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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

Mon, May 04, 2009

Total Distance

4.00

1 hr step class, then 4 on the TM at 3% decline at 7:40 AP, but dropped to 6:58 pace for the last 1/2 mile.

Any suggestions for tapering? I'm thinking 4 on M,W,F and 10 Tu, Th, Sa - then bumping down more next week....

Nike Miles: 4.00

Night Sleep Time: 8.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.50	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Kelli on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 19:37:54 from 71.219.98.88

AWESOME pace! I glanced at you as I came out of class and I thought, "Man, that girl is flying!!!"

Look at this:

http://www.marathontraining.com/marathon/m_taper.html

From RAD on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 22:29:52 from 67.166.99.8

Thanks Kelli!! I'll have to check it out.

From Nancy on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 22:33:10 from 76.27.11.127

Rachel I think tapering is very good. You have done all the training you need to run a great marathon.

From Brent on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 22:37:31 from 168.178.30.75

Devine Miss M - my thoughts on tapering, any cross training next week, very light workouts. Step classes are not a light workout. You will not lose conditioning in a few days of taking it easy. Better to have fresh legs, a marathon is still a marathon.

Stay Kool, nerves can be good, B of BS Rools out

From Smooth on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 22:50:50 from 71.36.82.104

WOW, those are speedy miles. Here's Greg McMillan's taper guideline:

14 days out: Reduce weekly mileage by 10-20%.

12 days out: 10 X 400 at 5K pace, 1 min. rest.

10 days out: 3 X 2000 at 10K pace, 2-3 min rest.

7 days out: Reduce mileage by another 10-20%.

4 days out: 4 x 3 minutes at 10K pace,1 min. rest.

2 or 1 day out: Rest.

From RAD on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 22:55:47 from 67.166.99.8

Thanks for all the suggestions on tapering...its so hard to know if you're doing too much or too little. It seems like a fine line! Keep up the cardio, but not too much running...but enough to keep the muscles up. Its all so confusing sometimes! I really appreciate all the advice - I NEED IT!!

From Brent on Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:33:03 from 168.178.30.75

Devine Miss M - the McMillian taper is a good guideline. I error on the side of caution. My last "speed" workout before a marathon is usually a 5K race the week before. The 5k race includes a 3 mile warmup, usually run the course and then ease into the 5k and run at a smooth fast pace, 90% effort. The goal is to keep your edge on speed, but, do not get injured. The 4 days out thing kind of scares me. Old school tapering thought was to run a hard tempo run on the tuesday before the marathon to carbo deplete and then carbo load. You are so close the the marathon, listen to your body, nothing drastic.

Stay Kool, Be Brave, B of BS Rools out

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