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Salt lake track club winter series 5K

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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

Mar 01, 2004

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

World Class

Running Accomplishments:

PRs 14:47 5 K (Portland Twilight), 1:06:33 (Utah Valley Half Marathon (aided)).

As a 14 year old in 2013: 4:31.58 1500. 9:35:32 3000m (Utah Youth boys state record). 17:01 5K (Draper Days). 1:15:21 half (Utah Valley (aided)).

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get the marathon under 2:20.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Make it to the Olympics in the marathon. Keep training throughout my life.

Personal:

 I have five brothers and five sisters,
all younger. I'm currently a PhD Student in the CSEM (computational science) program at UT Austin. Married, no kids (yet). I've been dealing with some issues in running the last few years, and am trying to get back into top shape.  

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Race: Salt lake track club winter series 5K (3.107 Miles) 00:16:52, Place overall: 17, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
8.40

Was shooting for low 16 this race, but we came down with a stomach bug earlier this week and that ruined my plans. I still managed to run 16:52, a PR, and I'm hapy about that. My splits were pretty even -- 8:24 out and 8:28 coming back. I just did not have it today. The race was really competitive, even more than Draper days -- I was 17th with 16:52.

 I warmed up about 1.3, and cooled down 4, so 8.4 total. I know I haven't written much over the last month or so. Ever since I started classes at BYU, my schedule has been pretty hectic, escpecially because I'm studying Linear Algebra on top of all my regular classes and homework. This is actually the first time in my life when I have had homework that is graded. In fact, this is the first time in my life when I attended a class that gave out grades! Anyway, I think I'm settling into a regular schedule, getting more organized about stuff. I'll try to start writing more in the next couple weeks.

Comments
From CollinAnderson on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 18:49:21 from 70.208.26.209

Nice run today Benjamin, and nice chatting with you after the race. Keep up the excitement for math and science; it will get you far in life!

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 18:55:01 from 50.168.224.197

Nice race, Benjamin! Sorry you got sick. Hope you feel better soon.

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