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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
Total Distance
6.00

Got to the gym and Kim was ont the track. I decided to join him for a couple miles...if I could keep up. It was a little difficult, but then I settled in and things felt great. I could even chat just a little bit :) Kim said he could figure out what pace we were running by timing the laps on the clock, I told him to not tell me. Because I could tell it was faster than I'm used to and I knew my mind would get in the way "this is too fast, I can't do this" - he finally told me on the last few laps (for me) that we were averaging 7:30-7:40mm. I'm not sure I completely believe it, because I really don't think I can run that fast and still talk and not die right now, but that is what he said.

He was just about done as well, so I hit the TM for the last 2 miles and did 8:00mm pace for the first 1.5 miles, then increased .1mph each .1 mile and then the last .1 I did at 6:30. Wow, it feels good to feel some speed!

After getting the kids to school I braved the daycare with baby. Spin  class went well, and I didn't get called to the daycare. Spin class was B-R-U-T-A-L today! Allison rarely does decent recoveries, but she is recovering from surgery so she didn't spin and just taught today, so it was even worse! We did the last 15 minutes at 8/10 effort with no recoveries, just changing what we were doing. My legs were dead! Awesome :)

Then took baby to mom and me swim class. He always has such a good time and loves the water. The little water aerobics we did seemed a lot harder, maybe because my legs were just dead. Anyway, we had a great time. I love that little stinker!!

Cookie Monsters - Take 2 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From catherine on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 13:17:58 from 98.202.112.38

Look at you, speedy girl! You're going to do great at your races this year.

From catherine on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 13:18:20 from 98.202.112.38

Also, I don't think I ever told you - your legs look super fierce in your blog picture.

From RAD on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 13:21:46 from 98.202.23.178

Catherine, it is the only running picture of me I've ever liked, so thanks :) I like it because my legs actually look strong and not flabby like usual. I was surprised I was running that fast, I really didn't think I quite had that in me right now.

From runningafterbabies on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 13:30:41 from 71.195.219.247

You should have told him to lie to you about your pace. Check out the link on Andreas blog.

Way to go on throwing the hammer down on that tm today!

From RAD on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 13:48:27 from 98.202.23.178

Melody, I will have to check out that link! My mind is always so crazy about pace!! I certainly wouldn't have run that fast on the TM if I wouldn't have started on the track that fast. But, I figured even an 8mm pace would be a break at that point :)

From Wilkerk on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 14:29:57 from 209.20.111.1

Rachel you were awesome! Thanks for joining me and pushing me to keep the pace up.

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 15:11:55 from 205.158.160.209

Nice fast running!

From Smooth on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 16:23:26 from 174.27.219.252

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!! I always KNOW you have speed in those legs!!! And then to follow that with a brutal spin and fun swim class. Sounds like a PERFECT day at the gym! SO HAPPY for you!!! You're gonna do GREAT at Ogden! :)

From Terri on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 20:08:02 from 72.66.72.85

Glad little fartlek didn't bite today! I hope this is the start of a new biteless trend for him.

From Toby on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 20:47:13 from 199.101.229.254

YES YES YES for an awesome workout! *We* (as mothers) need those every once in awhile to fill our tanks! GO FARTLEK!!!! Where are we going on Saturday...the north route :)

From Rachelle on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:42:24 from 159.212.71.173

Awesome workout Rachel!! Yay for a little speed. I am very excited for you. :D

From RAD on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:23:40 from 98.202.23.178

Kim, I'm just glad I wasn't dragging you down - because I sure felt like I was!

Scott, thanks - at least I can still take it in small bouts.

Smooth, it was a good day at the gym! I love those!!! Ogden...not so sure about :)

Terri, well the biting has been replaced with hitting - but, they don't kick him out for that!

Rachelle, slowly but surely coming back!

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