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Location:

Cottonwood Heights,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 18, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records

Aided

5k-17:01 (Halloween Half 2011)

10K-36:06 (Halloween Half 2011)

Half- 1:22 (Halloween Half/Des News/HC 2011/2013)

30k- 2:06:49 (SGM 2013)

Marathon- 3:07:18 (TOU 2011)

Unaided and (some) outdated!

400M- 1:03 (HS 2000)

800M-2:23 (HS 2000)

1500M- 4:45 (USU 2001)

3000M- 10:33 (USU 2001)

3200M- 11:24 (HS 2000)

5k- 18:10 (USU 2001)

10k-39:36 (Classic 2013)

30k- 2:09:16 (WRC 2012)

50 miler- 9:46:43 (TNF 2015)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2019 Tenitive Race Schedule

4/15 Boston Marathon

7/24 Deseret News 10k

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

I love training with others both on road and trail. I also find benefits of running solo when I need to focus and regroup.

Fun fact: Although I prefer to run outside, I don't mind the treadmill for pace accountability and for the blind assumption that I can run really fast. I have a lot of secret treadmill PR's at 0% incline:) 

Personal:

 

 

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I am a Mormon

 

I am married to a supportive and driven husband. Together we enjoy geocaching, hiking, camping, reading and playing games with our three rambunctious children.

Aside from running, I am a homemaker and a Mental Health Therapist. Running has given me the ability to better concert my energies between my family, faith and friends. 

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6.300.000.000.006.30

Great weather this morning! This morning's run was slighltly eventful. I turned down my road and low and behold a cougar cub bounded right past me. At first I thought it was a large cat, but it was indeed a cub. Good. Then I ran down Main and raced against a garbage truck. I won becuase it eventually turned up the road. Winning a garbage truck is a great confidence booster for the 30k on Saturday. Ready to give 100%.

Brooks Ravenna 2 Miles: 6.30
Comments
From Jake K on Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:18:29 from 155.100.226.54

Cougar cub... that's awesome! I would have wanted to take it home :-)

Good luck on Saturday!!!

From Andrea on Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:21:14 from 72.37.171.52

COOL! I'm just glad it wasn't a big one and you didn't have to race against it!!

From Burt on Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 13:44:47 from 72.223.82.180

I wish it was the cougar club, which someday you'll be the president of.

From James on Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:13:39 from 50.21.195.190

A cougar is one of the few things that I haven't run into on a run over the years, and thank goodness for that!

I hope the 30k goes well for you tomorrow.

From allie on Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 19:09:24 from 97.126.212.167

rawr! i like the 100%. good luck tomorrow, tara.

From Andy on Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 21:12:53 from 208.54.4.209

Good luck tomorrow.

From Tara on Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 21:17:18 from 75.169.148.68

Andy, you already said that on Kam's post. I would like a personalized good luck, like Good luck Tara or Good luck Taralyn. Thanks!;) Can't wait to be done with the series and get some Saturday long runs in again.

From Bec on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 15:07:40 from 68.206.133.141

Goodness! Can't believe you saw a cougar cub. Kind of scary Tara.

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