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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

Restless night, weird dreams, stuffy nose...needless to say it was easy to get up this morning, although I was still tired!

Met the BBK's at a location infamous for hills, and I wasn't disappointed!  Easy warm-up for about 1.5 miles then up and over the Oquirrh Mountain Temple hill three times. So that I wasn't SO far behind as soon as I reached the last person, I'd turn and go back over. I never made it all the way to the bottom, Aaron was nice enough to 'walk' up the hill with me a couple times.

When I heard the garmin hit 3 miles I was SO impressed with myself that I had kept the overall AP UNDER a 10mm I just about jumped for joy! It's not an easy hill, and to average out under 10 just seemed like a near miracle. On review, I was actually keeping it around an 11mm on the uphills and I would've thought I was closer to a 12-13mm.

We did a couple more loops through the 'hoods and around the park, I ended with 6 even - and alone at the back :( However, this is totally expected when running with this crowd. Those that I can usually keep up with were gone today.

AP: 9:37 splits: 9:40, 9:57, 9:57, 9:41, 9:05 (whoo hoo!), 9:21.

Now I'm off to yoga - my favorite part of the week, then I'm DONE today....well, except maybe a mid-day nap if Star Wars Wii will babysit for a few minutes :)

Mizuno Nirvana Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 10:59:15 from 24.8.167.243

Whoo hoo to you too! That was a great hilly run. I hope you get your nap today.

From RivertonPaul on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:02:44 from 67.42.27.114

Hurray for Wii babysitting.

From KP on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:05:35 from 65.208.22.26

That Wii is a wonderful thing.

From RAD on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 13:52:29 from 67.172.229.125

Thanks all! I really do love that I can occasionally use e-games as babysitters :)

From DonGardinero on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 14:34:10 from 75.162.168.109

Nice job tackling the hills!!!

From Toby on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 17:48:37 from 216.194.124.36

Nice BIG HUGE HILLY workout! Hooray for those cheep sitters!

From RAD on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 17:53:27 from 67.172.229.125

Dale, thanks! Hills aren't my friend to begin with, but it's nice to know I can still tame them a bit :)

Toby, yes - a good electronic babysitter is priceless!

From Nancy on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 18:13:05 from 76.27.19.206

Great job Rachel. If I had stayed for the Hill I would have been walking alot.

From allie on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 18:44:59 from 67.177.0.102

nice job on the hills today! and the yoga. my babysitter of choice for my nephews is youtube. i go old school on them with pink panther cartoons. i may have to upgrade to the wii soon enough...

From RAD on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 20:42:37 from 67.172.229.125

Nancy, I really could've used Duke on those hills! :) Thanks for hanging with me the first 1/2!

Allie, oh - I think you underestimate my electronic babysitting skills :) We have the 6 or 8 pack DVD of ALL the pink panther cartoons and the DVD's are like 3 or 4 hours long each. I'll lend you one anytime you run out of youtube cartoons. They are SO much better than wii!!!

From Kelli on Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 00:22:48 from 71.219.92.128

How come your stuffy nose was not bothering you during Yoga??? NO FAIR!

Great run today! You will not be slowed down even if you are running out of WOMB!

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