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Timpanogos Half Marathon

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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics 2160 Lifetime Miles:						362.50
Asics Racing Flats Lifetime Miles:						60.20
New Balance Nimbus Lifetime Miles:						443.00
Mizuno Waves Yellow Lifetime Miles:						419.75
Mizuno Waves Pink Lifetime Miles:						493.83
New Balance 950 Lifetime Miles:						406.55
Pearl Izumi's Iso Shift Lifetime Miles:						394.10
Asics Yellow Lifetime Miles:						490.25
Saucony Blue Lifetime Miles:						429.00
Saucony Mirage Pink Lifetime Miles:						574.90
Saucony Mirage Green Lifetime Miles:						461.45
Kinvara 2 Purple Lifetime Miles:						440.25
Saucony Mirage Blue Lifetime Miles:						443.60
Orange Mizuno Waves Lifetime Miles:						510.25
Kinvara Pink Lifetime Miles:						475.54
Altra Olympus Purple Lifetime Miles:						22.70
Virrata Pink Lifetime Miles:						11.30

Sat, Jul 30, 2011

Race: Timpanogos Half Marathon (13.15 Miles) 01:30:15, Place overall: 14, Place in age division: 4

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	13.10	16.10

Everything went wrong for me this morning. Got up to the top of the mountain and my garmin wouldn't turn on......dejavu to UVM where my watch wouldn't work, awesome! (anyone have garmin 205 and had this problem? It is fully charged but will not turn on.)

Anyway as I paced around in a frenzy trying to figure out what to do I threw my drop bag into the bus and started to warm up. When I got to the top I realized I had left all of my chomp blocks in my drop bag....awesome!

My friend Jorge had extra fuel and gave me a 2x caffiene Gu (never tried caffiene but hey everything was going wrong so couldn't hurt to just try out something new in a race right?) The race started about 20 minutes late and I was pretty frustrated thinking there was no way I could possibly PR without knowing my splits. Oh well I decided to just run and not think about it.

Miles 1-4 I felt like I was running fairly slow my breathing was controlled and I was still pissed about the lack of garmin.

5-7 Maybe I sped up? I really don't know. I ate the Gu around mile 6 and was feeling pretty good. I wasn't getting passed, but I also wasn't passing anyone.

7-9 Still felt okay but definitely like I was running slower than I had at AF half. I ran into someone at mile 8 and she said we were at 52 minutes. I was like okay maybe I can do this.

9-11 Ate another GU and was crashing hard. Got passed by the 1:30 pacer and thought about giving up. I had no idea what my time was and felt like there was no way in hell I would beet my old PR.

11-13 Asked someone what the time was at mile 11 and he said 1:15. He told me if I ran 7 minute miles I could still break 1:30. This definitely motivated me and I picked it up as much as I could. I felt like crap and did not believe him as the 1:30 pacer was at least 100 feet ahead of me.

13.1 It was a blind turn into the finish and had I known I was 15 seconds away from breaking 1:30 I may have picked it up a bit more. There was no clock at the finish when I ran in so I waited around to see my official time.

1:30:15! I was happy and come to find out the 1:30 pacer actually finished in 1:28. I am bummed I don't have my splits but it was a fun race and may have actually helped me mentally to run without a watch. Weird how our watches control us sometimes. I was glad to prove to myself that I am capable of running good without it.

Lots of awesome runners out there today. Congrats to everyone who ran!!

PM: 2 mile shake out.

New Balance Nimbus Miles: 14.10

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From Kam on Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 13:59:34 from 174.23.219.156

Excellent job, Rachelle. You are getting fast very fast. Hopefully I can try to keep up with you at another race sometime.

From Lily on Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 14:31:44 from 67.199.178.210

Wooohoo! Nice job out there Rachelle! I decided not to do it, but I thought about you all during the morning. You are doing GREAT!

Merri and I are running 19 or 20 this week. Wanna join? I think on Friday. Just msg me or I can private msg you my cell number k :)

From Steve Piccolo on Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 14:33:27 from 67.2.46.110

Nice job on your race. That's a great time. One time I had an issue with my Garmin 205, and I had to reset it. If you just Google it, you should find how to do that. You have to hold down certain buttons for a few seconds. If that doesn't solve it, maybe the battery died or something.

From Kelli on Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 16:20:23 from 71.219.99.3

NICE JOB!!!! This race was a PR even with everything going wrong, so that is a plus!

I have had my Garmin be dead or have forgotten it for races and it is an entirely different ball game for sure. Sometimes I like it, sometimes not! On the way UP the canyon (I ran the full today) we lost reception on our Garmins a lot in the last 3 miles. Maybe that is why yours would not sync up. Who knows!

From Tom on Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 19:00:12 from 67.199.180.90

Great job on the race! Looks like you paced it very well even without the Garmin.

From Andy on Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 22:14:54 from 159.212.71.25

Great job. Not sure but I think that I was behind you for most of the race and passed you with about 1.5 miles to go. Racing naked every once in awhile is a good thing becasue it teaches you how to dial into your true race pace.

From Rachelle on Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 22:22:45 from 66.7.127.115

Thanks so so much everyone! I really appreciate your comments.

Kam- Thank you and I promise you are much faster than me. This course was a cheat.

Lily- I am so excited to run 19 with you. Hopefully I can keep up. :)

Steve- Thanks so much for the advice. It is so weird because of course it is working just fine now. I will definitely google that.

Kelli- You are just my hero. Congratulations girl!

Tom- I am not sure I paced it well but I still PR's so oh well!

Andy- You probably did pass me in the end. I was struggling. Congrats to you on a great race.

From Kira Bell on Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 03:36:22 from 160.7.243.169

NICE!!!!! You are such a positive person! I love that about ya! Great job on the race and way to always see the positive in yourself as well as in others!

From allie on Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:20:02 from 24.10.191.18

nice job, rachelle! you ran great yesterday. sorry about the garmin issues, but it looks like you did just fine without it. the lack of pace feedback during a race can be frustrating, but so can the beeps and whistles. you did a great job pacing yourself and keeping up a strong effort all the way to the finish line. congrats on the new PR!

From Sue on Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 14:15:39 from 63.248.41.148

WOW! Incredible! I hope to be like you one day :) Good job!

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 19:03:23 from 66.239.250.209

Wow! Fast race, especially with all of the issues you had. way to keep it together. Sounds like a really fun race.

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 19:05:12 from 66.239.250.209

I just noticed you are a telecom manager for IHC. So I work for a telecom company and I used to manage the IHC account :)

From gdoc on Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 19:37:57 from 98.202.195.25

To power the unit back on, press the "Mode" and "Reset" buttons at the same time. Let go of those two buttons, press the power button, and the unit will turn back on."

I have had this happen a lot with my 205 and this reset seems to work.(sometimes I press all 3 at once and it works)

Nice race!

From Smooth on Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 19:52:14 from 67.2.116.101

EXCELLENT race even with everything going wrong! You ran a GREAT time! WAY to power thru! THANKS for saying hello and introducing yourself when you flew by me! You are one FAST chica! :)

From Merri on Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 19:04:24 from 160.7.252.148

What an awesome time for having so many things go wrong. :) Good job girlie!

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