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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 08, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided -  
17:16 OktoberFAST 5K (10/11)
17:23 BAA 5K (4/12)
37:10 Memorial Day 10K (5/11)
1:17:03 Long Beach Half Marathon (10/11)
1:17:21 USA 1/2 Champs - Duluth (6/12)
2:49:01 Philadelphia Marathon (11/11)

Aided -
16:52 Fight For Air 5K (6/11)
17:08 Provo City 5K (5/12)
1:17:52 Top of Utah Half Marathon (8/11)
1:17:54 Utah Valley Half Marathon (6/11)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run consistently as I get back to 100% health. Stay patient!

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun training and racing.

Sub-17 5K
Sub-1:17 Half Marathon
Quality for the Olympic Trials in the marathon

Personal:

I am originally from Knoxville, TN and moved to SLC with Jake in 2010. I started racing in 2011 and had some great success before a major injury hit me in July 2012. I had athletic pubalgia surgery in May 2013...then again in Sept 2014 and am still trying to get back to my old self. Although running is my true passion, I love doing pretty much anything active outdoors - backcountry skiing, backpacking, biking, etc. 

I've been running for the Saucony Team since 2011. I enjoy representing the brand and really do believe they make the best shoes :)

I work as a Quality Engineer for BD Medical in Sandy.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Skinning Miles (1000ft ~ 2.5 Miles) Lifetime Miles: 912.35
Hiking Miles Lifetime Miles: 10.50
Total Distance
11.10

AM - Early morning workout. 3 x 1600m with 400m jog between. 5:58, 5:55, 5:41. I was aiming for 6 min miles, so I was happy with that. I probably could've set my target pace faster, but this was my first workout in a long time and I had no idea where I was at. Jake joined me in the workout, although this was more of a jog for him.

Quick rant - It is really not that difficult to keep one lane open for runners. The cheerleading team and football players were out on the track this morning (not sure what they were doing, besides standing around looking at each other). Despite the fact that a track is an oval, they never seemed to understand that runners would be coming through every 2 minutes or so. It came to them as a total shock every time! We weren't really asking for much, just one lane to be clear. If those kids really want to get in shape for their respective sports, they should've been doing laps with me!!

PM - 4.6 miles easy around the roads and such.

Anyone interested in running 10 miles with me tomorrow morning somewhere around SLC or Sandy around 6am??

Adidas Adizero Miles: 6.50
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 115.80
Comments
From Jake K on Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 10:58:24 from 155.100.226.53

You didn't even mention that you got the run in lane 3 for the last rep!

Seriously, those football players are lucky that I didn't have to throw an elbow or a shoulder into them... I'm so bony that I would have sliced right through their pads!

From Rachelle on Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 11:53:30 from 199.190.170.31

I really don't think HS kids have brain cells.

Great job on the repeats, those are fabulous times.

From allie on Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 21:03:22 from 24.10.191.18

great workout, andrea. the last time i did a track workout (long, long ago), there were two high school kids taking up the two inside lanes. one of them was pushing the other one in a shopping cart. not kidding.

i'm too sore and slow to run with you tomorrow, or i would totally take you up on that offer. i need a few more recovery days before i can attempt to keep up with you :)

From Andrea on Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 22:04:57 from 67.177.21.60

I'm not trying to break any speed records! I am perfectly fine going slow and easy.

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