Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon

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Tooele & Ivins,UT,USA

Member Since:

Oct 30, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

St. George Marathon 20-year Club (completed 26)

Boston Marathon 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017 (+DNF 2011)

Running for 39 years, logged 58,000 miles since 1982. 38 marathons.

Old Man PR's:

5K = 19:58 - July 4th Freedom Run 7/4/08

6K = 26:38 - Cold Turkey Rrrun, 11/23/06

10K = 43:00 - Deseret News, 7/24/08

1/2 Marathon = 1:32:54 - Hobble Creek, 8/23/08

Marathon = 3:23:13 - St. George, 10/4/08 (Boston Qualifier)

Boston Best: 3:35:07, 4/21/08 (Boston Qualifier)

Boston Worst: DNF, 4/18/11

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running for another 20 years.

Personal:

Married for 44 years to a wonderful and supportive wife. She's run 2 marathons herself in our earlier years so that helps. 4 boys, all married, and 10 grandchildren. 2 sons are runners. I celebrated 39 years of running madness, insanity, or at least OCD, on August 23rd, 2021.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Nike Free Lifetime Miles:						22.50
Saucony Peregrine Trail Lifetime Miles:						318.15
Asics 2000 Aqua #2 Lifetime Miles:						419.50
Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Lifetime Miles:						393.10
Asics 2000 Gray/Yellow Lifetime Miles:						610.30
Saucony Peregrine Trail #2 Lifetime Miles:						168.40
Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Lifetime Miles:						355.00

Sat, Nov 06, 2010

Race: Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:49:06, Place in age division: 11

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	9.00	13.00

Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon. Near disasterous today. Did fairly well through 9 miles holding at about sub 8 pace. Wasn't trying to run real hard because of the left hamstring which did fair throughout. Suddenly at about mile 9 I got a bad cramp in my right calf muscle. I had something similar happen in the Deseret News in 2009 but was able to run through it without much problem. Today was different as it kept getting worse. I pulled of twice and stretched it and walked some and was able to continue, but finished a lot slower than I had hoped. Still hurting tonight, so it's probably more than a cramp and likely a strain. I think a couple of weeks off may do me some good. Stretching and light cycling is about all I will attempt. Nice day weather-wise. Cool at the start until we got moving. I like the new course starting up in Diamond Valley.

Asics 2150 Blue #1 Miles: 13.10

Comments

From Teena Marie on Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 22:33:04 from 174.19.55.243

I am so sorry about your calf, but happy that your hammy did okay.

It was a beautiful day for a race.

Wish I would have known that you were there! Dang, missed opportunity.

Very well run race considering everything you were dealing with. :)

From Smooth on Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 22:42:19 from 63.228.197.20

sorry about the calf strain. WAY to avert *disaster* pulling off a great race!

sounds like you know what to do for recovery! GOOD LUCK!

From Burt on Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 11:43:36 from 206.19.214.144

I am also sorry about the calf strain. Still a great time for me.

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