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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
Race: Salt Lake Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:36:41, Place overall: 28, Place in age division: 9
Total Distance
13.10

KAMIKAZIE!!! 

Yup, that was the plan :) I still have no voice and am coughing up crap like a bad smoker, but I decided if I was going to go for broke and blow up, I might as well make it a fantastic fail! What did I have to lose? 

Life was crazy and my poor husband who went to work at 9AM on Friday still wasn't home when I woke up at 4:30 to get ready to leave. He said he was close though, so I knew the kids would never even know no one was home for a while. Luckily my neighbor Jessica offered to drive so I could leave the family car for him to get everyone to 9AM soccer games. Only one problem...I was being cautious and locked the front door when I left and we always lock the garage door (into the house) at night. So...he got locked out. It took about 10 minutes of doorbell ringing and phone calls to wake up my daughter (no one else even woke up!) so that he could get in the house. I tell ya...the fun never ceases :)

Jessica and I met Toby at trax and had an adventurous ride to the start (isn't SL always that way?) we got a fast pop line, I gargled with my magic mouthwash so I could drink without feeling knives in my throat, dropped our bags then lined up.

We still had 10 min to show time so we made our way to the front to give Andrea and Allie and Emily a little pep talk (ha!) before the race and then we went off to find where we really fit into the crowd...the BACK!

Once we crossed the line I just took off, I knew it would feel hard and breathing would be labored, so I just ran. Ooops...first mile came in at 6:42! Oh boy, Plan Kamikaze was in action - full force. I did catch the 3:15 pacers and Jose was with them so I decided to slow it up a little and hang there. It felt good now - not so kamikaze :) still couldn't talk and breathe, but hey I knew that would happen. Then we hit some good downhill and I just let it fly, blow up or not I was just going for it.

I really felt good and in control and like I was running right where I should be and the miles just ticked by. I didn't like the extra out and back in Sugarhouse park, not that it was hard I just wasn't expecting it and it messed with my mind a little. I figured they had to have changed the course later down in the line because of the extra nearly 1/2 mile loop, but I didn't know where. I was hoping they'd dropped the mile 12 hill, but figured I couldn't get THAT lucky! I did take all the effort I could to give a shout out to Andrea and Emily when I got to see them on the turn, but it is hard to talk, let alone yell. I hope they heard me :)

I took a gu at mile 7 and I never stopped running. Not a walk through an aid station at all. I'm getting better at the drinking on the run thing :) well, okay just don't look at my white shirt in any of the race pictures...I had a drinking problem and red powerade is unforgiving. shirt, legs, arms - a very pretty sight I was!

Just after mile 9 ticked off I saw the shadow of someone with a pace sign just over my shoulder. What the?!? REALLY?!? They started pacers at 1:40 so my only goal was to NOT let the 1:40 pacer pass me and I'd nail my PR...so what the heck was this?!? I'd been watching my splits and KNEW I was on track for a 1:35ish so why was he here?!? Someone asked "you 1:40?" "yeah, but I'm about 3 min ahead right now" THREE MINUTES AT MILE NINE?!? What kind of pacer are you? Other than a bad one?!? I said out loud (you have to understand how much effort it takes me to talk right now let alone when I'm running a 7:20mm) "Three min ahead of time at mile nine? that sure plays bad head games with some people!" A girl in pink in front of me said "but, it can inspire and push others" - oh SHUT UP! He is there to run a specific pace and his response of "well, that's just what the race has given me" is NOT a good answer OR inspiring. What about all the deflated egos of the people who were shooting for a 1:40 and couldn't keep up with his 1:36 pace those first 9 miles and gave up back at mile 5? Man...okay, I'll get off my rant now. I didn't see him until the end of the race after that, he pulled back and ran slower. Made me happy to put him in his place (am I a little bi*&$y today or what?!?)

So, shortly after that I saw Rachelle at Liberty Park and it was SO nice to see her and have someone personally cheering me on. Gave me the push I needed to get through the park in good style.

I didn't feel any fatigue or remorse about my kamikaze start until mile 11, but at that point I was at 1:20 and I knew that if I simply ran 10mm for the last 2 miles I'd still hit a PR! Awesome sauce. So, I just let myself let go of thinking about numbers and just do what my body would let me do. I climbed the hill in good fashion and never felt like I was going to die, which is good for me on hills! The crosswalk counter at the top of the hill was counting down from 18 when I noticed it and I told myself to get to the top of the hill by the zero. I made it! Turned to see the finish line (that had moved up from the gateway to East of the Energy Solutions Arena - thank you loop around Sugarhouse!) and I had a nice gentle downhill finish. Turn it on and give it what you got, and I did. Final .15 I recorded on the Garmin came in at 6:04 pace so I guess I can't hate the Kamikaze start too much :) The 2 near 8mm on mile 11 and 12 weren't quite what I'd wanted them to be and they were the result of the Kamikaze start, but I still don't think I regret it - yet.

