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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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Race: Blackridge Triathalon - sprint (18.5 Miles) 01:21:50, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
3.20

The morning started off well enough...until I got about 1/4 mile away from the park (I'd ridden my bike over, because I only live about a mile away...why drvie?!?). I then realized I was an idiot and didn't have my helmet on my head!! What the!?! yeah...I'm brilliant! Went back home and all the cars I saw driving in I thought...there goes my good transition spot...and your next choice...and your next choice... grrrr.

Luckily, after I dropped my T2 stuff at the park I'd run into a friend and she took pity on me and took me up to the reservoir for T1 (the first transition is at the reservoir and you drop your bike there, but the 2nd transition is at the park where the finish line is - they take a drop bag that you fill with your swim stuff down to the finish and since you finish the bike and start the run there...your bike stuff should already be there).  I got my body markings and a bike spot in the transition way at the back, but at least it was on the end. I hate not being on the end. Chatted with friends and fellow racers, tried to figure out if I'd registered Athena or not (I decided to just go with it and good thing, because I had!), and froze my tush off. It was cold and windy.

The race director gave the most hillarious, motivating pre-race speech ever (they always have pre-race meetings for tris to give any last minute details and course reviews)! It was crazy!! Something I'll never forget...my motivating speech to Escape from Blackridge! Then, we hit the beach to start the swim waves. I grabbed a quick gu on the way down. I knew I was going to need a boost! They started Elites first, then younger to older men's groups, then they did Clydesdales, Athena and relay all together in a wave. So, the Athenas were the first women to start the race. They had no women register as Elite.

Swim time: 9:28 - 6th in my AG and 1st in Athena

The swim was over and done with quickly. What I didn't like is that they didn't have a mat at the water's edge, you had to run up the gravel/dirt (only covered with a thin fake grass mat) up to the parking lot and then through the parking lot to the T1 area before crossing a timing mat. So, my swim time was also some running/hiking/ouchy foot time!

I had taped up my foot the night before with KT tape, because it feels a lot better when I do that on a run. I'd alcoholed the skin and heated the tape, I knew that sucker wasn't going anywhere! But, it still fell off in the water. I've really got to either get 100% over this or figure out how to get the tape to stick before the half IM - in 2 weeks! So, the hobble up the gravel and in the parking lot was only made worse by my unsupported foot.

T1 time: 1:34 - 4th in AG and 1st in Athena.

The transition went really well. Socks and bike shoes went right on and since we weren't in the sand, and run far enough out of the water I didn't need my water bucket to wash off my feet!! Grabbed glasses and helmet (I remembered this time!), threw the crap in my drop bag and I was off (but, I left the water, because I was on the end and if I would've dumped it - it would've gotten all over everyone else's stuff they had laid out! I wasn't going to be mean, but I didn't want to go all the way off the pavement to dump it either - so I left it out of the bag and just donated it to the cause). As I ran in my bike shoes to the other end of the trasition (like 30+ rows down) I was grateful I'd gotten the spot I did. It actually ended up being beneficial to be on the 'wrong end' of transition and run in my bike shoes down the length of the area, than in bare feet with my heel aching. See? it all works out in the end!

Bike Time: 46:03 - 19.45mph for the 14.9 miles (I mapped it, I didn't have a garmin and I don't know what they were calling it). I had the 7th overall fastest bike time! This is a tough biking route! Only one Athena beat my bike time by 40 seconds...more on that later :)

