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Pleasant View 5K

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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, Jun 25, 2016

Race: Pleasant View 5K (3.11 Miles) 00:15:17, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.60	0.00	3.11	0.00	14.71

Met Riley at 5:15 to get some distance in before the 5K. We ended up getting a little over 10 miles before the race started but due to registration and bathroom breaks we couldn't get in more.

Race started and I tucked behind Riley knowing what pace he was running. I figured if I could hang with him for a mile then it would set the race for me. Came in through the 1st mile @5:06. 2nd mile is bombing down and by now Riley had made his gap so I was racing for 2nd. Mile 2 was @4:46. Last mile starts out with a solid climb and rollers to mile 3 then a steep downhill finish. Came through @5:06. Then finished up the race with a time of 15:17.4

I knocked about 30 seconds off from last year so that was awesome to see. Finished up the day with a 1 mile cool and 3X8 second hill sprints.

GoMeb Speed 3 Boston Miles: 4.15

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From fiddy on Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 16:03:18 from 170.140.243.140

A 5k PR just a few weeks after a marathon. That's pretty impressive. Or is this not a PR?

From Ben VanBeekum on Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 17:18:26 from 67.128.146.68

Thanks James. Yes, this is a PR.

From Freakitypopo on Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 11:02:00 from 128.164.106.86

Nice race dude. I would love to hit that time for the 5Ks I've been doing!

From Ben VanBeekum on Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 11:47:58 from 67.128.146.68

Thanks Matt. I was happy with the time especially off of strict marathon training and no 5K stuff.

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