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Chicago 10K

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Member Since:

Jul 14, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records

  • 26.2----------2:58:45 09/15/2012 Top of Utah Marathon 
  • 13.1--------1:17:55 11/02/2013 Snow Canyon
  • 10k---------38:10  03/2013 Hale Freezes Over 10k
  • 5k----------18:48  09/2012 Spanish Fork 5k

Short-Term Running Goals:

My goal is to continue to enjoy running and maybe get faster a long the way!  :)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run until I am 100 years old!

Personal:

I decided to join to hold myself accountable for my training and because I love learning from others running experiences.  I just started running a little over a year ago and have a lot to learn.  I work fulltime as a Manager of Telecommunications for Intermountain Healthcare and go to school online through Weber State University.  If you want to know more check out my blog: www.runningfortrevor.blogspot.com

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Race: Chicago 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:40:24, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.006.258.25

2 mile jog to the start at Grant Park from my hotel.

I signed up for this race on a whim when I heard about my conference in Chicago.  I thought I would maybe train for it but thinking was as far as I got.  To be completely honest I just haven't had the desire to train for anything this Summer...which has been completely fine with me.  I told my parents the night before that I wasn't racing and was planning to finish in around 45 minutes.  I'd be lying if I didn't admit that even running that 7:30 pace in the humid air sounded daunting.

Anywho I got to the start of the race and scoped out my surroundings.  There were a bazzilion people with pace group/waves starting at 7:00 and going up to 15:00.  They announced before the gun went off that there would be prizes for the top 3 men/women and after only 2 women were in front of me the first mile I decided to make a major surge and go for the win!  I'm being completely sarcastic...basically this was my worst 10k time ever but lucky for me it was a race not a time trial. :-)

At the turn around point on the Lake Front path the closest female was a good 30 seconds behind me so I knew if I could just hang on to my 6:30 pace I would get the win.  I hung on by the string of a thread and soaked in all of the cheering of the runners going out.  Out and back courses are great!  Everyone made me feel completely awesome and they even had a tape for me to break at the finish line.  Apparently I just need to move to Chicago.  It was a lot of fun!  I'm still taking autograph/photo op appointments so just PM me for an appointment.

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Comments
From Jason D on Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 17:53:58 from 68.80.27.222

Nice win! The humidity in the Midwest can be a real bear. Chicago is a nice city though.

From Kam on Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 07:34:00 from 68.66.163.179

Winner! Not to mention breaking the tape...

From Matt Schreiber on Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 07:58:28 from 66.17.107.219

Congrats Rachelle! Sounds like a blast. :-) It WAS indeed a race, and you raced well. Hope you had fun in Chicago!

From Smooth on Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 14:09:31 from 65.130.110.24

Congrats on winning a race that you signed up on a whim!!! You're AWESOME!!! :)

From seeaprilrun on Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 16:06:32 from 174.70.137.105

Yay for the win and awesomely cool photo. Not a Terrible time on no training!

From Tara on Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 16:54:02 from 50.186.87.12

I'd like an autograph of that awesome photo with you and your parents! How fun!

From Snakemoney on Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 09:36:33 from 70.215.71.243

"major surge after mile 1" awesome, that cracked me up! Good read. Congrats

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