The bike was rockin' I love the downhill start! Gives you time to roll into it and get going. I was passing guys like crazy, and this is where I first realized that I was the first female out on the course! It was awesome to hear people cheering! "Yay! First Female!" I knew there would be people behind me in waves that would be faster than I was, but I got all the glory...and it felt good :) I worked the hill up to Kennecott well, I just kept pushing and telling myself  "This is a sprint like a 5K! You keep going, no time to rest or recover or go slow...GO!" So, I did. Oh, and I loved chicking guy after guy on the bike too :) Only one guy passed me on the downhill, but he was a Clydesdale...can't argue...gravity likes him more :) I took my 2nd Gu at the High School, I figured I was about half way through the time it would take me to finish. I had the wrapper and just couldn't come to terms with chucking it on the ground. The first house that faces 6000W past the cemetary still had their garbage cans out from Friday, AND it was open! So, as I rode by, I took aim and  BOOYAH! Scored a drive by basket as well :) We have an easy, but decent climb back up to the park and on the last turn off Mirabella in front of the stake center and then up Butterfield Park Way I passed a couple guys and I said "C'mon! Last Hill!! Make it Count!! Don't get chicked!!" One guy just laughed and said "too late!"

I unvelcroed my shoes and unclipped before the dismount area so that I could make a fast 2nd trasition. It seemed to work well!! Oh, and my new lock tight laces...no more tying shoes!

T2 time: 0:43 - there were only 2 females with faster T2 times! rockin!! But...one of them was the other Athena!

Here I'd been lulled (okay, not really, I was running scared!) into thinking I was first female and rockin' it when as I jumped out of the transition area there was a female that had an A on the back of her leg (they body mark you on the back of your calf with your age or division, so she had an A for Athena - I had my age, because that was what they asked me when they marked me! I wasn't trying to hide or anything). What the?!? Where in the world did she come from? Well, it got me running! I could tell from the first few steps she wasn't a strong runner and she had to be my only threat at 1st in my division at this point, so I had to dust her! Grabbed water and threw it in the general direction of my mouth at the aid station right out of the T2 area and I took off.

Run Time: 24:04 (3.2 miles, a long 5K) 7:30AP  11th overall fastest run time, 1st in Athena :)

Okay, I'm just going to say it. The run sucked. I'm sick of being injured. My heel hurt and since I haven't been running I felt like I was running through mud!! Okay, some of it may have been the jello legs from the push on the bike, and  some of it may have been the nasty hill you have to run up the first 1/2 mile. I don't know, I just didn't enjoy the run like I normally do. It just never felt right and I never felt like I got into a rhythym and could push myself like I wanted to. Turnover was crappy, breathing was hard, lots of hills and trying to forget about the pain in my foot. blech! I was still passing people, but the run is supposed to be MY thing, where I finally kick it in and show these triathaletes who is boss, but I just didn't have it. I hate being injured and not having MY thing working well. HATE IT!! HATE IT!! HATE IT!!! Okay, rant over.

So, the last little downhill before your final climb to the finish I thought I could hear a female breathing behind me. Shoot. But, then a teen boy (who I had 6 min on due to wave start) passed me, so I figured it was him. But, I kept hearing it on the right. Looked back and there she was. Poo. I wasn't going to cross the finish line first feamle! She was running strong though, so I just did my best to hold on. You have to run up a dirt path then turn onto grass for your final 100M of the race, and it kind of stinks, but I did my best to turn it on and finish strong. The girls finish time was only 3:05 ahead of me, so she was only 5 seconds ahead of me on the line which it seemed more like 10-20 from my point of view. Oh well, they still announced me as 2nd female :) that was fun!

After looking at results posted I was really pleased that I ended up in 5th overall and 1st in my division, but I also would've taken 1st in my AG by 2 min too!! So, it wouldn't have mattered where I started, I still would've come out on top. Awesome!

I had fun chatting with other racers and getting to know some people in the tri world, got my awesome medal for my 1st place and ear buds and a waterbottle in raffle/random prizes. All in all it was a wonderful day and I'm really proud of the hard effort I put in...even if the run was the worst part. Stupid body.

My little 8 yr old also did a tri with his cousin again this week and he took 3rd in his AG!! There were like 20+ kids and cousin was 1st and he was 3rd! Awesome little guy! He really has the racer spirit! Now, he just needs to learn how to swim so he doesn't have to wear a life vest in the swim :)

Lauren (11) had a swim meet as well on Saturday. She improved all of her times despite not going to swim all summer! I told her now big things are expected of her that she IS swimming! :)

I love my little family, even if they do make me batty 99% of the time. That 1% is enough to keep me going! :)

Sorry...no pictures as usual. My support crew was obviously off doing more important things than supporting mom at her crazy race (like usual). Maybe someday my fan club will come watch one of my races and take pictures of me...someday.

