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Halloween Half Marathon

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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
Sat, Oct 29, 2011
Race: Halloween Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:10:18, Place overall: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.5013.100.000.0016.60

Well this is a not going to be a fancy race report. But went and tried the Halloween Half Marathon, really Beautiful run and a lot of down hill. Started out pretty conservative and that was really hard to do because of the down hill on the course. Don't know what my splits were because I left my garmin at home, and the miles were long and short never were consistant. So basically the whole entire run was off of feel. Around mile 6 I passed about 5 or 6 runners maybe even more that were already blown up from going out to fast on the down hill. Passed 3 more on the Parkway path and almost caught Ken Richardson only because he had a bathroom stop. 

Overall time  1:10:18 on my watch. Legs felt good and happy with a New PB!! Felt like I could have attacked the course harder but knew I had to stay conservative because of  the Ibigawa Marathon in Japan in a couple of weeks. Really would love to run well over there.

Congrats to Riley Cook who tore the course up today!! 1:07!! New PB for him also!!!

One more hard week of workouts and a taper for Ibigawa  then the season is over!! Going to enjoy a small break resting my body.

Lunar Racer RED Miles: 16.60
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Burt on Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 19:35:38 from 72.223.91.148

Wow! You were really moving.

From Tara on Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 19:37:08 from 68.164.105.250

NICE WORK!! Super great time, especially without your watch and trying to conserve your energy.

From Steve on Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 20:49:48 from 66.87.99.213

Awww..missed running with you guys this weekend. Had to work. Fast times! Best of luck in Japan!

From Andrea on Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 21:17:53 from 67.177.21.60

Congrats on a great race! Way to stay strong at the end.

From James on Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 21:52:16 from 71.213.49.233

Good race today! You looked strong when I saw you running through the parking lot just before mile 11. Keep it up.

From Ben VanBeekum on Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 23:58:01 from 67.169.246.116

Hey thanks guys!! Fun course to run, definitely recommend it to all.

@james- sorry I didn't see ya, we're you volunteering or on a morning run. I saw Sasha running up the course around mile 12.

From Jon on Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 16:54:42 from 74.177.82.194

1:10 half? Nice work, Ben.

From Ben VanBeekum on Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 19:28:05 from 70.103.189.14

@walter- did you run with your garmin? If so just wondering how accurate the miles were.

From Jake K on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 13:25:25 from 155.100.226.53

Nice job Ben. Enjoy the last couple workouts as you get prepped for Japan... that should be a fun trip and race!

From Dragonvulture on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 14:30:31 from 65.44.116.4

Awesome Run. I've heard the mileage is all messed up on this course. My friends paced it last year and they all said how off the markers were.

From Superfly on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 14:39:35 from 74.211.21.81

Nice job your looking good for Japan.

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