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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
3.00

My day/morning/workout got all messed up! After getting home groggily at 12:30AM after picking hubby up from the airport I set my alarm and went to bed -ooops! At 6:30 AM (after forcing myself back to sleep, because I needed all I could get and kept waking up) I cracked open the eyes and realized it was light. It's not light at 5:00!!! STINK! My alarm was set for PM.

After contemplating bagging it all, I jumped out of bed hoping that it would be my lucky day and a spin bike would still be open 5-10 min after class started. Well, good things better - I got a bike and started class only about 7 minutes late!

Did spin for the hour, then got talked into staying for the next class- muscle mix (cardio and weights/60 min), not too bad - worked the IT really well! Then, I was dreading heading off to the TM....dang thing! -and no Becca to entertain me :(

Decided to hit the indoor track instead - 8 laps/mile so I walked 3 ran 4 until I had 2 running miles complete. Then out of curiosity and wonder I decided to try a full mile...all at once! I wanted to know about how fast my AP had been on the rest of the running, so I grabbed my phone (stop watch) and set off.

It was hard at first to not try and race the clock, but I kept it nice and smooth (except weaving in and out of walkers and strollers) and finished in 9:17, which is about what I've been doing on the TM! I was SO surprised, it felt SO much better than the TM has ALL week. I guess maybe I can run again :)

Total just shy of an hour on the track (3 mi run/2.25 walk), and a wonderful ending to a crazy morning! Oh, and this run made it official: I HATE THE TREADMILL!!

Mizuno Inspire II Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 14:43:00 from 24.8.167.243

Yeah! A whole uninterrupted mile on the track at 9:17 pace, and 3 miles total! You are running, girl.

From Nancy on Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 20:45:32 from 76.27.19.206

Great job Rachel. You are doing so much cross training that you won't be any slower after your baby is born and you can run outside again.

From Toby on Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 21:09:44 from 216.194.124.36

That is fantastic! I can appreciate a MILE! Hooray for sticking with it!

From Smooth on Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 19:13:49 from 174.23.198.220

CONGRATS on your first official run and a pretty fast pace at that!!!. YAY! :)

From Brent on Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 21:28:16 from 66.7.127.219

Devine Miss M - Crazy Days and Crazy Nights, without Patsy. Nice scambling for a very good workout.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

Got your message, thanks for the heads up.

From The Quiet Pirate on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:28:47 from 24.199.205.252

Ra- great job on your recovery! Glad you were able to go for a mile. Hooray for little miracles!

From Michelle on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:30:32 from 97.118.13.58

Yeah for a mile! I hope you are able to steadily increase your running distance. You pace was great too.

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