TTT #1 Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Nancy on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 14:38:43 from 76.23.21.118

Great race Rachel. It almost made me wish I was still doing Tri's.

From The Quiet Pirate on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 17:40:36 from 71.49.55.78

Super job, Rachel! You rocked that race, and did it despite your heel still not cooperating 100%.

When I read Mirabella, I thought "I know that place!" That is the super steep icky hill you took me on. Must have made for a tough race with hills like that.

Congratulations to you and your family achievements this week.

From Brent on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 17:59:19 from 66.7.127.67

Devine, Devine, fun crazy race, that is the life of Tris, something crazy seems to always happen, wich I could have been there, gave you a chance to chick me on the bike, no way. 500 commando points for the effort and placing. Tris are a hoot. You sounded like a cat on the hunt to get those dogs in front of you on the bike. That is what I love about the bike, go after those in head of you with crazy mad, love it.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Ericka on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 18:00:56 from 24.10.179.23

Nice job out there!

From Teena Marie on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 21:29:04 from 67.2.96.50

WOW!!!!! Seriously ... I am in total awe! You are KILLING this tri thing! HUGE CONGRATS!!!!

Out of everything I have tried this stuff

http://www.amazon.com/Mueller-Tuffner-Pre-tape-Spray-10-Ounce/dp/B001C0I450/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1344828164&sr=1-1&keywords=mueller+tuffner+pretape

makes the KT tape stick like no other. Not sure if it will hold during a 1.2 mile swim or not BUT it is the only thing I can think of that just might do the trick! :) :) :)

Once again ... CONGRATS!!!!

From RAD on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 22:28:49 from 98.202.23.178

Nancy, you should do another sprint! They are so much fun!

QP, thanks! Luckily we missed running up that hill, just had to bike it. Well, we had to run half that big hill...just on a gravel road up to the grass!

Brent, thanks! I know you understand the amount of effort it takes to work a race like this. I now can't wait for UH! but, I'm nervous...it is going to be hard! Those flats still get me. I'd rather climb and get a downhill break/push. We'll have to see how waves work out, I might get out of the water before you and be able to ride scared with you chasing me! I'd love a "you suck" as you pass me on the bike :) help motivate me to chase you!!

Ericka, thanks! Are you feeling ready for the UH? I'm getting butterflies about it now!! ugghhh.

Teena, I may have to try it. It is crazy, because the tape will stay on until the water just catches a corner of the tape, then kick after kick it just peels off. I'm hoping it goes away and I don't have to worry about it then!! I think it is wishful thinking though. Especially with PC this weekend.

From Smooth on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 22:29:45 from 71.219.147.142

Wow! congratulations for the division win! You are a force to be reckon with in the triathlon world! ROCKSTAR all the way!!!! SO HAPPY for you! EXCELLENT JOB!!! :) :) :)

Kudos to David and Lauren too! You should be so proud of your little family! :)

From Jake K on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:25:31 from 155.100.226.54

Nice job Rachel! I wish you were feeling less-injured on the RUNNING portions, but at least you are getting in some fun competition and doing REALL well w/ the tris!

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 14:44:40 from 66.232.64.4

Wow, you are doing awesome with these TRIs. Get your injuries healed up and you are going to kick some butt once you can get your run on like you want.

From prestonmadera on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 21:23:01 from 67.186.200.142

As usual, GREAT JOB!!

From jj on Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:23:42 from 199.116.168.73

Rachel, good job! I didn't realize you were into Tri's. I have been doing those this year. I have done 1 sprint and 2 Olympics and will be doing the Bear Lake Half IM in September. Are you doing that one or the Utah Half? In any case, you rocked Blackridge, good luck with your upcoming HIM.

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