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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
Total Distance
10.00

Miles, Miles...glorious miles. 

I told Chad this morning that I didn't care about pace, but I was just there for the miles. I proved myself right :)

The first 3.5 or so miles I ran with Chad at a good clip for the hills and road. Nothing spectacular, but enough that I felt like I wasn't starting from scratch...even though I really am after almost 2 weeks with no running.

At 12600S we waited for George and Christine (we'd passed them while she took a second to stretch) and we switched pairs. George and Chad took off on a nice tempo and then Christine and I plugged along. She wasn't feeling well and had to stop and walk a bit every mile or so. No spectacular speed, but again, I was just there for the miles and didn't mind hanging out.

Finished the 10 mile loop in good fashion and enjoyed it, until George came driving back in his car :) He was worried because we were SO far behind! Nice to know our peeps have our back if anything ever happened. Oooopppps! Next time I won't get far enough behind to have a sweeper crew come out.

Foot did really well, I still iced it and took some Ibuprofen when I got home as a precaution, but things went well! I'm glad it seems to still be getting better despite getting back to running. I think I'll meander through this one with little issues in the long run.

After getting kiddos off to school, I got trains out in my bedroom for baby (all else is practically unbreakable, or I don't care much about) and took a little nap - excellent!

AP: 9:14 splits: 8:39, 8:54, 8:52, 9:18, 9:50, 9:40, 9:11, 9:07, 9:20, 9:33

TTT #1 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Bec on Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 15:09:21 from 70.115.203.100

I am just JEALOUS of your friends, really I am! I want miles with you, but I know I won't get them. :( I miss you! I am ALSO VERY happy to see that you have put down some happy miles on that foot! Be careful, only good things from here.

From Rachelle on Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 17:02:05 from 67.199.182.207

I like Bec am jealous of your friends as well! So so so happy that you were running pain free. Yay!!! Awesome nap tactic too. You have this parenting thing down perfectly. :)

From Carina on Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 17:58:02 from 204.15.86.83

Woo Hoo for a great run today!!! Go Rachel and you are definitely not starting from scratch with all your killer cross training!

From Smooth on Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 20:41:21 from 71.219.147.142

WOW!!! So happy to see two running days in a row. 10 miles already and at such sweet pace too! :)

From Terri on Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 07:01:00 from 108.28.226.253

I'm happy for you RAD. Glad you are getting back on your feet :)

From The Quiet Pirate on Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 12:05:44 from 71.49.55.78

Great running news! Glad you're on track for more amazing feats..or should I say feets?

From Teena Marie on Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 12:35:41 from 67.2.96.50

Wow!!! That is AWESOME!!! I bet you are one happy girl. Nice. :)

From RAD on Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 12:46:44 from 98.202.23.178

Becca, I hope you are starting to feel better and get back at it. Especially blogging :)

Rachelle, I don't think I have it down perfectly...but lazy management? yes! :)

Carina, yeah, maybe not scratch, but sometimes it feels that way!

Smooth, I can't say if I would've been able to go faster or not, because I got a few good breaks in there too! :) I'm digging this run/walk thing!

Terri, ha! thanks :)

QP, I don't know about amazing, but definitely some new feets are in order :)

Teena, yes. happy for miles for sure!

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