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Provo City Half Marathon

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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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Hiking Miles Lifetime Miles: 10.50
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Run - Typical Sunday horsepark loop before skiing.

Ski - Skinned 3777 ft and skied back down. Stupid Chute is super fun!

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9.80

Felt a little fatigued from the weekend, but overall good run. 

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10.40

Morning easy run 3.2 miles.

Afternoon HARD workout total 7.2 miles - 4 x 1200 w/ 400m jog + 4 x 400 w/ 200m jog, 600 b/w the two (4:38, 4:38, 4:37, 4:37, 1:28, 1:25, 1:24, 1:27).


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Morning run 3 miles with Jake to Sugarhouse then back home.

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Noon run - easy 5.8 miles. Tapering for race.

Evening ski - 1800 ft skinning and ski back down on ICE!

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Easy run before Provo Half tomorrow. I feel ready!

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Race: Provo City Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:21:43, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
15.50

I have had my mind set on the Provo City Half Marathon since the beginning of this year. I really liked the looks of the course because it was a fair course at altitude. So many races here in Utah have large elevation drops to account for the altitude, but I was just looking for a relatively flat unaided course. My training has focused on the half marathon distance for this race (and the Utah Valley Half coming up in another month).

That said, I am very excited about my performance. I won the race!! But more important than that, I have improved significantly in the last few months and I exceeded my goal race time by over two minutes. It is a great feeling to know how hard I have trained this winter/spring and how much it has helped. Honestly, I owe about half of the credit to Jake because he has run about 70% of my mileage with me and been a great resource (I'm starting to call him Coach).

About the race: My plan was to run 6:20 miles for the first few miles, then try to negative split from there on out based on how I was feeling. As soon as the race began, I settled into a pace that felt relatively easy - 6:00 for the first mile. Another girl (Kassi Harmon) was right there with me, and I made the decision to just go for it. Try to maintain her pace . About 5 of us ran in a pack for about 4 miles. 6:16, 6:06, 6:13. People started dropping off one by one, until I was running alone. I was determined not to drop off the pace at this point because I couldn't handle the idea of going out too fast. I was feeling pretty good. Miles 5-11 were pretty uneventful (6:12, 6:08, 24:33 (4 miles around 6:08), 6:09)...I was disappointed that there were no mile markers throughout the entire bike path. There were definitely times when I was unsure if I was even going in the right direction. But I made it through. Back on the road, I almost got run over by a truck because he refused to stop despite the 5 volunteers with stop signs and me running in front of him. That adrenaline rush helped me through to mile 12 (6:19). I was really feeling the fatigue here, and it was hard to push through with no other runners in sight. The bridge at about 12.5 miles didn't help - it was much harder on the way back! I pushed through to the end (with Jake right there cheering me on) and was so happy to see my time and be done! The last 1.1 miles was around 7:00 pace, so WAY off my other splits [EDIT: Turns out the course was about 0.05 mi long, so that last stretch was actually ~6:40 pace]. But I am still proud of the way I raced. I went for it, and although I blew up a little at the end I still ran much faster than I thought.

 After the race, I got to talk to a lot of other runners in the area. It seems that everyone knows everyone else around here...they were all so friendly. The race scene is such a fun and motivating environment - I love it!

Afternoon - 90 minute bike ride on Bonneville Shoreline trail.

 


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