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IBIGAWA JAPAN MARATHON

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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.8026.601.001.5049.90
LunarGlide II White Miles: 8.65NewBalance Minimus Miles: 8.50Lunar Racer RED Miles: 26.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.650.000.000.008.65

Met up with Bret Ferrier and Jon Heslop at the North Ogden Nature Center. Legs felt really, really good today. First time in probably a month that I felt like I had a spring in my step. Good sign for my Marathon this weekend.

 Avg pace 6:50 min/miles

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TRACK WORKOUT

Huge difference in temp today. Yesterday was a perfect 35 and today was 18 degrees with a wind chill of 10. Way cold morning

Met up with Jon Heslop @ Lee's Market. Warmed up to Weber Highs Track. Weber High actually just opened up there track, it was re-surfaced and done in red. Track was way nice to run on, way soft!

Workout

3 mile warm w/4X100 meter strides.

6 X400 @ 69-71 pace w/100 meter jog for recovery

1X600 @ 80 pace

2.50 mile cool

 Workout went good, legs have a pop in them again. Way excited to leave in the morning to Japan. Hope the Marathon goes well!!!

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30 minute run in Ibigawa Japan. Nice loop around some rice fields at night. Very peaceful, plus a full moon. 

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Shake out in Ibigawa Japan. Day before the Marathon.

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Race: IBIGAWA JAPAN MARATHON (26.6 Miles) 02:58:47, Place overall: 72
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Okay so it has been a couple of weeks since the Marathon. Race report is long over due but school is kicking my trash right now, so this is what I remember.

 So a day before the Marathon the group I was with was lucky enough to take a tour on the Marathon course. The course was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. The first 3 miles were flat and headed straight towards the mountains. Next 11 miles were all up hill. The group kept saying are you sure you don't want to switch to the half marathon. But I figured I was in Japan and I am running the marathon. The rest of the course was rolling hills and slight down hill back to where the start was.

In Japan they treated all of us with the up most respect. As the marathon started they took me to the front of the race which was way cool. Okay so as the gun went off my goal was definetly to go out and compete and try to take in the top 3 overall or even try to win the thing. Man was I way off!!! I felt really good for the first 3 miles pace felt honest, hitting any where between 5:30 and 5:35 splits. Even going up the hills for 11 miles I felt okay not great but good. I was about 100 meters off the back from the lead group. Which was fine because I felt like I could hang on and negative split the second half.

Well I hit the first half at 1:16:00 feeling good, then 2 miles later no joke my body was done!! I have never felt this before. My legs felt good everything felt good I just couldn't run anymore!! The only factors that I can think of is, Jet lag and having about 48 hours to adjust to a 15 hour difference in time. Humidity was 100% @ 70 degrees. During the race I was dripping wet from mile 3 on. No electrolytes, and that was my bad, left them at home. Or just simply I tanked it hard.

Well there can be many excuses to why I ran so bad. But I enjoyed every second of it. The course was a thing of Beauty. Most Beautiful run that I have ever experienced. And just feel blessed to be apart of it. My hats off to the Town of Ibigawa Japan. Well organized and the nicest and most respectful people that I have ever met.

Ended up hitting 2:58 on the marathon, dropped from the top 5 after 13 miles and ended up in 72 second place. Next time I will run the Half Marathon!! If there is a next time???

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LunarGlide II White Miles: 8.65NewBalance Minimus Miles: 8.50Lunar Racer RED Miles: 26.60
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