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Draper Days 5K

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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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Skinning Miles (1000ft ~ 2.5 Miles) Lifetime Miles: 912.35
Hiking Miles Lifetime Miles: 10.50
Sat, Jul 20, 2013
Race: Draper Days 5K (3.107 Miles) 00:21:28
Total Distance
4.10

Really excited to run at Draper Days this morning. My warm-up consisted of only stretching and one stride because I didn't want to push my luck with mileage. I decided to run whatever pace felt comfortable injury-wise. I am actually quite pleased with my time and effort today - it shows that I have made huge improvements in the last two weeks (weeks 9 and 10 post-surgery). Good to know that I am right on schedule in terms of the rehabilitation. And that time is pretty good for running 10 miles/week for the last 4 weeks and 4 months of nothing prior to that. I am just so thankful to finally be running again :)

The race turned out to be very competitive and a great showing by the top level runners in the area. Allie, James, and I went on a cooldown after our real cooldown of laying in the grass for 30 minutes. I'm trying to remember the last time I ran with Allie and James and I couldn't even remember. It's about time!

 I got to bust out my new Saucony uniform too -

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Comments
From allie on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 10:06:26 from 97.117.85.152

the uniform is great. the lazy-in-the-grass session was awesome. the cool down mile was fantastic. i'm so happy you were there and running today.

you ran great and you are only going to [drastically] improve from here.

...and that's a really nice race photo of YOU! :D!!!!

From emruns on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 10:15:04 from 67.186.252.90

Yay for racing! I was so happy to see you out there. Just wait for next year. You are going to be awesome!

From Jake K on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 10:20:01 from 67.177.11.154

I am so happy to not have a million photos of myself today because YOU WERE RUNNING too!!!

From bdase on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 10:23:42 from 160.7.242.251

Post of the day right here :)! AWESOME!

From Tara on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 12:59:30 from 141.0.9.205

This is great news today:)

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 13:05:58 from 24.10.249.165

Great news Andrea. Not sure why I didn't bump into you before or after.

Something tells me I'll be seeing you during the race before too long.

From Derek D on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 13:17:09 from 68.109.132.154

Great to hear you got to race again. Amazing time for the little amount you've been able to do. Congrats on being out there again!

From JulieC on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 13:31:41 from 63.224.116.137

: D way to go Andrea. looking forward to your comeback.

From SpencerSimpson on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 14:59:45 from 68.66.165.182

the comeback begins. Good to see ya out there today Andrea. Good luck with everything on the journey back...

From SlowJoe on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 17:04:48 from 66.69.93.8

So awesome! The first of many good performances to come.

From Kam on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 17:40:50 from 199.192.101.88

Reading about your race has me all pumped up. That's a very exciting step in your recovery.

From Toby on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 20:17:28 from 199.101.229.6

Yipeeeee for you! It is so great to see such a wonderful athlete making her way back! Congratulations!

From Penny on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 20:52:56 from 66.65.174.203

It made my day to read this Andrea. So awesome. Can't wait to see what your comeback is leading to!

From Andrea on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 20:59:59 from 67.177.11.154

Thanks everyone. I got so excited after running this because I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel...Jake and I started talking about training for ME and how to approach the next year or so given no more setbacks. Fun!

From Jason D on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 23:20:23 from 24.1.80.94

Must have been the new uniform. Good bump up in mileage this week. Your fitness will come back quickly (despite feeling like it isn't). Far ahead of your goal for the race. Things will come through.

From MarkP on Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 10:48:42 from 65.130.116.119

Yay! Glad to see you back!

From seeaprilrun on Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 15:58:52 from 68.102.189.33

Wow Andrea! This is great! your form looks picture perfect in the photo! You are headed for good things now, moving onward and upward!

From MichelleL on Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 16:15:19 from 97.117.93.142

The first of many post surgery prs! Happy you are recovering well.

From Amiee on Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 17:26:44 from 64.134.238.104

Come back is in full swing! So happy for you. At this rate you will be running faster than the speed of light by fall :)

From RAD on Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 17:39:12 from 76.27.82.202

I love it! Great news and reward for your patience!

From scottkeate on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 08:50:12 from 192.150.9.200

It was so cool to see you at the race. I'm grateful your recovery is going well and I'm looking forward to watching you continue to get stronger and faster :-) Yeah!!

From Lily on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 10:50:27 from 199.106.166.83

Like like like, where is the "like" button?

From Rachelle on Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 09:49:24 from 159.212.71.25

So happy for you Andrea. The new uniform looks great. :)

From Teena Marie on Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:37:09 from 65.130.28.159

YES!!!!!! That is AWESOME!!!!!! Fantastic news, Andrea!!! :)

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