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Halloween 1/2 marathon

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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: Halloween 1/2 marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:00:32, Place in age division: 47
Total Distance
13.10

WHAT A FUN HALLOWEEN RUN!

I had a great time! Again, let me remind you I wasn't 'racing' just having a great time with friends on a lovely Halloween morning. Met Walter, Becca and Shelly on the bus up and then at Aspen Grove found Josse, Julie, Steph and Heather. Finally, after wondering if my bride would ever show...Luz and Katherine came! The race started an HOUR late. I was hungry and tired of standing by the time we finally started, that's a new one for me.

Started out slow and at the back of the crowd (chip start time didn't work, so I'm using my Garmin time instead of their time) and it was really fun to see all of the costumes and how fun runners can be - we DON'T have to be seriously competitive all the time!! Stopped once down the canyon to do a little 'bridal' shoot of Luz, then at mile 5 stopped behind 4 or 5 people for a potty break. Then at Bridal Veil Falls we HAD to stop and do another bridal shoot and some action shots. Stopped again at Vivian park to check bathrooms and do another photo op of me to reply a pic text to my sister (Quiet Pirate) who ran a 10K this morning. Finally around 10 it warmed up and we were getting hot and miserable (Luz in her dress, Katherine in her 'bug' and me in my wig). Decided just to finish it out, but saw Katherine's hubby and kids and made another pit stop to say hello, then took off again. At mile 12 Katherine's long awaited wish was answered with a pop available so I finished the last one on my own. It's great to have enough energy to push fast through a crowd that has paced out to 9+mm...a few of them didn't see me coming and it's a lot easier to catch people at that pace :) When I crossed the finish line I'd always wanted to have enough energy to 'hitch kick' at the finish line, so I finally did! I don't know if they got a picture of it though...I don't the photographer saw ME coming either -hehehe

Overall it was a wonderful race and I had the best time ever! Seriously, the miles just FLEW by thanks to Luz and Katherine!! Afterward looking at the race board, I knew on this course with the CRAZY downhill at the start I could've taken at least top 5 in my AG (3rd was 1:38 I think, so I may have busted that!). That kind of got to me and I started regretting my finish, but then I realized that if I had done that I would've missed the AMAZING experience, conversation and fun that was had for those 2 hours with those 2 ladies. No regrets...no regrets! 

AP: 9:12 splits: 8:59, 9:19, 7:43, 8:11, 12:02 (pop), 8:56, 10:09, 10:16, 8:38, 10:04, 9:04, 7:54, 7:38 (last .1)  - so, it looks like our miles w/out stopping were really around 8:30-9:00, so somewhere in there must've been our REAL AP for running. However, this wasn't a race...it was a photo op :)


Mizuno Inspire II Miles: 13.10
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Teena on Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 16:44:05 from 67.177.20.13

Sounds like a ton of fun with great friends!!!

AWESOME!!!

Happy Halloween! :)

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 16:54:39 from 24.8.167.243

I'm glad you had a fun time. It's good to just have fun once in a while instead of being worried about racing. Are you going to post photos? At least post them on Facebook.

From RAD on Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 16:56:25 from 76.27.12.70

Thanks Teena, it was SO fun! You should think about it next year.

Carolyn, Luz took TONS of pics and she promised she'd post her 'special day' album on FB...so I'll find them and pass them on!

From Burt on Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 17:17:36 from 98.177.216.165

Fun time RAD. Post a picture!

From LuzyLew on Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 17:39:02 from 69.169.167.157

Don't worry RAD, we'll teach you to lower your expectations yet. It was a great morning. I'm going to glow about this for days. I so looked forward to it, it was SUCH a beautiful day, we had so much fun, we ran pretty well considering the many, many fun stops along the way. I loved making people laugh, and I had a great time listening and chatting to all the fun conversations we had along the way. You are awesome. That was the best fun I've had in a good long time. Happy Halloween. Get lots to drink and sleep !!!!

From josse on Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 22:23:17 from 70.193.115.202

It is always nice to see you, happy you had fun.

From Nancy on Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 23:12:35 from 76.27.69.172

I'm glad you had a fun time and you still finished faster than I would have running as fast as I could go. Great job as usual.

From RAD on Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 23:43:21 from 76.27.12.70

*posted some fun pics courtesy of Luz and her FOUND camera*

From Snoqualmie on Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 10:37:24 from 24.18.192.33

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing the fun. :)

From Walter on Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 10:43:43 from 76.27.13.75

oh im glad you were able to post those pics! I cannot for the life of me figure stuff like that out on here! I should be a professional computer guy by all the blogging and facebooking etc. Thanks for the ride and im glad you had a successful run without pain. Dont get surgery now! just keep stretching and icing and dont increase your miles over 10% a week.

From Bec on Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 11:03:15 from 67.177.35.60

RAD RAD RAD!!!! I love you! Such and epic run, thank you for the laughs and giggles. You are a complete crack up. I looked at your pictures on FB, and I am so happy that you took the time for the once-in-a-lifetime photo ops.

From Kelli on Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 17:56:04 from 71.219.97.106

SUPER FUN!!!! Thanks for the pictures.

From DonGardinero on Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 21:55:32 from 75.162.176.242

Oh man, that would have been a fun race!!! Glad you had such a great time. If I had known about it, I might have run it. Maybe next year.

From The Quiet Pirate on Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 13:11:44 from 24.199.205.252

What Fun!!

Nothing better than a good run with great people.

The pix are fun to see. You're all obviously having a blast. It makes me smile just thinking of the fun you had.

From Bec on Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 14:56:49 from 67.177.35.60

How are you feeling today? Are the legs feeling like lead? Do your hips feel like they have medal rods in them?

From leslie peterson on Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 15:57:37 from 76.23.61.78

What a blast! I am going to have to do that next year!!!! I love the pictures! You are SO FAST!!!!

Today is the last day to sign up for the Animal Therapy run for $20. Day of is $25. I am signing up my son-in-law that had the stroke, but we will see how he feels that morning. This is just a race to give my kids a fun activity.

What kind of dog do you have? I am not bringing mine because he is too big and will be a pain, but Julie and Paul are bringing their Laberdoodle.

From Smooth on Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 17:51:37 from 174.23.240.142

Rachel ~

FUN! FUN! FUN! The pics are GREAT! Glad you had a wonderful time with Luzy and Catherine!

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