of years I have tried to get back into it the best I can. I have been married since 1996, to Paul Lowry, who is a runner himself. I have three boys (my three rascals), ages 12, 10, and 8.

After a great 2008 season, I was injured and eventually diagnosed and cross-diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, a type of arthritis disease, which precludes running for all but the most stubborn. So I am on medications, trying to stay healthy, and seeing my PT often. And running! Now beating the streets in Hong Kong.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
NB RC900 Black/yellow Lifetime Miles:						183.31
NB RC1300 Red/Black Lifetime Miles:						195.31
2012 MTR Lifetime Miles:						4035.70
890 Blue Lifetime Miles:						310.55
NB RC 1600 Lifetime Miles:						96.76
RC 1400 Lifetime Miles:						90.60
NB 890 Baby Blue Lifetime Miles:						233.26
NB 890 Electric Blue Lifetime Miles:						319.67
NB 890 Tokyo Turquoise Lifetime Miles:						163.54

Tue, Sep 29, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00

Marion is so sweet to hang with me for 2 hours of exercise (for me) and joyride (for her on bike). Went to mile 2 of POD 10k, walking, then stretched, then started my run, 8:35 for first mile, 8:36 ave pace for whole thing, ran to the 6 mile mark then back to the 5 mile mark. Then walking to make it all 10 miles. It was way fun. Then I went to Wal-Mart and didn't even buy a candy bar or anything naughty like that. I ate a banana on the way home. This was my first five mile run since March (March 23rd), and my March 5 mile runs were not comfortable, but painful and aggravating. This was nice and easy and pain free.

At Marion's request, here's the recipe for the peanut butter chocolate chip cookies I made on Sunday. I haven't had any yet today but they are STARING AT ME!

http://www.recipezaar.com/Peanut-Butter-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies-51104

According to peoples reviews, I reduced butter to 3/4 c, increased PB to 1.5 cup and they turned out so great! I then doubled and there was so much dough it tried to jump out of my kitchenaid mixer.

Ingredients

1 cup sweet unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sweet creamy peanut butter (do not use reduced fat versions - I use Jiff or Peter Pan brands)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar or light muscovado sugar, packed
2 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2
Have ready at least 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
3
Cream butter until smooth.
4
Add peanut butter and both sugars and beat until combined well.
5
Add egg and beat well.
6
Stir in flour and baking soda gradually until well combined.
7
Stir in chocolate chips by hand.
8
Using a meatball scooper or a spoon, scoop out small portions of dough and drop onto parchment lined cookie sheets, leaving 2" gap between each cookie.
9
Bake for about 15 minutes or until cookies are just firm around the edges- don't overbake- if you wait until they are brown on top, they will be too hard.
10
Slide parchment sheet, cookies and all, carefully off pan and onto your counter, set a new piece of parchment paper onto your baking sheet and repeat until all dough is baked.
11
Meanwhile, as the next batch bakes, remove baked cookies from the parchment and let cool completely on wire racks.
12
Wipe off the crumbs from the old sheet of parchment and you can reuse it for your next batch.
13
These will keep about 3 days stored in a cookie tin (for crisp cookies) or an airtight plastic container (for softer cookies).

Night Sleep Time: 8.75	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.75	Weight: 137.00

Comments

From Maurine/Tarzan on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 14:31:04 from 63.255.172.2

Yay for pain free runs!

From RAD on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 14:41:19 from 76.27.12.70

YEA, YEA, YEA! Nice work, and having an amazing friend along for the ride always helps too.

From Smooth on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 14:42:36 from 174.23.123.147

GREAT NEWS! CONGRATS on accomplishing this "milestone". Makes me happy to see nice, easy and pain free all in one sentence. GOOD GIRL for refraining from the naughty food...can you believe all the Halloween candies out there....spooky scary traps!

From Clay on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 16:15:00 from 67.222.231.10

Those cookies sound so good! Go ahead and eat a couple they won't kill you;-) JK.

Keep up the good work.

From marion on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 22:31:13 from 71.213.105.213

OK- now those sound AMAZING!!! I may sneak over and steal a few. It's a good thing you don't live across the street from me... I'd be over like a moth to the flame.

I had SO much fun today :) I am SOOOO happy you're pain free :) blessings from heaven.

You know this biking thing might really work well when you have to do a super hard fast workout. You could program me like a treadmill to kick you bum. I could dangle chocolate out in front of you.

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