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Austin 3M Half Marathon

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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: Austin 3M Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:12:38, Place overall: 19, Place in age division: 1
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Austin 3M half marathon.  1:12:38 finish.  The race was delayed one hour for high winds.  What a hard race.  I wasn't really there mentally with a lot going on at home.  Just could not get into the mental focus to run, didn't even want to start, I wanted to just stay in bed!  

I had the best time going to the elite dinner and meeting sponsors and the Elite teams from Ethiopia, Kenya and Russia.  The Russian team was very cool, way better trained than I was!  I was totally out of my league at this race..

Good course, but I never felt the supposed downhills!  I still can't figure out how to take any food in on a half marathon.  I only had two drinks of gatorade during the race and I guess it got me through.  The course turned a lot and each time we headed into the wind I tried to hang behind someone else but everybody else had the same idea I think because we kept running into each other.  It was a hard race for me mentally, I pretty much gave up a few times but held on to the end.  Now I have to decide if I feel like running Melbourne in a week!

 

 

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

5 easy miles on the treadmill

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3.000.000.000.003.00

3 miles in Chicago.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 miles easy on Shoreline trail

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Jumped up to 12 miles.  Felt allright, I think I'll make it through this one!

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12 miles through downtown Cancun and out along the peninsula.  Awesome sunny evening!  Tried to keep the speed up a little to see how the half marathon affected me.  I really felt it about mile 8!  5:48 pace

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8 miles out along a jungle trail near Cancun.  Crap, this was hard.  Single track trail with overgrowth everywhere, but what a nice hot morning!

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48.000.0013.100.0061.10
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