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Herriman Step Rock Run 10K

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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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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
Race: Herriman Step Rock Run 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:47:40, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
6.20

So, I get to the race and despite feeling like crap (and eating like crap) all day yesterday I'm actually feeling okay, tired but good. Then my competitive nature takes over and I start scoping out the competition....lots of runners, but do I have it in me to beat them? Due to computer glitches the race started about 30 minutes late, but I had good company to hang with and I was already awake :)

Lined up at the 'start' line and we were off, the first 200 yds in a hill to get out of the park and I knew it was downhill after that so I just pushed it, but as we turned the corner I was done and ready to walk, ooops I still have 6 miles+ to go! The next couple miles actually felt okay and I passed a few people and there were some that passed me (they were going SOO fast, I thought for sure they must've started 5 minutes late!).

The first 2.7 you have some 'rolling' hills, but its a NICE downhill path to warm up on (you loose almost 300 ft of elevation). Then we hit the hills, the course is a loop so you have to recover everything you loose! I actually started feeling good around 3 and was ready to conquer those hills! Funny, but WBR has ruined my perception of hills. I can finally say "That Hill ain't S*@T!!!" I acutally passed about 3 or 4 people on the hill and was gaining on everyone I could pick out. I LOVED it - yes, I honestly truly loved it no sarcasm in the statement! It was great to feel good and run strong up the hill as I saw others struggling. So to my lovey BBK torture squad - THANK YOU!!!! 

The only problem was that at about mile 4.5 I was done, I contemplated walking but the competitive side kept me running and pushing. I had passed one woman on the hill and I knew she wasn't far behind, so I pushed on up another slight hill to the turnaround. Just before that I passed a water station and they started cheering for me and said "yea! nice job! You're the 2nd woman!!" I couldn't believe it, I thought there were 4 or 5 women in front of me...this just increased my mental push, we're almost done let's just kick it home!!

I saw the 1st place lady at the turnaround and she was probably a good 3 minutes ahead of me, so I just concentrated on pushing past some of the men in front of me. Felt good again until the last uphill push (THIS hill was comparable to Ragnar, but only 100 yds or less!) I turned the corner grabed some water then saw Kelli. I was SO happy, I knew she would push me to the finish and keep me strong despite the fact that I felt like I couldn't breathe! At least I wouldn't hear her say "come on, you're not even breathing hard!" :)

The course flattens out then the last .15 or so is the downhill back into the park and I let it go, I couldn't sprint like I would've like to and one guy I'd been leap-frogging sprinted past me, but I pushed to the finish! I was surprised to see that the time was 47:40, because I felt like I had relaxed a bit on the downhill and didn't push nearly as hard as I had on the Bluffdale course a couple weeks ago. I guess it was all my 'tapering' this week :) I was kind of bummed to get my card and see that the 1st place finisher was in my age group (24-35) and so I got 2nd in my AG as well - DANG!! I ran 5 minutes slower last year and still got 2nd in my AG, that's a small town run for you I guess.  

AP:  7:46mm splits: 7:27, 7:30, 7:26, 8:05, 8:00, 8:10, 7:31 (for the .2 finish) Total of 667 ft of elevation gain and since the finish is just beyond the start the elevation loss is 687 - so I guess this was a 'downhill' run - lol!!!

Saucony Miles: 6.20
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Brent on Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 15:44:23 from 66.7.127.219

Devine Miss M, without the devine intervention, you conquered dead legs, pushed past tire and pain, a gutsy racer. Great job, often, the test of a runner is how they handle tough days, A+ for your and K-Power.

Stay Kool, massage, B of BS Rools out

From Bec on Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 15:45:07 from 67.177.35.60

Wow, great job not giving into the 'walking demons.' It sounds like your course had some really tough hills you had to face. Rachel, I am so proud that you come this far in such a short amount of time, I am very impressed. Please keep it up, you are an inspiration!

From leslie peterson on Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 15:53:46 from 76.23.61.78

What an awesome race, funny you ate like crap and still kicked butt!!! Way to go RAchel!!!! What is your next race?

From marion on Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 16:00:16 from 71.213.113.143

CONGRATULATIONS! That is one heck of a time :) You are So cool :)

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

From Burt on Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 17:55:52 from 98.167.151.26

Great time. Nice to have a friend like Kelli. She's the best.

From Kelli on Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 18:40:16 from 71.219.76.64

You did awesome Rachel! I should have made the breathing comment to get you to laugh!

It was nice to hang out and chat and eat breakfast with ya!!!

From Nancy on Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 22:19:48 from 216.83.69.79

Great job Rachel. My daughters and I ran that course about 5 years ago and it's a hard course.

From Shelly on Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 22:58:37 from 76.27.55.22

Well Done! You are incredible. I'm jealous of all of the wins your stacking up. Keep up the great work.

From Merri on Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 23:56:15 from 207.88.76.69

Nice race! Way to go!!!

From Smooth on Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 00:12:30 from 71.36.70.115

WOW Rachel! You are queen of hills! Outstanding time! CONGRATS for chicking all those men and taking name in your hometown 10K! WAY TO GO!!! Yes, you are competitive!!! AWESOME PERFORMANCE!!!

From Leandra on Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 01:50:03 from 76.27.81.221

Great race and nice time! Ha and I feel ya on being ready to walk with still 6 mile left. That made me laugh becuase that's always how i feel and then after 2 miles or so I'm finally warmed up and feeling good. Congrats, you did great!

From cheryl on Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 21:24:26 from 76.27.66.153

Rachel--another great race. Great job and way to charge up the hills!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 15:01:08 from 198.241.217.15

2nd place overall!!!! Woooohoooo!!!

Excellent work, Rachel. I need to find me some BBKs here in Colorado.

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