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Spudman Triathalon

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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
Race: Spudman Triathalon (31.94 Miles) 02:43:33, Place in age division: 24
Total Distance
6.20

What a crazy week! I woke up Friday and refused to use my crutches. It wasn't too horrible to walk on, just felt like a bad case of PF, not like I was going to die when I walked.

I got ready and headed off to Burley around  noon on Friday, met friends in Tremonton and then headed up. Got everything set up and ready at the transitions, all the walking on grass and just walking around really kind of bugged my foot - especially the tendon on the outside of my foot, because I was compensating from my injury. So, when we went to wal-mart to grab a few things my friends decided I needed to sit in the wheel-chair. It was SO stinkin' squeaky!! I just laughed and laughed the whole time. Especially when I remembered I needed yogurt for breakfast and it was clear on the other side of the store! Oh memories I will never forget!!  I love these girls and Burley!! Steph, Jen and I have been friends since...well, forever. Steph did the tri and Jen was there just to have fun with us. We'd all go up to Burley as teenagers and be delinquents up there for a week during the summer - Steph was born there and her grandparents live there.

We grabbed some good drive-in food and shakes (of course) then crashed at grandma's for the night and caught the end of opening ceremonies.

The next morning came too soon...as always. Jen was our chauffer and took us to our transition stations to get the final touches arranged and tires on the bikes pumped up, then she took us to the start and we squeezed into our wetsuits - ready for the start!! I'd KT taped my foot to make sure I'd get some extra support, and put some arch supports recommended by the PT in my shoes. I was ready. The tendon on the outside of my leg was bugging me more than the heel! But, I knew I'd have the swim and bike to warm it all up. Pain point was the name of the game for the day.

We got in the river with about 7 min to our wave start. I could tell the KT tape wasn't going to last the swim, but I had hope. Then, before I knew it we were off! I've never been so molested by strangers! :) kicked and grabbed all over,  but nothing horrible...just worked my way through the crowd of swimmers and didn't drown! There wasn't anything good to sight - no bouys or anything, so I just stayed with the crowd. Well, at one point I was clear in the middle of the river almost past the boat - oops. Swam more to my left. Well, then before I knew it I hit a rock with my hand! I was on the shore - oops. So, a little lost time on the swim due to not swimming a straight line. Next time I will improve that one! Hit the right shore to exit on and swam as much as I could then stood up in 10in deep gravel - yuck. got through it and limped to the bike. KT tape did come off about 1/2 way through the swim!

Swim time: 21:11 (.93 miles), 19th/94 --T1 time: 3:32 (58 seconds slower than the fastest) 31/94 -- yeah transition time could've been faster, but I enjoyed chatting with Steph! :)

Pulled the wetsuit off put bike stuff on and took off. Steph came when I was about 2/3rds of the way done getting out of there. I did slow down my pace and take a second to chat and say hello before I took off on the bike. I carried my bike the whole time on the grass on recommendation from a friend who said a TON of people get thorns from that transition area. Set my bike down on the gravel and I was off!

I didn't get it. SO many people seemed to just go slow at the first. Was I making a mistake pushing now? Well, if I was whatever! I didn't need to save anything for the 'run' so the bike was it for me. I had to put it all out on the line here. Passed people like crazy on the bike and I loved it! I felt like I was hauling. There were a few groups of people (like serious pros!) that passed me on the bike, but they didn't just pass me - they BLEW past me! Crazy how fast they go! I was over 20mph and they passed me like I was standing still! I leap-frogged with a couple ladies at the first, they both passed me at one point, but I caught one of them about 10 miles out from the finish- I never did see the other one, but only one passing? yeah, I'll take it! I'm still just a wee baby on the bike. Jen and Steph's family had gone to where the bike crossed their street and cheered for us, it was a VERY welcome sight! Oh, and blocks in Burley aren't like here. We went to 600S then to 600E (from 50E) I swear that was like 15 of the 24.5 miles!!! Mental game for sure. Oh, and I really do need a new seat - butt hurt!

Bike Time: 1:13:46 (20.21mph average) 8th/94 (only 3:30 back from top finisher) ---T2 time: 2:11 (24th and 48 seconds behind 1st; WAAAY too much whining and crying while I put my shoes on!!)

