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Deseret News 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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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

Fri, Jul 24, 2009

Race: Deseret News 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:44:25, Place overall: 74, Place in age division: 15

Total Distance

7.50

WOW! What a race. It was so fun to hang with so many bloggers and Becca really helped me out today!! I felt good the entire race, but I thought it was interesting how many people kept passing me on the downhill, but after 3 miles then I started passing....funny how I hate hills, but those BBKers have kicked my butt into knowing how to push the flat/uphill and not just coast the downhill and die when it flattens out. I was really irritated by the lack of a 1st aid station, but I was fine. I just kept looking for it and waiting so it made those miles longer than they should've been. I ran back and ran in my sister 'The Quiet Pirate' and then my neices nephews and other sister runing the 5K, I don't know for sure how long that was, but I'm giving myself an ever 7.5 for the day. What a fun morning!

Then I got to hang with the bloggers (Julie, Teena, Smooth, Michelle, Bec and some other runners) waiting for Allie to come in. I hope she could hear us yelling like a crazy woman for her! I went over and talked to her after her interview and was so impressed with her! I then had to run off to get my car and get home, I could feel the 3 hrs of sleep catching up with me and I needed to drive home while I was still able to! Missed some of the marathon finishers I would've liked to see, next time for sure!

Thanks to all you wonderful bloggers and the fun people I got to meet and hang out with today! A wonderful PR and great friends - THIS is why I run! :)

AP: 7:09; splits: 6:39, 6:51, 7:24, 7:11, 7:11, 7:40 (last .22) I didn't think I had anything to sprint to the finish with, but last year the start pad didn't work for the chips so I had to go off of gun time. This year I saw my 44 min goal slipping as I approached the finish and kicked in to make sure that even if I didn't get a chip time I could still say I did 44 min. Didn't seem like much of a kick at the time, but the Garmin put me at my fastest pace for the whole race: a 5:01 (for like .1 miles or less). WOW, how did I do that?

Mizuno Miles: 7.50

Night Sleep Time: 3.00	Nap Time: 2.50	Total Sleep Time: 5.50	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Bec on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 17:10:49 from 67.177.35.60

Good job today RAD! Loved that you got a PR. Thank you for the motivation to push me under a 44 min mark, it was all you. Fun to hang with you, and I will let you know if I came make that big run tomorrow. Think about PC marathon.

From Merri on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 17:15:56 from 160.7.234.108

sweet! nice race today!

From RAD on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 17:17:28 from 67.166.99.8

Bec, I'm thinking I may...If my quad holds up and continues to heal I definitely will! Give me a bit before I sign up, but I will train with you for it!

Merri, THANKS! You had an awesome race yourself today.

From Leandra on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 17:31:25 from 76.27.81.221

Way to go RAD, that's a great time!

From JulieC on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 17:58:48 from 65.100.212.206

Great race and PR, glad you had a good run : D

From Kelli on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 18:01:43 from 71.219.89.21

Way to PR again Rachel, you just keep getting faster and faster! That is a very impressive time with your injury (and without it!)

From Nancy on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 18:03:46 from 76.27.11.127

Great job Rachel. So you had more than one sister running the race? I'm sorry you only got 3 hours of sleep.

From Teena on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 19:19:36 from 67.177.20.13

Rachel,

You are AMAZING!!! Seriously ... awesome race. It was so fun chatting with you for a bit.

Congrats!!!

You are so so so FAST!!!!!!

From Julie on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 21:45:12 from 174.23.55.58

Awesome job today Rachel. Our times were so close. I'm sorry we lost each other at the start. I knew you could get that 44:00 you wanted. You are doing so great. I can't wait to run with you again.

From Brent on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 23:16:26 from 168.178.30.75

Devine Miss M - 200 commando points for the PR, also, another hundred for the excitement of the day.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From marion on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 09:25:41 from 71.213.106.139

WAY TO GO SISTER!!! You had a GREAT race :) It is WAY better to get passed in the begining and then pick them all off again :) YEe haw!!!

From allie on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 10:02:36 from 67.161.243.158

congrats on a great race and a PR! and nice kick at the end. SO fun meeting you yesterday. ATTACK! lol :)

From erico on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:50:26 from 174.23.143.85

RAD, I was looking at the articles posted online on Deseret News and lo and behold there were some photos of you and some of the other bloggers cheering the women's winner of the marathon. You will have to check them out. Hope you had a good run.

From Shimelle on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:12:59 from 75.162.225.27

Nice job Rachel! I so wish I could have kept up with you but you were haulin' some booty and I had nothing to offer! Way to go lady!

From cheryl on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:32:38 from 76.27.66.153

Rachel, great time, I'm very impressed!

From RivertonPaul on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 14:28:29 from 75.169.33.125

Congrats on a great race.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 17:29:11 from 71.229.164.25

Way to go, Speedy!

From Smooth on Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 13:41:41 from 71.35.210.4

Rachel,

It was so fun watching you pass by flying like a gazelle down the first mile. You are so dang fast. AWESOME PR and GREAT time! Such solid effort! CONGRATS to the "quiet pirate" as well. So fun hanging with you a tiny bit at the start and the finish. I noticed you called me; but hubby had my cell phone at the start. Hope you're resting and recovering well today.

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