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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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Got to spin class early this morning - I think I slept more this weekend than I did the whole 2 weeks hubby was gone!! Still tired though...I wonder if I'll ever feel rested.

So, with the extra spin on my own I got 75 min of spinning in, then went to masters swim and got a full hour in there - pulling. A full hour of pulling - man alive my triceps are going to love me tomorrow! Felt good to get back in the pool. No kicking, but with a bouy I just pull...and pull...and pull. Good arms and core  workout!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From cheryl on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 14:28:58 from 67.166.68.69

Rachel, I've been following your injury and progress in getting back to running. Good work on the cross-training, and I hope you can run again very soon!

From Nancy on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 16:23:09 from 76.23.21.118

I don't know what pulling is, but it sound very hard. Great job with all the cross training.

From Carina on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 16:25:20 from 204.15.86.83

Wow, what a great start to your week!!

From glidergirl on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 16:28:52 from 67.2.139.16

Nice work RAD!! Keep it up! I know it bites rocks hard, but you'll get to run here soon! :)

From Smooth on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 02:09:51 from 75.162.95.99

WAY to keep on keeping!!! You are AWESOME!!! Glad you got some needed rest over the weekend! :)

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 17:16:12 from 205.158.160.209

That's a lot of pulling. :)

From RAD on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 17:35:49 from 98.202.23.178

Cheryl, thanks. It really means a lot to me! You are one of those amazing runners that I look up to, so knowing you're keeping an eye on me really makes my heart happy!

Nancy, you use the paddles and just use your arms (your legs float in the bouy). It is a great workout!

Carina, it was a great start!!

Brooke, we will have to plan a short easy run some Saturday after I get going again!!

Smooth, thanks! it is nice to have everything back to 'normal' almost...except for the running.

Scott, it certainly was and I'm paying for it today!

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