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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 (14.3 Miles) 01:45:23
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6.300.008.000.0014.30

Hard race this morning.  Had a great night at the hotel and an evening visiting with Rob.  I had decided to race today in my "fat man" shoe, Brooks Beast because of a lingering Achilles tendon injury that I had felt a bit through the week.  The race started out well, although it was humid and I was drenched by mile 3.  The roads were pretty slick with my worn shoes but the pace was feeling OK.  Miles splits were 5:25, 5:23, 5:27, 5:33, 5:23, 5:35, 5:21 and then I crashed going around a right turn about 7.4 miles.  It tore up the knee pretty good and I walked a bit trying to assess what to do.  I felt all right, but pretty winded.  I couldn't decide for a bit what to do with the leg and there was no medical in sight.  I started running again and held about a 6:12 pace through the mile 8 marker and that was it.  I knew that race was done.  As I walked Rob came on by and looked great.  I was hoping he would get that 1:14 he was shooting for.  Since nobody was around and I decided to walk the course backwards and see if I could find a ride back or a medical van.  Tons and tons of people, wow!  Never went down a course backwards before.  After two miles no sight of assistance so I decided to start jogging and make it back to the hotel.  The knee felt good enough now that I was pretty depressed about dropping out.  I pretty much knew I should have continued.  Oh well.  This race will take some time to place in my mind.  A few miles from the start line a medical van going to the finish and gave me a ride.  They insisted that I go for stitches so I had the pleasure of finishing the morning getting 4 stitches in the knee.

Crap.  Still don't know how I could have ran this morning.  Probably not at the pace I was at, but you just don't know.  Mile 8 is about where the half marathon race begins.  Time to find another one to train for.

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1.500.000.000.001.50

1.5 mile swim with some lifting

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1.5 mile swim.

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5 mile run.  Way hard on the knee, not time to start yet!

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2.2 miles of swimming.  Long swim this morning, but felt great!

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