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Dogtown 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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Asics Flat Pink Lifetime Miles: 138.47
Brooks Ravenna Lifetime Miles: 348.10
Asics C. Lifetime Miles: 345.37
Adidas Lifetime Miles: 15.90
Total Distance
47.66
Asics Flat Miles: 28.36Asics GT-2000 Miles: 7.00Brooks Miles: 6.00Asics2 GT-2000 Miles: 6.30
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.66

I decided to workout today and wednesday this week because I'm running Dogtown half on Saturday. Monday workouts are hard for me. I'm coming off of eating way too much Sundays and no running. This workout didn't seem like it would've been hard but it felt hard. The plan was 2x2miles at 6:15 with 3 minute jog in between. Splits were (6:16,6:17) then (6:14, 6:14). It felt harder then it should have.

Asics Flat Miles: 8.66
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
7.00

7 easy miles around South Weber in the evening.

Asics GT-2000 Miles: 7.00
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Total Distance
6.00

I did a workout early this morning in South Weber. I kind of just went off feel. I did 4X400 (88,87,83,87) 4X200 (42,39,42,41) Good tune up workout before Dogtown.

Asics Flat Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

Early morning run with Sariah in South Weber. AP 7:47

Brooks Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles before heading down to st. george

Asics2 GT-2000 Miles: 4.00
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Race: Dogtown Half Marathon (13.2 Miles) 01:25:09, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
16.00

I'm glad I got another PR for the half marathon my training is just getting better and better. This course was a lot harder then I thought it would be. The first 5 miles wasn't a straight downhill like I thought it had rolling downhill. Then after mile 5 I felt like I was working hard the rest of the race to keep up with the rolling course. Miles 9 and 10 had a really good uphill. Then I tried my best to race in the finish after that. I couldn't ever get into a steady rhythm. My splits are kind of all over the place not the smartest race. I wasn't trying to push hard at the start I was going by feel. But with the course being up and down this is what I ended up with. 6:01, 6:10, 6:12, 5:58, 6:19, 6:24, 6:36, 6:14, 6:35, 7:11, 6:43, 6:47, 6:32.

The reason I went down and did this race was because it was part of this triple crown series that this law firm, 1law,was advertising. They were offering $1,000 to overall male and female winners, who had run snow canyon half, st. george half, and dogtown half. They were going to base it off of how you placed in each race. I wasn't going to be the overall female winner but I knew I would be second. So I had been emailing this guy in charge of it and asking if second place of the triple crown was getting money. He did email me back about a week ago that "I could get $100-$200." So we decided to come down, race and see. Turns out they didn't give the money out they had originally advertised. Ben VanBeekum was the overall male winner of the triple crown and they gave him $250. A little less then the grand they said orginally. I came away with nothing. But after the efforts of Spencer Simpson and Nikki VanBeekum things got straightened out a little more and Ben ended up with $350 and I got the $100 I was promised in an email after the guy pulled up his email and saw that's what he had said to me. Poor Ben still didn't get the oringinal money he was told by the people working for 1law though. Hopefully that group will be more organized next year.

Asics2 GT-2000 Miles: 2.30Asics Flat Miles: 13.70
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
47.66
Asics Flat Miles: 28.36Asics GT-2000 Miles: 7.00Brooks Miles: 6.00Asics2 GT-2000 Miles: 6.30
Weight: 0.00
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