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Herriman West Stake 5K

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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: Herriman West Stake 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:23:34, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
6.00

Look at me! I have miles! Whoopee!!

Woke up and went to spin class from 7-8 AM, went home switched shoes grabbed kids and their bikes and ran a warm-up mile over to the Stake center.

Gotta love the Stake 5K, when there are only 5 women running and your best competition is pushing a jogging stroller it's fun :) I tried to keep up with the lead male pack and I did for the first 1.5 miles, but when I thought I could catch them on the downhill they pulled away. I did pass a teenager with about 1/3 of a mile to go, but other than that I was alone 90% of the time. Well, my daughter and her friend rode their bikes alongside me. I could beat them on the uphill, but once we hit the downhill they were gone - cheaters!

I then turned around and ran back to get my friend who was running, she has been fighting knee injuries, but was pushing right along! I ran her in then we waited for awards. During that time it started to POUR! So, right after awards I gathered the kids and took off to run home in the rain behind my son on his bike (so it was slow, but I didn't want to lose him), my daughter and her friend took off...they weren't waiting around for us in the rain! Finished up a bit at home to round out 2 miles of cool down.

The running felt good, I wore my compression sleeves and the calves didn't really bother me. I can feel the pain, but I didn't have to change my stride at all because of it. I think I'm going to test them out and run this next week.

Last night we did legs and back for p90X and we've got Kenpo tonight. My husband is feeling good and although he doesn't always WANT to do it, he's motivated and sticking with it.

Garmin wasn't on for the warm-up mile. Race AP: 7:46 splits: 7:41, 8:11, 7:27, 7;11 (last .03 - the course is short only 3.03). Cool down AP: 9:45; splits: 9:40, 9:52

Mizuno Inspire - Oscar Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Maurine/Miles on Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 13:15:22 from 63.255.172.2

Did you get money for your big win? :)

Good for you. Glad I took the dog out twice before the rain hit.

Where do you do kenpo at? I used to be a 3rd degree brown belt in kosho shorei ryu kempo back in Illinois before I got blacklisted from my dojo.

From Tom Slick on Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 13:44:26 from 69.171.160.252

sounds to me like your about ready tostart getting in some road miles and getting ready for your next big one! Congrats on beating the strollers at the church 5K.........pretty good splits.

From Julie on Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 13:46:07 from 67.199.162.82

That sounds like a fun time. Good pace too!

From RAD on Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 15:45:06 from 67.172.229.125

Maurine, just lots of blessings :) The Kempo is a p90X video. My husband has started doing it and has asked me to do it with him to support him.

Slick, I think I will run Monday. The leg still doesn't feel any different. Still pain, but not worse and not better. So, since I'm at an impasse I'm just going to run.

Julie, it's hard to look back at last year and see my time as a 'warm-up' for the pumpkin run better than this year. Oh well, it's hard to run 'alone' in a race and after you haven't been running.

From Tom Slick on Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 16:27:46 from 69.171.160.242

What ever you decide to do will probably be the right thing to do. You have been off for quite a while now and your injuries should be fairly well healed. Your probably feeling some phantom pains dreading the fact that you want to run without injury....just start slow and easy and lay down some easy base miles............

From RAD on Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 16:48:59 from 67.172.229.125

Slick, that is what I was thinking of. I figure I'll still keep my apt 11/1 with the PT and then if anything goes wrong this next week I'll know it's not in my head...or hopefully he can tell me that.

From Carina on Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 18:17:16 from 204.15.86.83

Great 5k, this is one of my least favorite distances, I guess I just like breathing :) I'll look for you at the Halloween Half, thanks for the welcome!!

From Shelly on Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 18:58:16 from 67.166.68.81

Way to go! I can't believe how awesome you are with a baby under 5 months. Keep up the great work and take care of those legs.

From allie on Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 20:01:51 from 174.23.232.22

victory! way to go, RAD. logging miles again AND winning races. awesome job. just keep taking care of that leg!

From Nancy on Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 21:26:08 from 76.27.19.206

Great job Rachel. The lay off on the running didn't hurt you a bit.

From Toby on Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 21:37:45 from 66.133.97.196

A win is a win sista! Way to sweep the Stake 5K! Hooray for feeling good and fast!

From Teena Marie on Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 01:21:31 from 174.23.229.29

WooHoo!!! :) :) :)

From Brent on Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 13:40:53 from 76.8.201.223

Devine Miss M - 100 commando points for the win. Compression sleeves hey, good move. It must of been the day for stake 5Ks, there was one happening on the parkway.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From DonGardinero on Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 19:45:42 from 75.162.183.249

Look at you, a few weeks off and you still ran pretty dang fast. Your average pace for the race was only slightly slower than my pace for my one mile race last weekend and I was red-lining the entire mile. You rock!!!

From Bec on Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 18:03:18 from 67.172.233.189

Miles and a win!!! Whoopee! Now you will have to always be that 'running lady' in your stake. Good luck with that. You will never let anyone beat you! I know you well.

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