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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
Sat, Mar 24, 2012
Total Distance
13.00

AM - Flew into Sao Paulo, Brazil last night. Took a taxi this morning to Ibirapuera Park and it is awesome! They call it the "Central Park" of Brazil and it has a 4 mile loop dirt trail along the perimeter with beautiful bamboo trees and huge trees with vines everywhere. It was beautiful. I didn't take my camera today because I didn't want to carry it for 13 miles, but I'll try to get some good pictures tomorrow. My run went pretty well - the 7:45-8 min pace felt easy compared to running on the treadmill. I ran a couple miles really slow with a co-worker and then ran at my pace. At 8 miles my back got so tight that I couldn't run anymore, so I stopped and massaged it for a minute then was good to go for the rest of the run. I threw in a faster 6:25 last mile.

Now we are off to check out the other sights!

trail 

Saucony Omni 8 Miles: 13.00
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From scottkeate on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 10:53:08 from 71.199.4.146

Wow! What a beautiful place to run. I'm super jealous of your trip to Brazil. I speak Portuguese after serving an LDS mission in Portugal and would love to give it a test drive in Sao Paulo. Definitely on my bucket list.

What took you to Brazil?

From Jake K on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 11:45:43 from 67.177.21.60

Awesome place to run! Great fast finish too. This has been your best week of training this year, despite all the travel and being out of your routine. Way to go!!!

From ACorn on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 12:32:48 from 24.2.76.146

Awesome run and finishing mile!

Beautiful pic too.

From allie on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 13:23:20 from 97.126.223.167

looks so pretty. glad you could ditch the TM today. have fun in sao paulo!

From Andrea on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 15:54:02 from 201.54.233.42

Scott - you would love Brazil. I wish I could speak Portuguese right now!! I'm in Brazil for work - we are trying to make a new manufacturing line here.

It's so nice to ditch the treadmill. It'll be totally worth the taxi cost the next couple days to run in a beautiful area!

From RAD on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 18:16:18 from 98.202.23.178

Oh, so horribly jealous!!! Beautiful run in a beautiful place - especially off any dumb ol' TM!

From Rachelle on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 20:55:23 from 66.7.127.115

Great run today Andrea! Enjoy you time in Sao Paulo.

From Teena Marie on Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 09:22:49 from 174.27.199.63

Sounds AMAZING!!!! :)

(As the others, I am so jealous!)

From Tina on Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 09:38:36 from 97.117.113.121

That is stunning! Great job at getting your runs in while traveling. I always struggle with that.

From Kelli on Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 13:57:02 from 71.219.98.16

GORGEOUS!!!! I need a vacation to that lake in the photo.

From Burt on Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 14:00:08 from 72.223.93.158

Awesome. Beware of Amazon women and Xena the Warrior Princess.

From RAD on Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 15:42:26 from 98.202.23.178

Burt, it isn't nice to talk about me like that!!!

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