| 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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Year: | 257.46 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 262.01 | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 288.21 |
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| UA Orange Miles: 60.52 | GoRun Ultra Road Orange Miles: 18.51 | GoMeb Razor Green(RETIRED) Miles: 55.83 | GoMeb Razor Miles: 8.13 | Hoka Clifton(RETIRED) Miles: 19.56 | GOMeb Speed 3 Black Miles: 23.81 | GORUN 5 Night Owl Miles: 50.91 | Nike WildHorse Miles: 37.71 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 17.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.60 |
| Monroe route with Dave, Jared, Riley, Matty and Tim.
Legs felt very fatigued this morning. Hydrating will be an emphasis today.
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Tready run at work. 5.4 miles
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| Easy loop in Davis County with Jason. Nice this morning. Little bit of rain made the run quite enjoyable.
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| GoRun Ultra Road Orange Miles: 10.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 17.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.31 |
| Steady state long run
Met Dave, Riley and Jared early in Davis County. Jared popped off early. Riley ran a little over 10 with Dave and I. Dave and I continued our run up to 2 hours to make it a solid morning.
avg pace was 6:58 min/miles
Run was progression starting over 8 min/pace and working down into the 6:20s
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| GoMeb Razor Green(RETIRED) Miles: 17.31 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 18.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.24 |
| South Ogden Loop with Dave, Jared and Riley.
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8.13 miles in North Ogden and Pleasant View
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| UA Orange Miles: 10.11 | GoMeb Razor Miles: 8.13 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.01 |
| Easy miles on the east bench trails in Ogden
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| GoRun Ultra Road Orange Miles: 8.01 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 18.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.50 |
| 4X5k with 1K jog recovery
Workout was a tough one today. First warm morning we have had in Northern Utah. Started at 8am and it was around 70 degrees. Also with the North direction we were running we had a steady 6-7 mile an hour headwind. Needless to say I held on to my workout which was 4X5K as long as possible. Made it through 3 reps with the end of the 3rd rep as a struggle. Started the last 5k set and made it 2K in. The heat totally sucked me dry and felt way dehydrated.
But it is what it is and glad I made an attempt at the workout.
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| GoMeb Razor Green(RETIRED) Miles: 18.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.40 |
| Easy run with Riley, Dave, Bryant and Jason in Davis County.
Nice temps with a little rain made for a beautiful morning.
Things are greening up quick here up North. Love this time of the year.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.21 |
| Easy 6 miles with Jared out and back. Then added a 4.20 mile loop around Clearfield solo.
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| Hoka Clifton(RETIRED) Miles: 10.21 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.60 |
| 10K @ MP effort; 1K jog; 8K @ MP effort
Met Bryant at Smiths in Ogden. We did almost 5K warm and with strides then jumped straight into
Our tempo. First 1K took it easy and worked into a pace. By 2K in I felt pretty good and kept pushing from there(makes it easy with someone to run with as well). 10K set was fluid. 8K set definitely felt some fatigue but overall had some pretty good legs to muscle through. Pretty stoked for next weeks marathon.
First set averaged 3:21 per K or 5:23 min/mile
Second set averaged 3:21 per K or 5:23 min/mile
Very consistent pacing today, great overall workout
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| GOMeb Speed 3 Black Miles: 15.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.01 |
| Recovery run in O-town with the Cookie Monster
Met Riley at Kneaders then started heading south zig zagging through central Ogden making it eventually to the east bench. Did some trails heading South to the Ogden Canyon then dropped down to the Ogden Parkway. Eventually met up with Dave where he was doing his cool down from his workout. Nice morning out, best time of the year.
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| GoMeb Razor Green(RETIRED) Miles: 10.01 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.60 |
| Richard Dickson Run
Met up at Smith's with the group. We even had a Ken showing which was exciting to see. Been running a little here and there and with no back issues. We ran to the top of our simulator route where Riley began his 6 mile MP tempo. We just ran easy until we met up with Riley again for the cool down.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.25 |
| 2X2 Mile with 1 mile Jog recovery between sets
Splits for the 2 mile segments were 5:22,5:18 and 5:06, 5:16.
