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Running of the Leopards 5k

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Location:

Holladay,UT,

Member Since:

Jul 17, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

A couple of wins in small local races.

I have always been an active person and need to do something physical everyday or I don't feel right.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Mile: 4:40

5k: 16 min (track or honest course)

10k: 33 min

1/2 Marathon: 1:13

Steadily increase my mileage to 60-70 miles a week.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Eventually run a marathon.

Run for health and sanity.

Personal:

Married. 30

I work in commercial real estate.

I enjoy golf, video games and have recently started learning chess.

Adam Cornelius

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Sat, Mar 24, 2012

Race: Running of the Leopards 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:15:54, Place overall: 4

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
8.90	0.00	0.00	3.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

First time running with the East High Leopards this morning.

I warmed up for 3.5 miles before the race, a bit with Adam RW, it was nice chatting and getting his take on the race. We lined up at an overly crowded starting line and the race began at 8:30.

Plan was to go out hard but not too hard, first mile came at 5:19. I was pretty happy about this mile. Lots of high school runners were running sub 5 pace for the first half mile, sheer ridiculousness. They were in the way! My guess is that lots were walking by the end of the first mile.

The second mile flattens out and may even have some slight uphill for the first portion followed by some serious downhill and a fairly flat stretch on Foothill Blvd. I hit mile 2 at 10:40 (5:21) and had a lot of energy. I was in 10th at the end of this mile.

I hit the gas at the start of the third mile, I moved from 10th to 4th on Sunnyside and hit the track and started to kick. I was able to close the last 1.1 in (5:14), the downhill didn't hurt, luckily I had some speed left on the track and almost ran down the third place guy. Last mile was under 4:50 so I'm pretty happy about that even with the downhill it shows me that I can turn my legs over fairly well.

Overall impressions, I'm glad to get a new PR even though it's aided. I regret not fighting harder in the second mile and maybe pushing a little more in the first too. My fear is to blow up in one of these races. Part of me wants to blow up in one of them just for the experience. Might sound goofy but for some reason I often have the feeling that I didn't give it my all when a race ends. Anyone else get that after races?

So, I have plenty to work on and am looking forward to improving and putting in more time and miles. I am loving the sport right now and enjoy lacing my shoes up for a few miles whenever there's time.

There'll be plenty more races and time to work on strategy.

Fun race! I'll do it again next year and recommend it to anyone looking to PR in the 5k. Thanks to my parents and Jing for showing up at the track to cheer me on. Went straight from the race to breakfast, no cooldown.

Afternoon- 5.4 miles easy around the block

Weight: 158.00

Comments

From Adam RW on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 12:33:21 from 67.182.248.141

Adam it was great to get to talk some before the race. I knew you would break your October time but didn't realize how much you'd smash it! Time to update your short-term running goals.

As far as blowing up I think you need to give it a try. You don't know your limits until you find them. A 5K is perfect for that, marathon not so much. But I think you have a lot more in you even with the great race today.

From Tom on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 12:36:00 from 67.199.179.59

Great job and congrats on the PR and 4th place overall. I think with 5K's in general but especially this course you could throw caution to the wind and go all out from the get-go and risk the blowup. I didn't do that either this year but would love to give it a shot next year.

From Jake K on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 12:47:43 from 67.177.21.60

Dude - AWESOME! Aided or not, you still ran under 16 minutes which is a huge jump forward for you. You really ran the race perfectly - fast but controlled for the first two miles, and then moving up 6 spots on Sunnyside... perfect!!

Great race today - I'm happy for you! This is just the start of things to come. Be confident in yourself because you are going to surprise a lot of people- including yourself- with how fast you can run! :-)

From Steve on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 13:01:26 from 66.87.64.157

Great race today, it was sure fun talking to you at the start. I loved that mass pack start

From Burt on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 14:50:37 from 72.223.93.158

Incredible Adam. I guess now you'll be to high and mighty to ever come visit my blog anymore. Oh, wait. I hardly blog anymore anyway.

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 15:21:54 from 76.27.122.13

That id a great time - aided or not - and a big breakthrough for you. Congratulations.

From PRE on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 16:52:55 from 99.50.213.11

ACorn,

Hi.

I was hoping you would break 16:40. Been thinking about this race for about a week. I am absolutely shocked by how much you broke 16:40 by. Your 5K PR is now 15:54! That is amazing! ACorn, thanks for sharing that report. Spell it out for me next time though...Ran it in 15:54...because I cannot tell you how many times I had to check that math. Small numbers, I know. BUT 15:54!!! Were you not just recently telling me about diminishing returns? Apparently that does not apply to you. Great job.

Regarding feeling like one has not given their best effort...I have been there. When I have not paced properly in 5K races and ran out like those high school students...(and by that I mean at a pace I could not hold - not sub-5). I found myself unable to complete those races with decent times. For me (may be different for Elites), I have to kind of focus on maintaining my 5K pace throughout and maybe kicking in the end. I cannot go faster than 5K pace for the entire 3.1. Congratulations again.

From JD on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 17:23:27 from 97.117.112.193

whew! you've got some great speed in you!

From SlowJoe on Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 20:24:31 from 69.131.141.92

Wow, great job. Great finish, congrats on the PR.

What kind of superhuman people live over there...you break 16 and still get 4th?

From allie on Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 10:20:48 from 97.126.223.167

nicely done! excellent final mile down sunnyside. you ran a smart race.

From ACorn on Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:14:13 from 24.2.76.146

Thanks for all the positive comments and support.

From Jake K on Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 14:26:00 from 67.177.21.60

hey official results show 15:53 - you just dropped another second off your PR!

From Tom on Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 14:32:20 from 67.199.179.59

Jake where did you find the official results posted?

From Jake K on Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 14:33:29 from 67.177.21.60

Stride Racing's website

From Andrea on Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 09:29:45 from 201.54.233.42

Great race ACorn! So excited for you to break the 16 barrier!! I knew you were in shape for it. And it's just the beginning of racing season, so you have a lot of opportunities to do sub-16 unaided :o)

From Andrea on Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 09:30:33 from 201.54.233.42

Oh, and nice pic of you with the mascot!

From Jacob Flaws on Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 02:15:51 from 91.19.152.202

Hey man! Sorry it took me a while to write but I was in France all weekend/til today. CONGRATULATIONS on the sub-16!!! that is the dream and you did it! Nice work, keep improving!

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