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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

Sat, Oct 03, 2009

Total Distance

10.00

Lessons learned today:

1- don't eat a big meal (with dessert) at 11:00 at night when you have a long early run

2- 3.5 hours of sleep is not enough when you have a long early run

SLOW early miles with Shelly, but I am SO SO SO glad that she was willing to run with me; otherwise, I probably would've slept and been lazy and never gotten out to run. I had a fun "I'm 16 again" night last night with friends at a birthday dance, then went out to eat afterward. Because of this my performance wasn't quite up to snuff today - and it was hard, but NO ITB pain. I had heartburn, nasty (still full) tummy, lead legs, and wanted to stop and throw up more than once! Lessons learned, that's about all I can say...

AP: 9:17 splits: 9:17, 9:35, 9:27, 9:32, 9:12, 9:27, 9:04, 8:55, 9:08, 9:15

Poor Shelly had to put up with this slowness this morning...sorry Shelly. I also stopped just after 4 (turn around) and stretched the ITB - this may have helped push off soreness and pain. Hopefully I can find time for a nap today....

Mizuno Miles: 10.00

Night Sleep Time: 3.50	Nap Time: 0.50	Total Sleep Time: 4.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Shelly on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 13:21:01 from 71.199.54.73

Thanks for the run. I didn't know you felt like throwing up- that stinks. I enjoyed the conversation and the pace was just right.

From Maurine/Tarzan on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 13:22:08 from 97.117.77.171

Don't you hate learning lessons the hard way? Good job on the run. Glad there was no IT pain.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 13:27:53 from 24.8.167.243

Those were decent paces, especially consider your unset stomach and lack of sleep. Way to learn some lessons. I hope you get a nap today. Just try not to fall asleep during conference!

From RAD on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 13:36:58 from 76.27.12.70

Shelly, I'm glad I wasn't dragging the pace down too much for your speediness!

Maurine, yes, yes I do hate that! Why can't I just use some common sense once in a while? :)

Carolyn, I'm sitting at the computer waiting for race reports and taking notes on conference to keep myself awake. I'll need something better for afternoon session - THAT one will be hard!

From Nancy on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 19:11:27 from 76.27.69.172

Great job as usual Rachel. I'm sorry you felt sick during your run. Feeling sick and tired makes for a hard run. I'm surprised you can go that far feeling like you did.

From Kelli on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 23:17:15 from 75.162.136.134

GREAT run! Take care of that ITband once and for all! Dang thing.

From LuzyLew on Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 15:46:42 from 69.169.167.157

Why are you still doing long runs on Saturday? You need to get that ITB band issue under control. It's time now to heal!! and eat big dinners at 11:00 for a few months before we're back at it again next February :)

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