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Location:

Herriman,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

St George Marathon: 3:23:54 (10/6/12)

Half IM: 5:44:03 (8/25/12 - course was long!)

25K trail - Buffalo Run (16.5) 2:34:50

Half Marathon: American Fork - 1:30:44  6/23/12

Spectrum 10K 43:42   3/17/2012

Best 5K: Spanish Fork 21:55 05/30/09

Short-Term Running Goals:

Okay, so for 2013 I am going to have FUN! Not that running isn't always fun, but I had a wonderful breakthrough year last year and I want to play this year :) AND get faster! So, my first goal I'm going to put out there is my yearly mileage goal.
It is 2,186 miles from my driveway to my sister (QP's) driveway! I want to spend this year on a virtual trek cross country running those miles. So, that is how far I will run in 2013...from my house to QPs. It will take all year and yes, this is measured on Hwys so it isn't really exactly how I COULD run it, but good enough. 43 miles/week...totally doable, and a fun goal to track how far I've traveled as I go along. Who knows...maybe I'll even run PAST her house :)

I will do more trail runs, Boston, Pacing duties, another Half IM and some other tris. I'm excited for this next year and look forward to having fun with all of you out on the roads, and trails! Maybe bag a few peaks this year too!!

Long-Term Running Goals:


Big Dreams: 5K in 20:2X; 10K in 39:XX; Half in 1:29:XX; Full in 3:15:XX; complete the Rim2Rim2Rim run and not die; Comrades; Iron(wo)Man.

Run for the rest of my life!

Personal:

4 children: twelve, eight, five and baby Fartlek - 2 1/2. Wonderful supportive husband that lets me drag him and the family all over for race after race!

Finished 13 marathons and LOVE running that distance! I'm definitely hooked to the marathon monster and hope to constantly improve my endurance, speed and stay injury free!

I've also found a love of trail running! I hope to keep improving on this front.

After being injured with a broken foot at the first of 2012 I found a tri group and started training with them and am now loving tris! The half IM was harder than I'd ever imagined...and am ready to do it again. I'll earn my bike butt and someday have enough time to train for a full IM.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
BIKE MILES Lifetime Miles: 1168.40
LUCY MILES Lifetime Miles: 25.25
Adidas Lifetime Miles: 319.66
Orange II Lifetime Miles: 390.41
Boston Mizuno Lifetime Miles: 568.97
Fargo Nikes Lifetime Miles: 500.03
BEANS Lifetime Miles: 755.00
Orange Bostons Lifetime Miles: 527.59
Solomon Trail Lifetime Miles: 363.98
PI Tri Shoes Lifetime Miles: 4.00
Boston Mizuno 10s Lifetime Miles: 140.75
New Orange Lifetime Miles: 157.05
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Another fun morning on the spin bike! Gotta love getting that reading hour in :) I showed my daughter I was 2/3rds of the way done with the 2nd book and she said "What?!? When do you read?" I told her I do it at the gym...I don't think she'll be so supportive of me running off to the gym now that she knows I just go there to read :)

60 min good hard effort on the spin bike. May or may not have gotten a good couple drops of sweat on the book. Gotta love public library books.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From DaleG on Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 22:36:59 from 152.216.11.5

There's no stopping you!!! I don't think I could read while exercising. I can barely see fine print as it is and when I exercise, my eyes seem to get worse while I'm doing it.

From bye-wing on Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 07:58:09 from 110.169.182.178

I guess that is one good thing about a stationary bike, you can read while you are pedaling and don't ahve to worry about crashing. Since you are a friend, I won't call the library to tattle tale on you and let them know how you are sweating all over their books :)

Good work out so soon after a marathon.

From Brooke on Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 08:48:41 from 71.219.155.251

Uhhh....where is your race report? I know you didn't "race", but I've been looking and looking with no luck!

Glad your kids are OK. Hopefully they learn the lesson LOL. :) Still wish we could have connected. Too bad you aren't doing Snow Canyon, but I know you need a breat from racing. ;)

From Bec on Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 15:02:17 from 70.115.203.100

Are you reading in spin class again Rachel? You should sit by the door so you have good lighting.

From The Quiet Pirate on Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:57:30 from 152.26.230.54

You had a great recovery week with lots of spin time. I do like reading when I can- it makes time fly by. I need a good book to read. The last 2 were dumb. What are you "into" these days?

From Smooth on Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:11:13 from 65.130.14.36

Where is your race report for the Utah Fit Half Marathon and your kiddos 5K? :)

From RAD on Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 15:23:19 from 98.202.23.178

Posted my novel for the race report from Friday. Hopefully another good read! :)

QP - I'm reading the Uglies series. A youth fiction series LL got me into a couple weeks ago. Good, easy reads. Similar to Hunger Games: youth pushing against authority. Not quite as enthralling as Hunger Games, but still good!

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