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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 10 K (6.214 Miles) 00:33:22, Place overall: 3
Total Distance
11.00

33:22 in Salt Lake Track Club 10 K, 3rd overall. The course was out and back. There was some tailwind going out, and headwind coming back, but not nearly as much as two weeks ago. Splits were 5:08, 5:27, 5:23, around 16:32 at 5 K, then 11:07 for the next 2 miles, next 0.214 in 1:09, and the last mile in 5:08.

Top 5 - Nate Peters 31:50, Jon Guthier 33:20, myself 33:22, Patrick Carol 33:41, and Fritz Van De Kamp 33:57.

Was not sure how I was going to handle the 10 K because I was not 100% over the cough and still feeling sluggish. Two days prior to the race 5:20 down the Provo Canyon felt much harder than it should have. But the race went OK.

At the start Nate took off and I ran in a pack with Jon, Patrick and Michael McPearson. Michael fell back around 2 miles, Jon pulled ahead around 2 miles, I stayed with Patrick because I was not sure I had the strength to run faster. With 1 K to go I made a move which dropped Patrick. I do not know how I missed the fact that I was closing on Jon - I could not see anybody ahead of me. I was not wearing my glasses and my vision is not very good without them. Plus I was running hard and that made everything look like a blur.

 

Comments
From steve ash on Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 16:47:12 from 174.27.236.3

Congratulations Benjamin! When you run that hard and everything looks as if it's a blur.. You know you gave it your best. Good job!

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 17:26:14 from 98.202.128.218

Impressive 5K and 10K the last couple weeks Benjamin. You've put yourself in the mix in these races, and closed a lot better than pretty much anyone over the last mile of both. Congrats.

From RileyCook on Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 07:54:56 from 73.52.134.194

Very impressive race. It's fun to see you mixing it up with some great runners.

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