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Keizer Iris Festival 1/2 Marathon

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Member Since:

Feb 11, 2010

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Just starting to run and not confident yet! The highlights of my running career include running 5 miles through the hills of west salem. ha. 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Excited to actually finish a race this year! First a 1/2 marathon then H2C!

CDA1/2 Marathon without dying.  

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep in shape, healthy.  Use running/excercise as a form of thearapy and way to clear my head.  It always puts me in a better mood no matter what! 

Personal:

Happily married with a doggie, Frank and a cat Phoebe.  Human children in the future, God willing! 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike Bowerman Series Lifetime Miles: 474.23
Under Armour Lifetime Miles: 346.08
New Brooks Lifetime Miles: 468.59
VFF Lifetime Miles: 55.96
Brooks Pure Flow Lifetime Miles: 66.00
Race: Keizer Iris Festival 1/2 Marathon (12.94 Miles) 01:51:23, Place overall: 65, Place in age division: 7
Total Distance
12.94

Did not plan to run this pace! After not feeling as "in shape"as I was last year at this time and after drinking/eating pizza the night before I thought a PR was out of the question! But thanks to Nicole 'the machine' Ralston Greene, we rocked it. Once again she pushed me just the right amount! And I'm glad I was able to get a PR, even though the course was a little short, which is annoying.

I'm always amazed with Nicole's running skills! After being injured she is able to push me to do what I think I'm not capable of!  I'm also proud of Jordan and Justin for running the 10K! Jordan ran an 7:37 mile which is ridonculous.  I liked the course because it was pretty flat, just one hellacious hill. It was the worst because you could see it from far away, so you tired and you are just staring at this, what seemed to be a 90 degree angled hill. Luckily it wasnt that long. 

The waste plant was smelling and not nice to breath in while running. The weather held out and it wasnt bad, no rain. :)

We had a great weekend with the Greene's and cant wait to do it again soon!

AP: 8:37 TT:1:51:23

8:43 8:37 8;40 8:34 8:27 8:32 8:30 8:36 9:02 8:38 8:39 8:45 8:17 

New Brooks Miles: 12.94
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Burt on Sat, May 28, 2011 at 14:09:00 from 206.19.214.144

Way to go Rachael! Way to go Nicole! Now give me some cupcakes! hee hee.

From nicole on Sat, May 28, 2011 at 14:28:45 from 107.63.195.225

can't wait for cupcakes! Just left on the way to LC and can't wait for Jumpstin's 46th birthday! Rachael you are an amazing runner and you rocked this race! After races I am always amazed what our bodies can do. After running every day in the 9s and 10s suddenly we bust out 13 miles at 8:30 pace (not feeling 100% at that!). It just doesn't make sense!

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