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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

Tue, Oct 20, 2009

Total Distance

9.50

BBK run, it wasn't easy getting up for the early miles today. Miles were good, but harder than I would've liked. I think volleyball on Monday nights is killing my Tuesday runs. Rolling hills around the neighborhoods around JRP, tried to keep effort equal and stride strong up hill.

AP: 8:47 splits: 9:23, 8:42, 9:16, 8:48, 9:00, 8:31, 8:25, 8:36, 8:27, 8:43 (last .5)

...still regretting not doing the last .5

Hit the gym for personal training. Did mostly arms, but enough legs to take what was left out of them. Then did the recumbent bike for 20 min at consistent resistance - 7 miles.

Off to Dr Toronto's office for a follow up on the ITB's - we'll see....

***update on Dr T - well, I've been benched! :( Okay, I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill. He gave me a cortizone shot in the L ITB - the R seemed to respond MUCH better to the predisone. Either way, NO running until Saturday. All cross-training allowed, but no running. So, I'll be beating myself in new and different ways for the next few days! :) He did say the 5K and 5 mile pumpkin run on Saturday are just fine. Then Monday, back at the grind! Halloween I have instructions for a 20 miler, then I think I'll run the mesquite tri-state marathon on 11/21 to see if it's really done it's job!***

Mizuno Inspire II Miles: 9.50

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Bec on Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 14:26:34 from 67.177.35.60

Way to go on the intense workout. I think I need to journey to the land of the BBK's once again...dread.

Good luck at Dr. T's. I hope things go well.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 14:33:40 from 24.8.167.243

Great workout, as usual.

I hope you get some good news from the doctor.

Speaking of the recumbent bike, I read an interview with Coach Mo after he was kicked off The Biggest Loser last week and he said that his favorite workout was the incumbent bike. Actually, I just looked up the word incumbent and apparently there's an archaic meaning of resting, lying, leaning, or pressing on something. So maybe he's not as clueless as I thought.

From cheryl on Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 15:05:20 from 76.27.66.153

Rachel--let us know what Dr. Toronto said.

Bec--come rejoin us!! We are really mellow in the winter, right Rachel?

From The Quiet Pirate on Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 15:36:59 from 24.199.205.252

Little RAD-

What a workout for tired legs. And you did 7 miles on the bike after you'd already taken all they had??? Some days I think you're crazy....then I remember you're just family :-)

Do you like your new shoes? I was looking at your total mileage for the year. How awesome is it that you'll be up there with Columbus soon! Cool.

From Brent on Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 18:02:29 from 204.113.19.55

Devine Miss M - Russ will help, best luck at the Doc. I like the recumbant bike when focusing on leg strength, intervals. Good workout.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Nancy on Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 21:44:02 from 76.27.69.172

I'm sorry about the ITB. I've had a few cortisone shots and they usually do the trick. I enjoyed visiting with you this morning.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 13:15:13 from 24.8.167.243

I'm sorry that you've been benched, but it sounds like you're only benched for a few days and you'll manage to beat yourself up in other ways during that time.

I think it's funny that in the same paragraph that you say you're benched, you say that you're going to run a marathon next month. You really are a glutton for punishment, aren't you.

From RAD on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 14:16:10 from 76.27.12.70

Yes I am a glutton for punishment :) Like I said, it's really more of a 'wait for the meds to do their trick' thing. A few days off won't delete all my training. The marathon will simply be a test to see if the cortizone really worked - since that's usually when I get issues. I'm not worried about time - just the ITB.

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