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Susan Loken's Blog

Susan Loken is a top runner in the Phoenix area. In fact she is one of the best in the USA, having won the USA Masters Marathon Championship in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010, and competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials and recently qualified for the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials (at age 47!). Susan is the program director for Chances for Children Arizona, www.teamchances.org. Enjoy following Susan’s blog as she trains for the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston!!

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Back to Blogging!!

- Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:31:22 +0000

Last time I wrote was in January after the 2012 USA Olympic Marathon Trials. Quick update… January: Finished the 2012 Olympic Trials Marathon, stopped running and started working with Nicole Armbrust at Spooner PT to fix my hamstring injury. February: Still not running, going to PT 2 x per week, strength training and riding the [...]

2012 USA Olympic Marathon Trials

- Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:22 +0000

Gosh, where do I begin? I just completed my third — and best — USA Olympic Marathon Trials! Not the best because I ran so fast and placed well against the fastest women in the USA, but the ?best? because I earned a spot to participate in the OLYMPIC TRIALS. And despite lack of training due [...]

Final post before the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials!!

- Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:09:40 +0000

My final blog post before the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials is actually the link below.  A blog written by Dimity McDowell, author of the book Another Mother Runner. http://anothermotherrunner.com/2012/01/10/olympic-trials-preview-susan-loken/ I also want to take a minute to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to all my friends and family for the love, support and motivation that [...]

Merry Christmas to Me!!

- Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:52:31 +0000

Everyone I’ve ever coached knows how strongly I believe in Positive Affirmations. The positive thinking and personal words of encouragement are absolutely essential for bringing about a particular desire or outcome. If you keep repeating a positive affirmation, soon enough the statement will be accepted by the mind as truth! Here is an example how negative and positive [...]

Experiment of One!

- Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:00:42 +0000

Well, the good news is that I?m running and my hamstring is feeling better. My training log is below and, as you can see, I?m slowly but surely adding more running into my schedule. I won’t necessarily have enough time to get in great shape, but I will be in the best shape possible, given [...]

Where there is a will there is a way!

- Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:09:27 +0000

I?m currently training for the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials with an injury and I will do whatever it takes to stay fit, stay strong, and make it to the starting line ready to rock out 26.2 miles with the fastest ladies in the USA! This weekend I started training on the EliptiGO outdoor elliptical bicycle [...]

?The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.? Dolly Parton

- Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:52:19 +0000

Since my last blog on September 30th I?ve been putting all my energy and effort into healing my hamstring tear so I can begin training for the 2012 Olympic Trials. Needless to say, it was very disappointing to drop out of the USA Women?s Master Marathon Championship and it has been a pretty big challenge [...]

All I can do is laugh at myself today (and you are free to do so as well)!

- Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:47:51 +0000

Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself!! First, let me explain the setting.  As I posted earlier, I currently have an injury that doesn’t let me run or even ride a bike.  I can swim (not my favorite) or use an elliptical trainer.  I’ll choose the elliptical trainer over swimming laps anyday. And I use that [...]

Setbacks are temporary

- Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:22:39 +0000

Setbacks are temporary situations that detour our success journey, that?s all. Ok, here is one of the most important lessons about goal setting that I can share with you.   When you set a goal, detours, setbacks and even failure can happen along the way. You must make sure to view this setback or failure as [...]

Final Training Days before Twin Cities!!

- Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:43:05 +0000

On Sunday, I ran my final long run before Twin Cities, 18 miles at an average pace of 7 minutes per mile and I felt great before, during and after!! Starting temperature was only 72 degrees. This is our reward for enduring 90-plus degree starting temperatures for the past 2 months. Loving Arizona again! This [...]


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