Felt really good today and probably went a tad too fast. Hit the first mile on the 2nd set and felt way good but backed off a bit on the 2nd mile.
Feeling ready to roll for next weeks race.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.35 |
| Kents Market run
Marathon week. Plan this week is not to do anything stupid. Stick to about 60-70 minute runs til Wednesday then drop to about 30 minutes and 15-20 the day before. Weather is looking like it will hold for the weekend so should be cold, but not raining.
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| Hoka Clifton(RETIRED) Miles: 9.35 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.61 |
| Solo run in Davis county
Easy effort today. Beautiful weather as well. Legs are starting to feel good. Felt sort of heavy but had some pop as well. Hoping this taper will work good for the marathon on Saturday.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.21 |
| 4 mile warm; 2 mile pickup at MP effort with Riley; 2 mile cooldown.
avg pace for pickup was 5:26.
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| GOMeb Speed 3 Black Miles: 8.21 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.81 |
| Run around central Ogden with Riley and Jared. Cold this morning, a nice whopping 28 degrees.\
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| GoMeb Razor Green(RETIRED) Miles: 4.81 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.20 |
| Easy on the tready. Ogden Marathon tomorrow.
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Ogden Marathon 2017 (26.2 Miles) 02:28:58, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 3 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.08 | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.28 |
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First of all before I even begin with the race report I want to congratulate Bryant and Riley for fantastic runs. Two guys that are great runners and I one day I hope to touch times that they have ran. Also want to thank everyone for the support on the Stable. Great group and discussions that take place here. Also most of all. Thanks to Johnny boy for the time he takes to make me better as a runner. Seen some fantastic results in 12 short months and excited for better times to come.
PRE-RACE:
Started the morning out with 3 plain pancakes and a banana and sipped water until about 45 before the race started. From there I took 2 servings of UCAN hit the bathroom and went and did a small warm-up before the race started.
RACE:
Going into this race I had ideas on what I thought I could run but never really talked much about it. Plus I literally decided 4 weeks before the race was that I wanted to switch from half training to marathon and training. Johnny looked over some ideas and thought that it was doable.
Start of the race as the gun went off the pack immediately separated into 4 guys (Bryant, Riley, Myself, Paxton). We all tucked into a group and started working the miles together. By mile 6 Paxton made it known that he had ran a marathon 2 weeks before and was going to drop off at some point into the race. As we reached around mile 10 Bryant through in a little surge which made me fall off the pack about 10 feet or so, by mile 11 I was able to make up that gap and paced off of the guys for a minute until I got my breathing back. As we came through the half marathon Bryant immediately put in a surge. Riley stayed content and I fell off the back again. From there I just tried to stay focus on Riley and thought that maybe I could get some good miles in and eventually catch back up to him. You know now that I think about it, I think I was catching him around the reservoir, though Strava shows differently. ;-)
Around mile 15 I took 1 serving of UCAN, grabbed some water and just stayed focus on finishing the race the best that I could. I hit the Ogden Canyon and could see Riley for a bit but the turns became more often and lost sight of him. Around 19 miles in I started to feel that fatigue of the marathon, and just started taking each mile 1 by 1. Stayed focus and determined at my personal goal at hand. Around mile 23 I was still feeling okay, not great, but okay. I came upon an aid station and 2 half marathoners that were walking didn’t hear me coming and didn’t get out of my way in time and I literally ran right into them. Knocked them both over and I mumbled some words but kept running.
I think this took a little more out of me then I thought. I never run that great on the Ogden Pathway anyways but I went from low 5:30s to about 6 min/pace almost instantly. Knowing I had about 2.5 miles left help me get through to the finish. Anyways the last couple miles felt like a death walk.
