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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 02, 1999

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I ran the Top of Utah Marathon in 4:43 after having my third child the year before. 5 K in 24:19, 10 K in 53 minutes pregnant. Survived personal training from my lovable but slightly overbearing husband Sasha for more than 8 years!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 23:45 in the 5k.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay thin and full of energy.

Not be an embarassment to my family full of world class athletes.

Personal:

Madly in love with Sasha. We have been married since 1996 and have been blessed with seven of the most adorable and talented children : Benjamin, Jennifer, Julia, and Joseph, Jacob, William and Stephen.

All of our children have run in at least one race, including Jacob and William who did it inside the womb. I enjoy various non-running activities such as: baking, sewing, playing organ, piano and flute, painting, and playing with our  vivacious children.

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Thu, Dec 06, 2007
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.440.005.44

56:36

I felt so slow and tired and the begninning. I didn't want to finish. Then I got started talking about my glory days in dating when I was a Freshman at BYU. I had some hilarious stories like the time two boys asked me to Homecoming and then one sent flowers and I didn't know who sent them because the card fell off. Or the time two boys pulled out the same talk by Spencer W. Kimball on me about going on their missions and how they wanted me to hold the key to their heart (one was Sasha BTW) and then two guys named Sasha (one again..I did marry) told me they loved me on the same day. (Sasha was on his mission and wrote me a letter.

I was very friendly and cute little thing but not a player at all. I did not try and make these guys fall for me...I was dating a million guys and just having fun and studying hard...I made the Dean's List that semester also..

 Anyway, I got lost in thought and we ended up running way extra. Sweet Amanda.
 

Comments
From Maria on Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 15:27:37

Sarah, you sure seem to have a rich dating history! And your story of meeting and marrying Sasha is a very unusual one. I always wondered if you were from Russia too, and if you speak Russian. Now I got my answer (well, last week, actually). Do you (or Sasha) teach your kids kids Russian? It would be great if they could speak to their grandparents, if nothing else. My daughter, finally, almost at 15, started to realize that maybe it's not such a bad thing after all, and requested a Russian teacher (after years and years of fierce resisting). Now she is even thinking of taking it as a second language in IB. But in my experience, it's tough with kids - Russian is a very hard language to learn and they don't see a point in it. So I'm wondering how you are dealing with it?

Oh, and great job on the run! Whatever helps you get through it - even if it is memories of dating glory :).

From Mik'L on Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 20:27:34

You crack me up! Yesterday's Fred story and then todays dating history makes me laugh. You were a player! haha. Let us know when you find out if you are prego or not!

From sarah on Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 21:01:11

If you guys liked those stories I have many more....like the 6 dates in one weekend...the time a guy called me during a layover, he calculated the exact time I would be there. But I have to clear my name. I was NOT a player...I was just so friendly boys were drawn to my open personality...I didn't kiss anyone at college until I was engaged. Glad you got a kick out of it Mik'L

Maria...you just found out I wasn't Russian..wow. I was born in Utah and raised in Texas. I love Russia and lived there as a teenager. I think I love it more than Sasha...Our kids know a little Russian. They can read it but we are still working on fluency.

From James on Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 21:05:31

I bet Sarah has some great stories, she has been married to Sasha for 11 years, c'mon!

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