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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, Sep 04, 2010
Total Distance
20.00

Two with Lucy (my puppy), then met Annette and started off on 18 more. Becca joined us just a couple miles down the road.  Did a nice loop around to Kennecott (BEAUTIFUL sunrise view!), down to Daybreak lake and around (TONS of folks out this morning), down the hill then over to 11800S, then the long uphill trudge home past the new HS. We finished up a little early and got a nice almost mile walk back to my house. Between the walk, stretching and an ice bath (first of the season) I'm feeling pretty good now! I felt strong at the end too, it was nice to be done but I knew I could've pulled a couple more out.

AP: 9:06 splits:  9:31, 9:35, 9:46, 9:36, 10:07 (the nasty hill up to Kennecott), 8:45, 8:33, 8:29, 8:34, 8:43, 9:02, 9:03, 8:59, 8:53, 8:40, 9:20, 9:14, 9:13, 8:52, 9:09, 7:45(for the last 25 feet until I hit the button...gotta throw that in! :) )

So, a couple of things on this run I observed - I'm still slow, especially on hills, but I can do the distance even on hard hills and still have some left over. I also hit a sub 9 pace on one of the 5 miles uphill to home. THIS is encouraging to me, keep truckin' on baby! (I observed this as I was the one dragging butt about 20+  feet behind the others...I'm blaming the extra 15 pounds of baby weight!)

Secondly, this is my highest mileage week EVER! Even when training for my first full last year, I only hit 59. So, this is uncharted territory. My speed was a bit faster then, but I've got the training under my belt I need to finish strong at SGM. Also, with my diligence in rolling, stretching and x-training I am injury free. No even little aches to complain about.

I'm very proud of myself (sorry...I'm going to be a braggart here) for being able to get this training under my belt just 10 weeks after having a baby. My body has been good to me, and I in turn have tried to be good to it. Running, cross training and nursing all at the same time aren't easy on my body, I'm sure, but I'm trying to eat right and take care of it (rest/sleep) as well as possible.  I hope this doesn't jinx me!

Mizuno Inspire - Oscar Miles: 20.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kelli on Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 17:06:57 from 71.219.102.155

Brag away----you have earned it! All you have done since little Adam was born (and while he was in your tummy, for that matter) is AMAZING!!!! You WILL stay injury free and YOU WILL do great in St George!

Nice run today, glad it felt good and that you could have kept on going----that is always a good sign! We finished early and got to walk from the gym to home, that was HEAVEN!!!

From Tom Slick on Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 17:08:07 from 69.171.174.185

It ain't braggin' if you did it!!!! It's fact! The way your running I may have to beg you to come pace me at SGM.

From allie on Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 20:14:10 from 174.23.163.253

what a great run! you are really putting in the work and it is paying off. you have every right to brag and you should be proud of all you are accomplishing so soon after having a baby. nice job.

From Bec on Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 20:55:56 from 67.172.233.189

Way to go today RAD! I was equally proud of you. It's truly fascinating that you are 10 weeks off of a pregnancy. I was telling my mom about you today and she "Way to go!" I will agree with her.

You will finish strong at SGM. I KNOW this.

From Bec on Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 21:38:24 from 67.172.233.189

I failed to mention that my favorite part of this run was going back to your house and sittting on the kitchen floor. Who does that? The tile was nice and cool. :}

From Toby on Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 21:50:22 from 66.133.97.196

You totally deserve to toot toot toot away - you've been working your hiney off! Hope you catch some good zzzzz's tonight! Good luck on Monday!

From Nancy on Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 21:51:38 from 76.27.19.206

Great run. You have come so far since your baby was born. You are back to where you were before you got pregnant and in such a short time.

From calliej on Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 23:38:34 from 97.126.141.213

You go Girl! You are AWESOME!!! I am so glad that thing are going so well for you! I love to read your entries! They really inspire me! You are going to rock your marathon!

From Scott Wesemann on Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 02:05:29 from 75.162.85.220

You should be proud of yourself RAD. I think what you have done is awesome! Nice run and miles this week. You are really inspiring. I love it.

From DonGardinero on Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 23:52:50 from 75.162.186.144

Awesome job, Rachel!!! You're going to do great at SGM

From Toby on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 17:14:34 from 66.133.97.196

Where's the race report!!! I've been waiting ALL ding dong day long :)

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