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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: Top Of Utah Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:12:55, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
16.00

  Ran the TOU half today. Ended up with second place in my age division (15-18) and 10 overall with a minute PR.

  Warmed up a little before the start. I actually got decent sleep the night before -- unlike Pheonix.  I started out with my Dad, Steve Anderson (both masters), a guy named Noah. and Jacob Stone, an 18 year-old. After four miles of ~5:30 pace both my Dad and Steve droppped back. I felt good and relaxed. for the first six miles of the race. As the course flattened out I experienced a drop in strength, and then another shortly after 7. At eight miles I was ready to drop back from the group I was with.

  Instead, I gritted my teeth and resolved to hang on untill at least 9 miles. Around 9 Noah dropped back and there was nobody over 20 still with me :). I somehow managed to stay with Jacob untill 10. We kept pushing the pace untill 10.25 when Jacob looked at his GPS and realized we were going 5:20. We slowed down after that. And then came the hill.

 I ended up dropping back from Jacob a little before mile 11, on the hill. I limped my way to mile 12 in ~6:10. at which point I crested the hill, saw the finish, and was able to speed up to 5:30 pace for the remaining 1.1. I ended up with 1:12:55, a PR of a minute (from Provo RIver two weeks ago).

Overall, I'm very pleased with this race. After I finished I was more hungry and tired than I'd been since Phoenix, so I think I really gave it everything this time.

Comments
From jtshad on Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 12:43:54 from 141.221.191.225

Congrats on the PR and a stellar race. You are a very strong runner and are amazing for your age! My son Justin looks at your times with awe!

From Burt on Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 12:15:47 from 174.17.82.224

You never told me you didn't get a good night's sleep at my house!!!! Sorry about that. But great job on an excellent time.

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