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Phoenix 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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48.4026.210.000.0074.61
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Day off.

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12.000.000.000.0012.00

A day in Trenton, NJ.  Diverted with a broken plane.  Headed out to catch a section of the Delaware Trail which Google Earth showed just two miles away, but froze my butt off in a mile so I reluctantly headed back for a treadmill run.  Probably good since I am still so wasted from last week.  I'm just not recovering as quick as I'd like right now.  I called it off at 6 miles and did some easy lifting.

PM  got in another 6 easy watching Swamp People which is currently my favorite show, narrowly beating Moonshiners.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

Really pretty night in the Everglades. Nice to run at a cool 70 degrees.

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Cross country skiing Jackson Hole, WY.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Easy run, lift routine upper body and core.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Dropped the kids off at school and headed up Logan Canyon for some skiing. I'm going to count half the distance since I was skiing back down. I lean towards counting it all since I carried the skis up on my back though.

Weekend off, kids are gone. I think I'll head to rainy Phoenix for some hiking. If I feel good enough I'll run the Phoenix Half or Full in the morning.

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Race: Phoenix Marathon (26.21 Miles) 02:47:48, Place overall: 18, Place in age division: 1
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2.0026.210.000.0028.21

Trying to be careful with this race and not repeat 2012. Aimed to stay conservative on as near 6:20 as I could hold.

Awesome seeing everyone at the start! It started raining 6 minutes before the gun and didn't stop until 5 miles in. I had visions of last year's Ogden Marathon but it stopped as soon as it soaked my shoes completely. I spent six miles weaving through the most people who started fast that I have seen in a marathon. I should have placed a better start.

I felt great today. Probably could have pushed it harder but with a marathon two weeks ago and being out of shape, I was pretty nervous. From mile 8 on I was completely alone. The Utah guys were way ahead, nobody was behind me. I just tried to stick on as close to 6:20 pace as I could. Eight Utah guys in the top seventeen. Me being the slow one as usual.

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