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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
2.00

40 min on the spin bike

2 miles around the track - I didn't want to know pace, so I just ran. Had my Altras on and didn't feel anything too crazy. Trying to slowly break into them.

1000yds of pulling and 100yds of kick at swim.

Good workout for the morning. I'm ready to run again.

Pink Altras Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Smooth on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 16:01:18 from 65.130.14.36

NICE bike, run and swim this morning!!! Karen and I talked about how you do all these hardcore TRI stuff in our first ever spin class this morning!!! I wish I could get to be 10% as good as you! :)

GOOD JOB!!!

Glad you had a yummy post-marathon-recap with the Newtons yesterday! :)

From Rachelle on Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 09:48:40 from 199.190.170.21

Awesome all around workout Rachel. Mixing things up is so much fun and makes the time fly by.

I will maybe see you at the race this weekend. Still deciding what to do but really I just want to dress up and have some fun. :):)

From The Quiet Pirate on Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:21:51 from 152.26.230.54

you're having a great recovery week! Running without the watch can be so liberating some times :-)

From Chad on Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:32:01 from 168.177.153.60

Wow, you got Altras? Nice.

From RAD on Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 13:42:06 from 98.202.23.178

Smooth, I think you are already a lot better than I am! Look at your age graded times for races...you kick my butt all over the place! Yeah, Newtons and donuts are synonymous :)

Rachelle, it really does help to mix things up! You should come Saturday, even just run up to Vivian and then down with us. You know it'll be fun!

QP, yeah I didn't want the TM to tell me how slow I was going!

Chad, I got them back in July, but am breaking them in slowly. I use them more as 'walk around' shoes than anything. But, I've put a few miles on them - only indoor. I hope I can get to a point where I can occasionally run 4-6 in them and be fine.

From Chad on Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 14:32:49 from 168.177.153.60

I loved them when I first got them. Then my ankles got injured because of the shoes and I absolutely hated them. Then my ankles got better and I slowly started building up miles in them and now I love them again. They are what I ran Utah Valley in.

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