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5k     15:15  Running of the Leopards.

8k      22:21  Alta Death Dash

10k   33:02    Des News

Half Marathon      1:10  Timp Half

Marathon        2:32    Ogden

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Not be fat all year

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Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind.

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Sat, Jul 09, 2011
Race: Hobbler Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:12:53, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.0013.100.0015.10

Still shooting for that elusive 1:10 half marathon.  Rob advised me on this course to run the first two miles at 5:10 pace and then see how the pace feels.  My 5k split was 16:18 which was about a 5:16 pace so a bit on the slow side.  My 10k split was 33:20 so I was adding a few seconds per mile, but I crossed the half point at 34:54 right behind Riley so I was right on pace.  I hadn't trained enough speed though and had to drop off more time, especially in the last two miles.  Pretty rolling course! 

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Comments
From JG on Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 14:23:22 from 98.66.252.84

Just an opinion, but perhaps if you had not averaged 10 miles a day for the 4 days prior to the race, your legs would have had more juice to finish stronger. Regardless, still a great time, good job!

From Steve on Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 21:48:33 from 76.27.108.183

Yep, I have looked at that really hard this year. It's a tough call. I think it's probably more from the marathoning than the week of running. A 60 mile week is pretty low for me right now.

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