Finish time was 1:36:41, so an AP of 7:22 for the race. This is a 4+ min PR for me from the last time I raced a half. So, I get a new PR in my book and the knowledge that I CAN hit it better and harder if I'm not sick :) I just have to kamikaze the start and I'll be great.

splits: 6:42, 7:13, 6:50, 7:06, 7:27, 7:40, 7:19, 7:29; 7:19; 7:24; 7:32; 7:56; 7:52 (my horrible mile 12 hill was a faster AP than the straightway on State St...awesome); 6:04 for last recorded .15 of the race.

Feelin' good and now I just need a new head that doesn't have a sore throat, ringing ears, headache, stuffy nose and coughing fits to nail the full at Ogden.

Thanks for enduring my novel race report. I'm a happy girl with a new PR today :)

Thanks also to a great support crew: Toby, Jessica, Smooth and Lowell - you guys are amazing!!! Thanks for sharing this race and special day with me. Top 30/2800 females and top 10 in my AG - I won't complain!


Awesome Elixers Miles: 13.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Bill Mandler on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 13:25:20 from 184.155.135.130

CONGRATULATIONS ON A NEW PR!!!

Seriously, considering how you were feeling that is AWESOME!!!

From fiddy on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 14:02:03 from 97.126.212.58

Yeah, that pacer thing would have annoyed me too. And things just seem even more annoying when you are tired. Great run!

From catherine on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 14:04:08 from 98.202.112.38

What the heck! Awesome race even without being sick, but go Kamikaze RAD! And I'm glad you told the pacer what's what.

From Jake K on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 14:08:59 from 67.182.215.126

YEAHHH!!!! Way to go, huge PR! I knew with those workouts you have been hitting the last couple weeks that this was going to be a great race for you. CONGRATS!!!

From Smooth on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 14:32:36 from 174.27.212.157

WAHOOOO!!! You ran a courageous race!!! I am SO SO SO PROUD of you!!!! CONGRATZ on the PR! It was all worth it to see you grab that victory and hammer it down! All your hard work shows!!!! You are AWESOME! WAY to overcome all the obstacles and that bad sore sore throat! I can't wait to see you kill the BQ at Ogden! Rest well and get better! You are AMAZING!!!!

From Andrea on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 14:46:55 from 67.182.215.126

SO PROUD OF YOU! I knew that you would PR today - you've had such great workouts and been so consistent. I am impressed that you were able to pull off such a great time when you have a cold though!

The pacer was really 3 minutes off?! That's not even close!

From Teena Marie on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 15:27:49 from 68.107.222.43

WOW!!!!! You nailed that baby!!! :) :) :)

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Seriously, so impressive. :) :) :)

From allie on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 16:26:20 from 97.126.212.58

congrats, rachel! awesome PR. the kamikaze half was a success! very happy for you.

great to see you this morning. i really wished you would have stayed to run with me. :)

From Chad Robinson on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 16:47:41 from 75.162.226.110

I am so happy for you Rachel! And to think that you started off the year broken. Now it is time to slay Ogden.

From Nancy on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 17:11:16 from 76.23.21.118

Great race Rachel especially for how crappy you felt.

From Brent on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 17:33:13 from 209.33.247.203

Devine Miss M - I would bet it feels course to go a little crazy and just run like heck, sometimes you just gotta go for broke - guts, gusto - my kind of running, PR - it is your time, your year, your place - 1,000 commando points for the PR and going a little crazy.

Stay Kool, b of bs rools out

From Rachelle on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 18:12:07 from 66.7.127.115

YES, YES, YES!!!!! First of all CONGRATS! You totally rocked this race.

2nd of all I knew that freaking pacer was off!! What the heck! I almost wanted to run with him for a minute and chew him out. You looked so incredibly comfortable when I saw you and I knew you were going to rock it to the finish. I couldn't wait to get home today to read report!!

Way to go Rachel! Ogden is going to be awesome for you. :)

From Carina on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 18:16:24 from 174.232.132.166

Rachel congrats on a huge PR!! You are awesome, and with a cold ?!? Wow wow wow way to go girl I'm excited to see what you do at Ogden cause you're going to kill it :D

From JimmySG on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 18:37:39 from 76.27.43.61

Sounds like a great run, way to PR.

From bye-wing on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 19:11:37 from 58.11.205.251

Go Kamikaze go! Way to go on a PR and AG. Maybe it was that mouthwash :) ...No I think it was YOU. Well done!!!

From Toby on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 20:53:56 from 199.101.229.6

YES (with a BIG pump fist!!!)!!!! It must have been the *magic mouthwash*! You totally DESERVE that PR! You have been your Bad A* Mother runner! You've logged the miles and paid your dues (and then some)! I'm SO proud of you!

