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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 08, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided -  
17:16 OktoberFAST 5K (10/11)
17:23 BAA 5K (4/12)
37:10 Memorial Day 10K (5/11)
1:17:03 Long Beach Half Marathon (10/11)
1:17:21 USA 1/2 Champs - Duluth (6/12)
2:49:01 Philadelphia Marathon (11/11)

Aided -
16:52 Fight For Air 5K (6/11)
17:08 Provo City 5K (5/12)
1:17:52 Top of Utah Half Marathon (8/11)
1:17:54 Utah Valley Half Marathon (6/11)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run consistently as I get back to 100% health. Stay patient!

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun training and racing.

Sub-17 5K
Sub-1:17 Half Marathon
Quality for the Olympic Trials in the marathon

Personal:

I am originally from Knoxville, TN and moved to SLC with Jake in 2010. I started racing in 2011 and had some great success before a major injury hit me in July 2012. I had athletic pubalgia surgery in May 2013...then again in Sept 2014 and am still trying to get back to my old self. Although running is my true passion, I love doing pretty much anything active outdoors - backcountry skiing, backpacking, biking, etc. 

I've been running for the Saucony Team since 2011. I enjoy representing the brand and really do believe they make the best shoes :)

I work as a Quality Engineer for BD Medical in Sandy.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Skinning Miles (1000ft ~ 2.5 Miles) Lifetime Miles: 912.35
Hiking Miles Lifetime Miles: 10.50
Race: Dash for Donation 5K (3.107 Miles) 00:19:00, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
4.50

Dash for Donation 5K at Sugarhouse Park. Jake helped to organize this race and signed me up a couple months ago. I was actually pretty worried about running it because of so much travel, only short runs, and some abdominal pain recently. When Jake and I ran the course on Thursday, I thought that under 20:30 would be reasonable. Two laps around Sugarhouse Park is not an easy 5K course!

I ran a short 1 mile warm-up and a couple strides prior to the race. Jake decided to run with me which always helps me run a little harder. After the first half mile, my breathing was already pretty labored - not surprising as I haven't run faster than 7:45 pace in 2 months since the last 5K! Came through the first mile in 6:12 then really started struggling after 1.5 miles. I do think the downhill portions of the race helped keep me going and let my breathing recover quite a bit. The second mile was 6:17 and then we caught up to one of Rob's runners. Jake started casually talking to him, asking him questions and such - apparently he doesn't remember how hard racing a 5k is, not to mention talking during a race! So naturally I told him to shut up :) I tried to pick it up for the last mile and hit 6:00 with :31 for the last 0.1 miles. Right before the finish I saw the clock ticking towards 19 and really tried to get in the 18s but ended up right at 19:00...reminded me of my fastest marathon, half marathon, 5k, etc. I just can't seem to get timing quite right!

I am very happy with my performance. I know it's not even close to the level I was at a few years ago, but it felt great to be able to run that fast again. I am already sore from the race so I know I was working pretty hard out there. I'll probably run another 5K in two more months just to see how much I improve by more running. I've still got a lot of work to do on my rehab as my adductors and psoas are still not strong enough. But I'm getting there, slowly making progress every month.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 114.00
Comments
From Abby Murphy on Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 12:50:21 from 24.10.247.181

Congratulations Andrea! you guys should come over sometime before school starts.

From allie on Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 14:35:06 from 24.99.46.55

yes! great result. SHP is definitely not a fast 5k course.

clearly we need to be training together right now for that elusive 18:59. :)

From Jake K on Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 14:45:40 from 98.202.128.218

The fall break match race between you two is going to be EPIC

From Andrea on Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 14:47:35 from 66.249.84.219

Yeah, we will probably both run the first mile, look at each other and say 'screw it' then walk it in the rest of the way.

From allie on Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 14:49:15 from 24.99.46.55

"coffee and pastries instead?"

"yep"

From Jason D on Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 13:26:47 from 68.80.27.222

Nice work, Andrea! Great to see you exceeding your expectations. Strong kick there at the end too.

From Jake A on Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 15:45:15 from 166.137.246.26

Good job. That's some amazing progress. I bet it feels good to go that fast.

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