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Ogden Half Marathon

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Location:

South Weber,UT,United States

Member Since:

Mar 05, 2013

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Current PRs

5K: SLCTC Winter Series 19:06

10K: Phoenix 10K 2014 39:11

10 miles: Striders WRC 2014 1:06:13

Half Marathon: Dogtown Half February 2014 1:25:09

Marathon: 3:19 I ran the Ogden Marathon in May 2009

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Our family is complete with 4 sweet girls. Now it's time for me to shed the weight and get back into running shape for good. I'm ready to work at it again in 2017!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Long-term running goals, Sub 3 hour marathon and 1:20 half marathon. 

Personal:

I'm married to my great husband Riley Cook. He helps me accomplish my running goals. We have 4 daughters Evelyn, Hannah, Nora, and Iris I'm also excited to be running for Utahrunning.com.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Asics Flat Pink Lifetime Miles: 138.47
Brooks Ravenna Lifetime Miles: 348.10
Asics C. Lifetime Miles: 345.37
Adidas Lifetime Miles: 15.90
Race: Ogden Half Marathon (13.3 Miles) 01:29:02, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
14.50

I was convinced the day before this race the weather wouldn't be bad. It couldn't be, the weather was terrible last year at this race, this year should've been a nice year. I was wrong. The weather was terrible, downpour and wind. I was excited to be at the race because of the atmosphere and because of how many people I knew in the race. It was fun seeing so many Utahrunning.com runners in yellow jerseys. I wish I could've watched the race instead, some of my friends had incredible races despite the weather. I'm glad I was able to see Riley finish the marathon, it was an incredible race for him yesterday. He worked hard for that. I feel like I coasted a little in my race, not that I would've been much faster had I been more determined to hit a certain pace, but I didn't really go after it as hard as I should've. The biggest reason being pregnancy. I'm still happy with it, I'm glad I ran it. The weather got steadily worse as the race progressed. Maybe next year the weather will cooperate? Splits were 6:50, 6:33, 6:36, 6:46, 6:30, 6:43, 6:47, 6:44, 6:38, 6:41, 6:42, 6:48, 6:49. AP 6:42

Also you won't find my results online. I must've had a faulty chip. Nothing registered. Oh well.

Asics Flat Pink Miles: 14.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Lesley on Sun, May 22, 2016 at 19:58:32 from 70.199.145.86

Congrats on the run and on the pregnancy! I did try to look you up and was worried you decided not to race. Looks like you ran well despite what sounded like terrible weather.

From RileyCook on Mon, May 23, 2016 at 10:52:02 from 172.56.16.25

Nice race Ames. I'm proud of ya, that's still a solid in race in bad conditions and while being pregnant!

From allie on Mon, May 23, 2016 at 14:05:42 from 24.99.46.55

i couldn't believe it when i read that it was a rainy day *again* (and not just rainy but crazywindyrainy).

nice job. your splits are really good -- way to steadily power through despite the conditions (+ baby on board!). congrats.

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