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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
Sat, May 04, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.100.000.000.008.10

Met with Jon and his brothers from Jon's house. Headed to the canal road and headed west to the the Elk Farm, got to the gait where normally they have it fenced off because of the elk. But they have it opened back up, so Jon and I ran to the Parson gravel pit and then headed back. Pretty cool to see the elk up close, the entire herd was running with Jon and I. On our way back we put in a surge around 5:50 pace. Besides being sick this week, it was a pretty sold week, roughly back to half my mileage that I was at before my knee surgery. I give it at least 6 more weeks to be back to normal mileage, cant wait til I can hit some marathon paced miles again and shoot for that sub 2:25 in St. George. Also starting track workouts in a couple of weeks, cant wait to get the euphoria back! It has been way to long!

NIKE PEGASUS 29+ Miles: 8.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From RileyCook on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 11:22:39 from 65.130.68.80

Nice run. It's coming right along. You'll be back to full speed in no time. Your patience has been really admirable. Tell Jon he needs to start using his blog again now that he's running!

Let's do a morning run sometime this next week!

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 15:16:13 from 98.202.242.213

So glad you are healthy, Ben! You are being wise. Keep it up!

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