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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
6.00

A good six miles, nearly pain free. The first mile back is always the hardest - feels like your heart is beating out of your chest! But, I lost track of miles between 1.5 and 5.0 so I'm counting that a good thing. First 2 miles @ 9:13 and 2%, 8:57, 8:41, then 1% and 8:34 then some downhill -1% at 8:00 - finished up a little faster, but I think it was an AP of around 8:00 for the last mile.

AP overall: 8:49

Went to FIT class - man it kicks my trash. Gotta love it though. Finished up with my stretches and some rolling.

I have a bit of hip flexor stiffness now, but it's not all that bad. Not nearly as bad as it HAS been. I've scheduled another beat down massage for tomorrow and hopefully we will be able to work out the last of the crud in my legs before Saturday. Can't wait for Ogden!

On that same note, I am wondering if I can hitch a ride with someone? I would be willing to chip in on gas and meet you somewhere at/near your home. If anyone is driving up that morning and would be willing to let me tag along will you PM me? Thanks.

Mizuno Inspire -cookie Monster Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Burt on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 18:01:19 from 206.19.214.144

You can hitch a ride with me and Merri.

From Nancy on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 19:26:19 from 76.23.21.118

Good Luck Rachel. I'm glad you are doing better. I'll be waiting for your race report. Leslie and I are running the Linda Butterfield Memorial 10K at Jordan Landing. It was only $6.

From Lily on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 21:15:59 from 67.199.178.210

Good to hear you're doing better. Good luck in Ogden! :)

From Merri on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 21:24:57 from 160.7.252.148

Burt & I will be by to get you on the third thursday.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 22:27:34 from 71.229.134.155

Here's hoping for completely pain free.

From RAD on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:32:44 from 98.202.17.113

Burt, thanks! I'll expect you around 3:30...I'll be waiting on my front porch.

Nancy, That race is a great one! My friend and her family run it every year and always tell me how fun it is - especially for the price.

Lily, thanks. I'm not expecting much - just a nice trainer. If I hit the dam and feel good I'll let it fly to the finish and get some tempo miles in, otherwise I'll just hang out and enjoy it.

Merri, you get this month and I'll drive next month.

Carolyn, unfortunately I don't see that in the near future, but at least it's tolerable now. Honestly, I think I need more iron in my diet. These pains keep shifting from one area to the next with no resolve and I'm getting frustrated, so I took a look at my diet and determined that I am getting little to no iron and so I've started a supplement - just yesterday - and I'm hoping that will help the healing processes. Only time will tell...

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