From DaleG on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 23:39:56 from 71.199.57.238

Way to go, Rachel and congratulations on the PR!!! You nailed it and you didn't even feel well. Very impressive. Before you know it, you'll be wearing bibs with your name on them.

From prlman on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 00:25:35 from 208.54.4.142

WOO HOO you annihilated this race today. Thanks for hanging out today. I felt like one of the cool kids knowing all the fast people :)

From Fritz on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 14:08:00 from 173.10.22.170

wow, great job! 4 min PR in a half is huge. Looks like your splits held up. Nice work!

From Bec on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 15:31:35 from 68.206.133.141

SO SO SO AMAZING!!!! I am so proud of you Rachel. All of your hard work and hardships you have endured have paid off. Can't wait for your Ogden PR. :)

From RAD on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 21:53:14 from 98.202.23.178

Bill, thanks! Getting to chat with Lowell afterward was a treat as well.

James, at least it gave me something other than my sore legs and throat to chew on for a while :)

Catherine, my filter goes away when I'm running :) Thanks, the stars just all lined up for me!

Jake, now I'm just curious to see how I can run a smart race without being sick! you may now have to send me a final 4 week program for peaking and tapering for Ogden since this one worked out so well! I honestly have to give a LOT of credit to you and giving me those tempo workouts to do. It gave me the confidence that I CAN run that fast and pull off a good race. I don't think I would've done it without that mental boost and physical trial! Now I just need to wrap my head around running an 8mm for 26 miles...

Smooth, like Lowell pointed out to me - I'm just proving the 'sick from the neck up - ok to run' rule :) Thanks for your support! I think I ran just a little bit faster so that I could get more time to chat with you at the end before I had to leave :)

Andrea, yeah - he admitted to 3 minutes AND at mile 9! He did comment about a hill at the end, but 3 minutes for that thing? maybe bank an extra 10 seconds, but yeah... Thanks for all of your support! I sometimes have a hard time believing that awesome runners like you even know who I am and that you're willing to support and help me. Makes me feel like a rockstar!

Teena, thanks! Now, I'm excited to do a half when I'm not sick and see if I can get closer to that 1:35! I can almost keep up with you :)

Allie, when I saw my first mile split I actually thought "wow, I could've paced with Allie this first mile!" put a smile on my face, but I knew I couldn't have held onto that one much longer! Sometime I'll get on a bike and pace you along in a race. I'll keep you really entertained with lots of good stories and antidotes :)

Chad, I guess my body just likes broken and sick! It seems to have worked well for me so far :)

Nancy, thanks for your unending support! I still have yet to catch up with you at BBK's!

Brent, no better feeling in the world! Thanks a ton for always being there coach!

Rachelle, thank YOU! Seeing you really was a highlight for me - and don't worry about that pacer, I told him what was up :) at the finish I saw him again and he was talking to Skip. He told him that he'd finished 1:25 ahead of time. How is that a good thing?!? Skip agreed the pacers weren't all that - our group is the best! :) You shook our curse off, now it is my turn!

Carina, thanks! I'm just trying to be as awesome as you are :)

Jimmy, thanks! A PR is always a mood lifter.

bye-wing, thanks sister! I'll have to teach you the kamikaze art at our races this summer :)

Toby, thanks so much for sharing this awesome day with me! I had a wonderful time hanging out with you. It wouldn't have been the same without you, and my nerves may have gotten the best of me.

Dale, well, actually I had my name on my bib today :) okay...so people that registered a long time ago had their names printed on their bibs, but mine wasn't. So, at the bag drop they had a sharpie on the table and I had Toby write RAD on my bib :) I actually had someone call out - "keep it up RAD you're doing great!" on the course. A little taste of that pink sticker treatment all those Elites get :)

Paul, ha! you make me laugh! You are one of the fast people that I feel cool hanging out with! It was a wonderful day, thanks for the support.

Fritz, thanks! I think next time I'll try to run a little smarter and not kamikaze, but hopefully I won't be sick either! Congrats to you an excellent race! To have awesome you comment on little ol' me's report...now that is an ego trip :)

Becca, thanks :) you know you had so much to do with this! You are that voice in the back of my head telling me it IS possible and that the rest of my brain needs to shut up :) Can't wait to have you say it to my face!

From Andy on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 09:31:52 from 199.190.170.24

Congrats on the big PR. It was kind of exciting to see you come in as fast as you did.

From Jake K on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:18:40 from 155.100.226.54

Those workouts served their purpose - they boosted your fitness AND more importantly built up your confidence. Let's definitely talk about the final stretch run towards Ogden, I'd be glad to offer some pointers.

From Chad on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:23:46 from 168.177.153.27

Holy crap! Nice job on that wicked fast race.

From NiceVector on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 21:04:14 from 67.166.103.173

Great race! Your confidence has to be sky high for Ogden.

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