Made my way into the 2nd transition, racked my bike and then started whining. I didn't want to walk the 10K. I wanted to run. This is MY sport of the tri. This is where I excell, this is MY time. But, I couldn't. I couldn't do it. My stupid broken body made me have to take a rain-check on the race part. I should've been happy I could just be out there, but I wasn't. I wanted to race. The bike had put it in me and made me realize I was really doing a great job. Now I had to just be done and give up competing and it killed me to the core. KILLED me!

With the inserts in my shoes I actually didn't feel a ton of pain in a slow jog, but the tendon on the outside of my leg hurt more than my heel when I'd walk. So, I took a 9:30-10mm pace. I quickly caught up to Kevin - my gimpy friend :) He had a knee brace on and when I passed him he was readjusting it and I said "Man, I guess the gimps should stay together!" He laughed and said he was supposed to walk the run too. So, we 'walked' together! He was going in for his 3rd ACL replacement on Tuesday. After exchanging injury stories and getting into the flat stretches of the run we just got into a groove. Passed mile 3 at 30:30 - with our couple walk breaks we were doing just fine on our little 'walk'. Steph passed me here and she was running strong! I was so proud of her - this was her first tri and she was going to kick butt!! I think I probably could've finished faster, but it was SO nice to have company that would commiserate with the annoyingly SLOW pace on a race and being injured it was worth the couple walk breaks Kevin needed to take to hang with him. He did make a stop just a quarter mile out from the finish and I told him to finish strong and I'd see him at the finish. I thnk he ended up only 20ish seconds behind me. My finish time for the run was 1:02:51 - so depressing!!! But, I've got bigger fish to fry and have to save the foot. Jen yelled at me as I was coming in and said "you aren't supposed to be running!" I said back "this isn't running!" :)

So, my final finish time came in at 2:43:33 - blech. I was 24th in my AG, Steph finished 12th!! I really think that I could've easily finished the run 15 min faster on a normal day. Looking at that I would've taken 5th in my AG and 1st in Athena. Poo. I know it all depends on who comes out on what day, but that dumb slow run at the end really frustrated me. REALLY. I'm still kind of hung over and frustrated about it, but whatever. I need to recover and then I'll be able to kick it hard at the half IM and take my rightful place in a race, right?

I was really good about pain on the run, and it was worse walking around Friday than at any point during the run. So, I let the pain determine the pace. At the end when I'd left Kevin, I did try to pick up the pace, but the foot rejected that idea so I slowed down and all was good again. So, even though I didn't walk, I really did let my pain scale rule what I did. The foot actually didn't feel any worse after the race either.

We went back to grandma's and showered and then stopped by Jack in the Box on our way out of town for lunch and headed home. I was back by 5PM! My friend across the street was having a reception for her daughter at her home Saturday night and so I went over there and started helping get stuff recovered after the wind/rain storm that had just passed through. I spent the whole night over there helping with it all until 1AM. My foot was sore after being on it all night and forgetting to put my splint on when I went to bed. But, again the tendon on the outside hurt more Sunday AM than anything. After the race I put my insoles in my new Altras I got at DesNews and I've been wearing them around for support since, and it all seems to be helping. I hope just one more down week will be enough to get rid of all this!! Fingers crossed.

TTT #1 Miles: 6.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Smooth on Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 14:11:59 from 63.230.18.70

Your swim part made me laugh...the molestation...the crooked swimming...too funny! Glad you didn't drown. Your bike race made me nearly jump up...WAHOOO! WAY to fly on that second-hand-big-seat-thing!

Then your run/walk portion made me cried! It breaks my heart too...but way to listen to the foot and not get further damage. I am so relieved to hear that the foot is holding out even after helping your friend all night.

So do you think it is just a bad case of PF? No tear right? Be careful! Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you! :)

From Teena Marie on Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 15:51:27 from 65.130.105.125

Congrats on the awesome race! You are one toughie!!! :)

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 16:27:18 from 66.232.64.4

Great report! Sorry about the running part. That is frustrating. Good luck with your recovery.

From Nancy on Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 17:47:36 from 76.23.21.118

I saw your race results online and have been waiting for your report. Wow you did great even with an injury. Your slow run was faster than my fastest run. Great job.

