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Des News 10k

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Member Since:

Jun 01, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Ran for Alta and SUU on their Cross Country/Track and Field teams

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy

Sub 70 Half Marathon

Top 3 at Des News Marathon and sub 2:30

Win Cottonwood Heights Thanksgiving 5k

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running and stay fit

Personal:

Married, we have one daughter so far. I ran for Alta high school and was trained by Rob Murphy, he is a great coach, one of the best there is. I also ran for Southern Utah University.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 119.30 Year: 1349.35
Race: Des News 10k (6.21 Miles) 00:34:56, Place overall: 63
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.800.000.000.008.80

Legs were trashed from Wednesdays workout, I think that just tanked this for me worse than I had expected. I have also likely lost some fitness. But this was effectively 1.5 minutes slower than I ran at salt lake 10k with 600 feet elevation loss compared to flat haha. So pretty huge difference in performance.

Marathon winning time was 2:39 and 3rd place was 2:50 so I am a little bummed I didn't keep on course for that, bonking while pacing a 2:50 marathon and getting sick twice during the last 2 months was a big mistake. But this has helped reignite the fire within my belly, which has been suffering due to muggy weather and generally feeling off. Time to build back up to 60-70 miles per week and make stuff happen.

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 17:44:40 from 98.127.160.27

Jon Kotter, Alta High class of 2003 won for the millionth time!

Still a solid time Blake. Good work!

From Glory in the long run on Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 06:36:59 from 136.60.246.232

Great race, it's all about putting in the miles. But let me tell you from experience, enjoy this time, you can be faster but in 10 years you'll look back and remember how fast you were.

God bless.

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