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Draper days 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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Sat, Jul 20, 2013
Race: Draper days 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:17:01, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
8.00

Warmed up about one mile. The first two miles felt too fast - but they always feel that way. The first mile was 5:22, then 5:21 for the second. I didn't get the split at mile 3. I felt the pace slow in the third mile, but was too afraid to break away. I think I waited too long to start my kick. Morale of the story - if it's hurting less in the third mile of a 5K, floor it. You can judge how well you raced by how much pain you were in.

Cooled down 5. Ended up with 17:01. I'm content with this result. My goals before starting the race were to not psychologically wimp out, and to beat my Murray 5K 'PR' of 17:47. I accomplished both.

Comments
From Jake K on Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 07:51:14 from 67.177.11.154

Good run Benjamin, that's a nice 5K PR coming right off the 3K last week. You are running well.

From MarkP on Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 10:42:58 from 65.130.116.119

Great race and way to beat your Dad!

From scottkeate on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 08:56:42 from 192.150.9.200

You are really running well right now. Keep up the good effort. It will be fun to see where running takes you.

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