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Location:

North Ogden,UT,U.S.

Member Since:

May 23, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

5K- 14:58, 10K- 31:05, 1/2- 1:06:47 Marathon- 2:23:29

3rd- Park City Marathon 2008

3rd and 4th Ogden Marathon 2010; 12'

5th, 3rd, and 7th- Utah Valley Marathon 2011;14'; 16'

9th, 3rd,11th, 8th, 5th, 8th St. George Marathon 2010, 11',13',14',15'16'

2nd- Deseret News Marathon 2015

1st- SandHollow Marathon- 2016 (CR***)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 POTENTIAL RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

                                                                          -Helen Keller

              

 

Personal:

Married to Nikki we have 4 children. Jaerdan, Korver, Grady and Lyla McKell

Head XC/Track Coach at Weber High

Graduated from Weber State with a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Athletic Therapy.

 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 257.46
Race: WRC 10K (6.25 Miles) 00:34:32, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.400.006.250.0013.65

WRC 10K

One more race down in the brutal hills of Ogden. Woke up this morning feeling really good. Had a powerbar for breakfast and some IronMan Perform, settled perfect. Got to the Dee a little after seven and met up with Riley Cook for a 3 mile warm up with 4X100 meter strides . For the last mile on the warm we ran mile 5-6 on the course. This section of the course is probably the hardest due to the fact that it is all up hill. Not only was it up hill, we had a serious head wind, was not going to be fun at all today.

Okay so the first mile of the race the plan was to take it easy up the first hill and slowly get  into the groove and have a good race. Well thats not what happened, Albert Wint came blowing past me up the hill and was pushing the down hill hard. I think for the majority of the downhill we around 4:30 to 4:45 pace. My first mile was 5:15 and Albert had at least a 5 second lead. Mile 2 was the same steep and gradual downhill, Albert still was pushing the pace. I knew I needed to stay relaxed and keep him in sight, by mile 2 was about 2 seconds back and hit a 4:42 second mile.

There is a section of the course where it goes from straight down to a gradual up and that is where I took the lead. Talking to Albert afterwards he said he went out way to hard and plans to race a little different in the 10 miler. My goal was to hit the downhill as hard as I could the next mile to try to get a good gap before the uphill section. By mile 3 I had a 15 second lead and hit a 5:20 mile. At the 5K I was 15:42, now the race gets hard the last 5K of the course is all up hill until you hit the mile 6 marker. The next 2 miles just wanted to average under 6 min pace mile 4 was 5:40 and mile 5 was 6:10.  Last mile was the worst but the great thing was that the wind had died out and was able to maintain an okay pace up the last hill. Mile 6 was 6:13. For the last .25 I hit a 70 for the split.

Great race for me I thought I was in the best shape of my life in 2010 when I last won this race and my time was 35:02. So great to see that I hit a 30 second PR for this course. Things are looking up for the upcoming year if I can stay healthy!!

Lunar Racer RED Miles: 6.65Nike Pegasus 28+ Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jon on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 11:20:49 from 74.177.120.222

Another win and great time on that tough course. Nice work, Ben.

From Tara on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 11:53:31 from 75.169.155.128

Wow, great paces. That is very promising to have a PR from last year. I agree, you are off to a great season. That last 1.5 was brutal. I could have walked and got the same result. The WIND! Nice to see you have someone to push you a bit. Nice job taking it all. What does the winner get for the series? Did you win it last year?

From Bonnie on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 13:18:16 from 64.119.33.134

Awesome, that is one tough course!

From Adam RW on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 13:54:17 from 67.182.248.141

Very nice race.

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 13:56:01 from 76.27.122.13

Absolutely a great race. Two for two right?

From Holt on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 15:02:14 from 67.2.243.12

Those hills are going to make you a beast on the marathon! Nice job.

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 17:47:24 from 67.177.21.60

You are crushing the winter series - nice racing Ben!

From Andrea on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 19:35:06 from 67.177.21.60

Great race this morning. That series seems to have some brutal courses! I bet it feels good to know you are way ahead of where you were last year and on target to have a great racing season.

From Oreo on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 23:20:44 from 174.27.180.121

Awesome. Great job.

From Superfly on Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 15:48:57 from 74.211.21.81

Ben your improving daily on an already fast man/running machine. I've never had the desire to come run those tough "hilly" races around Ogden. Good job man!

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