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Provo City Half Marathon

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Location:

Draper,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Oct 27, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

I was a decent runner when I was younger, now just loving the second wind in life...

Short-Term Running Goals:

Boston Marathon - 3:04:21 3112th/1978thAG

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running with the Kenyans again...

Personal:

Work Hard, Play Harder and Have Fun! Make It Happen...

This is my mantra... 

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Race: Provo City Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:21:49, Place overall: 24, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
15.50

Woke up @3am wide awake.  My body has been screaming for the past few days to race.  Makes no sense because my back and neck have been screaming in another manner that is really frustrating.  My right side really left me wondering if I was pushing for a long term injury with a race today.  I decided I would make my goal 1:20 instead of 1:18.  Toni was really cool to watch the boys while I ran.  He suffered a calf injury and had to back out last second.  Toni is a great runner and amazing at being able to run, work and be a dad/husband.  I think the dude will sleep when he is dead. :)

Toni was really cool and took Scott, Mike, myself and my friend's daughter Sadie up to the start.  I did a two mile WU around the camp grounds.  I felt good so decided to race.  Atmosphere was great.  Temps low 40's.  You could tell carnage was about to be laid.  Just wasn't going to be me.  I knew I wanted to stay around 5:50 to 6:10 pace the whole time and just be consistent.  This is literally the first race that I used my garmin correctly.  I thought the first mile split read 5:38(acutual 5:58).  This played with my head.  I just knew I needed to keep a consistent pace to reach sub 1:20.  I felt really good throughout the entire canyon.  My legs actually wanted to keep pace.  I got to mile 6 and was still on target.  Breathing was good.  Legs felt great.  Splits were on.  I had mentioned to Curtis and Tristam that it would be cool to see them on the course.  To my surprise they met me at mile 7.  Man they were great.  I seriously had a blast running with them(they looked like they were jogging :)  I looked at my watch.  6:10 pace.  Good.  I am still in tack.  When I got to mile 8, I started to feel my glute medius feel sharp pain.  Not a good sign.  Then I soon after my right trap and rhomboid are now tightening as well.  I am in trouble.  There is nothing I can really do but try and relax through this.  At 9.5, I saw my pace was 6:40.  This was very discouraging.  Curtis and Tris were fantastic.  They were continually giving me advice and tatics even though I was falling off pace.  From 9 to the finish, I tried to throw in surges and at times thought I was going to get back on pace.  I would last about 10 seconds and then feel the tightness hammer me.  Very frustrating, but I knew I needed to finish strong.  I wanted to quit at 9 and 11.  I really cannot understand this injury.  I am going to continue to get massage and PT.  I know my training was inconsistent the last month, but I know I could have done 1:18 today and this injury held me back.  Look forward to the next opportunity.  Glad my boys could watch mom and dad run today.  Always a good time.  At least in my opinion.  :)

I am pretty excited to report that I did not break my back or neck during this "workout".  I am pretty disappointed with my results.  Splits were as followed.

5:58, 5:53, 6:13, 5:54, 5:59, 6:03, 6:13, 6:13, 6:25(back and neck are now very tight, 6:32, 6:42, 6:26, 6:26 and .39 seconds for last .13( good kick actually was ready to be done)

 See everyone at AF Canyon unless I take on a 5K in between.  Time to get this back and neck healthy...

 

Comments
From AngieB on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 20:16:40 from 65.130.74.140

Neck and back pain are the worst. I got rear ended last year and totally dealt w this w running it was terrible and nagging. I got some great massages that took care of it I think but occasionally it comes back. Great workout. You are ready for a great pr just get the neck/back in check and you will be good to go.

From RileyCook on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 20:16:44 from 65.130.68.80

Sorry to hear about the back/neck holding you back. I still think you had a solid effort this morning. Keep consistently getting out and your times will keep falling.

From runningafterbabies on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 22:50:51 from 71.195.219.247

Get healthy and you will seriously be on FIRE! Those boys of yours are so cute, but I'm a little prejudiced. Boys are all I know!

From jtshad on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 05:23:27 from 69.20.183.178

Sorry to hear about the lingering issues with the tightening muscles. You ran a courageous race and did not quit. Hope you can get the issues worked out so your training can keep you improving. Issues could be stress related with all you have going on in your life as well. Keep working on your balance as we chatted about in our runs.

Good job today.

From Christie on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 20:14:56 from 66.111.126.9

Don't be disappointed Spencer... you ran what your body would allow, and still a great time. I hope these neck/back issues can get all straightened out!!

From bdase on Mon, May 06, 2013 at 05:12:19 from 67.214.231.170

Take care of that back and keep being consistent and you'll be just fine Spence. You are looking fit!

From Rachelle on Mon, May 06, 2013 at 10:43:15 from 159.212.71.77

So frustrating about the back/neck pain. I completely understand how hard it can be to physically mentally feel good but have something hold you back. That said you fought hard and held it together. This is just the beginning of what is shaping up to be a great Summer of running for you.

Keep it rolling!

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