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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
10.00

BBK run, brought George and Chad with me this morning. I think they enjoyed it :)

5K warm-up, good chad about the Boston Massacre  yesterday with Chad. SO proud of all of you that ran it and took it down in that heat!! Any finish time was a good finish time - period!

5K tempo, this was my speedwork for the week in a final push for SL half. The first portion of the first mile recorded on the Garmin (I didn't reset it from the warm-up and then we did about a 1/4 mile add-on to let the 'slow group' get ahead so we could chase them to the finish) was 6:54, 2nd mile was 7:29 (hard uphill here, glad to see it was 7:30!!), 3rd mile 7:11 (downhill recovery from the uphill, I backed off a little in effort to recover some), then the last split was .4 of a mile to the finish and my AP was 6:41. How in the heck that happened I don't know. I honestly felt like I was burning out and slowing down! Chad came back and ran me in the last .15 and it was nice to have someone to pull me in.

The next 5K I opted to go with the 'slow group' so I could do a recovery. I'd done my SW for the day and just wanted the miles now. My stomach revolted...nearly threw up. I don't know why I keep getting this 'sour stomach' thing, but it is getting annoying. I've never had GI/gut issues before and I'm sick of this...literally. I still kept a decent pace until the very end, but man, I need to figure this out and make it GO AWAY! Maybe I just need to eat in the morning?

Added a half mile on the end to make it an even 10, stretched and came home. Another good BBK workout in the books!

Now I'll go to spin and take baby to his swim class. Taper down now to Saturday...

AP: 8:26 splits: 9:34, 8:33, 8:34, 7:51 (.7 of this was speed), 7:29, 7:11, 7:52 (.4 of this was speed), 8:41, 8:54, 9:40

Awesome Elixers Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From DaleG on Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 09:41:37 from 71.199.57.238

Excellent job, Rachel. Yeah, maybe you should try some food in the morning. Perhaps a light bowl of cereal. That's what I eat before every run. I could not run on an empty stomach.

From Carina on Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:20:17 from 204.15.86.83

You have every reason to be confident about your race on Saturday, you'll crush it!! Great workout!

From Toby on Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:40:22 from 199.101.229.6

Oh....I can't wait to for your race Saturday!!! You have been so strong and are ready for some BIG Pr's! Just believe!

Start your day with a coke :) That will help your GI issues!

Have fun swimming and spinning!

From allie on Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 14:24:32 from 161.38.218.168

nice job, rachel! you are very prepared for the half on saturday. excited to see you...stand tall so i can spot you :)

From Chad on Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 14:50:18 from 204.113.19.55

Great workout! Instead of focusing on what to eat/drink in the morning, just cut down on the deep fried onions the night before.

From RAD on Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 15:06:51 from 98.202.23.178

Dale, I usually just have a small 100 calorie granola bar or something. I had a stand-by breakfast I used to always consume, but I'm too lazy to go ALL the way to Sams Club to pick it up so I've been trying to improvise...fail.

Carina, thanks for your confidence! I'll need it :) mine is always wavering.

Toby, ugghh...I just think of tasting coke all race, blech.

Allie, Oh, I'll be the tallest...in the back :) Unless you want me to beat you off the line. You know I'll do it! :)

Chad, that was the problem today! I had a good dinner last night and not even anything fried. It was a no-cook meal! We did Chicken Salad with apples - If I would've known I was going to feel like this anyway I would've enjoyed something fried!!! :)

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