Rachel Haviland

Current Hometown: Milford, CT

Family members we might see at a race: My parents, sister Emily, boyfriend Andrew and puppy Smokey

Current Employment: Mechanical engineer at Lockheed Martin

Current running interest: (Trail? Mountain? Speed? Ultra? Staying injury free?) Training for my first marathon.

Favorite race: Fairfield Half Marathon

Race you have done the most times: Madison Turkey Trot

High School/College running programs: UConn Club XC and Track

Hobbies: rock climbing, hiking, skiing, watching football (go Patriots!), hanging out with my dog

A favorite quote: “Not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do is the secret of happiness.”

What you listen to on a road trip: lots of variety: anything country, Noah Kahan, Arctic Monkeys, Hippo Campus, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift…

Something that makes you weird: I’ve watched the show The Office all the way through wayyy more times than I would like to admit. 

Youthful PRs:

Open PRs:

800: 2:32.98

1500: 5:20.00

Mile: 5:37.00

5K: 5:39.60

6K (XC): 25:08.30

10K: 54:49

Half Marathon: 2:00:36