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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

Tue, Feb 03, 2009

Total Distance

11.00

I ran those lovely hill repeats with BBK's again this morning. A total of 7 miles and I am proud to say that my AP was 8:50 for the total mileage. The worst split was only 9:15! Now, some may laugh at the fact that I'm proud of that number, but you must take into consideration that my PR for a 1/2 marathon (the SLC one in Aug that goes UP the Mtn Dell side of emigration and then down) is a 9:17 pace (2:01 or so). So, being able to run probably at least 4 miles of tough hills and keeping a lower pace than that is great for me. This is what I love about running, constantly being able to improve yourself and its all up to you - no one else can take you or push you across that finish, you have to do it yourself! After the morning workout I went and did resistance and ran another 4 miles (around 9 mm) at the gym. Definately feeling the lingering effects of Aunt Ruth visitng and yucky eating all weekend. Only 11 days until Myrtle Beach! Eating crap and Aunt Ruth must go away - for at least a couple weeks :)

Okay, I wanted to post my splits so here they are:

1- 8:45 best 7:34

2- 8:17 best 6:58

3- 8:37 best 7:03

4- 9:15 best 6:49

5- 9:07 best 6:43

6- 9:08 best 7:28

7- 8:30 best 7:25

Of course, the bests were on those nice downhills ... thank goodness for long legs!

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Kelli on Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 16:02:22

I forgot about your race!!! you need to take it easy next week so you can bust your old PR!

From Smooth on Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 16:25:10

NICE hill workout. I'm not laughing. I'm drooling over those splits. My hill paces are in the 10's. You're gonna rock at Myrtle Beach. Kelli's right, you should taper down, at least on the mileage, for the next 10 days.

From Rachel on Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 16:34:30

Kelli and Smooth - I think I will taper off a little. Especailly after the way I was feeling today after all of it. I don't want to push and get injured going to a race that I've paid so much for.

From erico on Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 22:48:56

Rachel,

Nice to talk to you this morning. It is so refreshing to talk to someone who is excited about running and how much improvement they are making. I think you will do great in S.C. and probably surprise yourself. We have been doing some tough workouts that have got to pay off in big ways.

Please give Lucy a scratch behind the ears for me and hopefully I'll see the both of you on Thursday.

From Rachel on Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 22:57:48

Eric - I'll be there Thursday early for extra mileage, so I don't think I'll bring Lucy; but she'll be there again soon.

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