I looked at my watch around mile 25 and knew I had sub 2:30 in the bag, it was just a matter of how I wanted to finish. I saw Jason Holt with about 1 mile to go and he offered to run in with me. I think Jason was probably laughing at me because I was getting delirious! I told Jason every block look back and tell me if anyone is coming. He kept saying bro, you have 3rd locked up just run. I kept saying dude you have no idea, they can totally make up the gap! Haha! Finally with 2 blocks left I finally believed Jason that I would take 3rd place. Came into the finish line with a time of 2:28:59. So glad that I finally got the monkey off of my back for this race. I’ve been trying for years to go under 2:30 and finally got it. I say I am done with the Ogden Marathon but it’s most likely a lie. For some reason the difficulty of this course just brings me back to try to better myself. Who knows maybe one day I can get the win on the hometown course. Just have to see what happens.
POST RACE:
I’ve mentioned some of the post-race in the Stable already so I am going to copy it over to my race report. Got really interesting none the less.
Came across the finish line and staggered a bit. Got my bearings and started marking my way through the finish line area. About 3-4 minutes after my legs began to give out so I sat down next to a soda truck. From there a volunteer saw that I didn't look so well. She asked if I needed help and I looked at her somewhat unresponsive and couldn't reply. She took my pulse and it was all over the place. She grabbed a wheelchair and rushed me to the medical tent. From there according to the nurses my body went into shock. My legs locked up and I began to shiver and couldn't stop. At one point one of the nurses wanted to do a rectal temp because they couldn't get an accurate reading because I was shaking so bad. I wouldn't stand for that and that's when I started kicking and screaming saying, "You’re not taking me alive!" From there I was sedated and the rest is a blur. (Not to mention my rectum is a bit sore today, ha-ha, just kidding) no rectal was done. Paramedics then joined the scene and suggested a warm IV. So they got one of those going and 1000ml later I started feeling back to normal. I've ran over 30 marathons in my life and I have never had this happen to me. But as the Cookie Monster put it, I really think I ran my body into exhaustion. The Ogden Marathon has owned me for so many years, that I was determined to conquer this course regardless of how I was feeling. Very grateful for the med staff and concerned family and friends that took care of me yesterday. Cookie Monster and I had a good laugh after all was well.
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| GORUN 5 Night Owl Miles: 27.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| 4.5 miles with Ken and Riley on the Indian Trail
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| Nike WildHorse Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.70 |
| 1.7 miles walking. Recovery week
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.60 |
| 4.6 miles hiking with Ken and Riley up Bues Canyon
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2 miles walking at work
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| Nike WildHorse Miles: 4.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2 miles running around North Ogden.
Feeling really heavy. Around 4 miles in a started to get a slight pain in the left hamstring. Need to roll the legs out.
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| GoMeb Razor Green(RETIRED) Miles: 5.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 mile run up coldwater canyon. Awesome trails this time of the year. Planning on going up again tomorrow.
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| Nike WildHorse Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.80 |
| Headed back up to coldwater with Jonny. Legs feel heavy still but alot better than they did at the beginning of the week. Almost made it the full loop but cut it short.
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| Nike WildHorse Miles: 7.80 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.81 |
| Happy Memorial Day!
Decided for my run I wanted to run up to the Valley to the graves and meet my family there. I started from my place and hit the pioneer trail that heads up and over into Liberty. From there I ran the roads and the Ogden Marathon in reverse. Legs felt good today.
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| Nike WildHorse Miles: 15.81 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.11 |
| Solo run in Davis County. Headed South to the Layton Parkway and then crossed the freeway bridge then headed back up into Clearfield.
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| GORUN 5 Night Owl Miles: 11.11 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.80 |
| Warmed up with Ken, Jared and Riley to the top of Bues. Did Dave's workout since I don't have any plans this week.
I did about 60 minutes worth at around 6:30 pace maybe a little quicker.
Legs are coming around but still a bit heavy.
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| GORUN 5 Night Owl Miles: 12.80 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 262.01 | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 288.21 |
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| UA Orange Miles: 60.52 | GoRun Ultra Road Orange Miles: 18.51 | GoMeb Razor Green(RETIRED) Miles: 55.83 | GoMeb Razor Miles: 8.13 | Hoka Clifton(RETIRED) Miles: 19.56 | GOMeb Speed 3 Black Miles: 23.81 | GORUN 5 Night Owl Miles: 50.91 | Nike WildHorse Miles: 37.71 |
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