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Conquer the canyon 10K

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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 15, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs after age 40:

 

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

First solo R2R2R Bass Trails Grand Canyon 

First R2R2R Grand Canyon Toroweap Overlook

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Not be fat all year

Long-Term Running Goals:

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

Personal:

 

"Our legs are tight, our feet are flying, and we are gliding over the roll of the land. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace. The clock has stopped because another time has taken over." C. Bowden

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Race: Conquer the canyon 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:35:47, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.006.200.009.20

I think this was the race time, no watch today.  I was not sure about running this race after the marathon last week but I thought that I felt pretty strong and I knew everybody would sleep in at the house so I might as well go run.  I did a three mile warm up and my legs were pretty sore.  It was probably from my tempo run Thursday, but as we got into the race I just had a pretty dead set of legs!  The race goes straight up the canyon for 3 miles and then comes down and it was a long three miles, right into the morning canyon wind.  I thought we were doing 8 minute miles going up but Conner had a GPS and at the end he said they were 6:30s.  It was great going down but I just couldn't get that soreness out of the legs.  Not even close to Conner.  I even asked him to go slow today since I was tired and he obviously didn't listen.

As usual it was a lot of fun talking to all the locals and FRB folks after the race.  Scott, Keith and Dave ran great races today.  When I got home everyone was still asleep so no family time lost for running, that's a bonus!

Spent the afternoon waterskiing and buzzing fishermen with the boat at Newton Dam.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From jtshad on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:21:14 from 69.20.183.178

Sounds like a great day all around! Good job on the race and hope you have fun on the water.

From Teena Marie on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 11:56:14 from 67.2.88.232

What's up with you boys running straight up a canyon straight into the wind???? :)

From Scott Ensign on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:42:53 from 129.123.3.84

that was a long three miles indeed! It was a fun day, Smithfield always does a great job, and it is always fun to hang out with you guys. good luck at Ogden, I am sure you are going to rock it!

Hope you got that welding project done too.

From Rob Mantz on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 13:07:49 from 129.123.197.35

Good job after doing the Marathon last week. Also good luck at Ogden... see you there.

From Dave S on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 21:08:30 from 4.254.227.193

Nice job on tired legs. Hope you get them rested up and have a good one at Ogden.

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