From watchmerun on Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 17:52:00 from 128.110.78.201

Good job, Rachel! I hope you haven't done any long-lasting damage. The Utah Half is now less than 4 weeks away!

From The Quiet Pirate on Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 19:29:49 from 71.49.55.78

Great tri Rachel, even with your "annoyingly slow" pace that makes me feel like a loser.

Keep playing it smart with your heel and you'll be running your speedy self into more medals soon!

From Brent on Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 21:11:53 from 66.7.127.67

Devine Miss M - you darn mud cat, good work, feel proud of you, racer mentality, do the best with what you got that day. 1000 commando points, nice pace on the bike, hum, better look out for you at the half. Very nice race, your blog just exerts fun and excitement of the race.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From prestonmadera on Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 21:21:36 from 67.186.200.142

Way to be tough!!

From JulieC on Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 08:34:35 from 67.41.190.125

PROUD OF YOU RACHEL!! seriously I know how you feel. I have said it before (just before spectrum 10k, I think I saw you there, I was holding back tears). Anyway you still did quite well. I am especially excited to see your swim time!! that is fast!! :D. Way to go girl. you will heal up faster being smart!!

From flatlander on Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:06:38 from 198.207.244.102

Great report, and great effort. However, you have convinced me never to do tri's -- I can't imagine swimming with so many strangers.

From Andrea on Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:15:49 from 72.37.171.52

Great job RAD! I am especially impressed by your bike speed. I remember doing tris and being excited about 18mph! :) The only thing you might need to work on is being less social during a race! haha

From Terri on Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:43:13 from 108.28.226.253

You are incredible! That swim sounds a little crazy with all those people heading out at the same time. You did it even though you were injured. Awesome!

From RAD on Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 14:33:10 from 98.202.23.178

Smooth, I tell ya, the swim part is crazy! you will just have to see it sometime :) I know what I did for the foot on the run was good, it is just hard mentally. As far as what I think is wrong...well, PF is small tears in the fascia that makes it inflamed. So, yes there is a tear, how big has yet to be determined. Definitely no rupture, the PT was sure of that. So, I'm just waiting until I can walk with no pain before I take on running.

Teena, thanks, but it is certainly no Xterra!! I can't wait for your report on that one!

Scott, recovery stinks, but it will get there soon, hopefully. Thanks

Nancy, yeah there were a couple people we were still able to pass, it is just what you are used to...ya know?

Matt, yes - those are my bigger fish to fry. I'm being good and it seems better every day, so I don't think the 'run' made anything worse. No meds since Sunday and all is still improving.

QP, okay, I know that is probably a bad way to say it, but when you are used to an 8mm and know you CAN run it and due to a physical limitation you have to run it slower it hurts. That is why it was annoying...not because of the time itself, but the purpose for it. Thanks for the encouragement!

Brent, I know an Oly is just a kids game for you, but you really ought to try this one! The downstream swim makes you feel awesome! Then the flat bike? you'd kill it!! Next year I think you should meet us up there!

Preston, I think that is the only gear I have :)

Julie, thanks. I know you understand this pain!! :) Don't be too impressed with the swim - it was down the river, so you had a nice current to carry you. You can pretty much float down in less than 30 minutes :)

flat, nah, it isn't so bad - because you are one of those 'strangers' molesting people too :)

Andrea, ha, isn't it horrible?!? I think I knew I wasn't going to be hitting any stellar time so hanging out for a min to say hello or chatting with fellow gimpy didn't bother me. I usually don't talk...too much...during races :) Oh, and thanks for the bike comment. I always thought 20mph wouldn't be too hard to hit, but it is! I certainly wasn't hanging out and chatting on the bike :)

Thanks Terri! All those people...yeah, but you gotta realize that there were 7 waves of people! I was only the 3rd wave to go. Crazy business!! This was definitely the biggest tri I've ever participated in.

From prlman on Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 08:53:01 from 24.2.66.149

So proud of you!! I know you wanted to run this but i am glad you didn't smart move. You had a great race any way YAY.

From Toby on Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 16:33:54 from 199.101.229.6

I'm behind on my blogs! I'm SO SO SO proud of you for being smart! It is just not worth it! Hooray for having a fun day and getting to experience a big race like that! Onward and upward!

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