Nate's Blog

Utah Valley Marathon

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Location:

St George,UT,United States

Member Since:

Oct 04, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon: 3:06 Apr '09 Moab Marathon (race was officially canceled due to blizzard)

1/2: 1:19:12 Jul '09 Bryce Canyon Half

10K: 34:59 Mar '09 Spectrum 10K, Ivins, UT

5 Miles: 30:35 Feb '09 Dam 2 Dam, Hurricane, UT

5K: 18:?? Desert Hills HS 5k, St. George, UT

Short-Term Running Goals:

I would defintely like to run at Boston. Ideally, my goal is to run the marathon in under 3 hours. Here is what I would like to break in each distance this year...

Marathon: 3:00

1/2: ~~1:20~~

10K: ~~38:00~~ 34:00

5K 18:00

Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to be in the 20 year club at the St George marathon. If I could win a few shorter races in between, that would be great.

Personal:

I am married with 4 kids. Life is busy and running is my escape. I love it...

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics GT 2130 Lifetime Miles:						324.64
Saucony Fastwitch 3 Lifetime Miles:						118.25
Mizuno Waverider 12 Lifetime Miles:						470.65
Nimbus 10 Blue Lifetime Miles:						402.25

Sat, Jun 13, 2009

Race: Utah Valley Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:29:00

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
15.50	13.00	0.00	0.00	28.50

Battery on laptop dying, but not as bad as I did in this race. I was not feeling good the last few days to say the least and could not hold anything down. Needless to say my energy was very low entering the race but I actually felt "not sick" this morning. I went out at the 6:30 pace I had planned on and held it probably 9 or so miles (Garmin dead too). Then Maryann flew by me and it hit me that I was apperently struggling. I tried staying with her but only kept her in sight for another couple of miles before falling off and would eventually start hitting 9-10:00 minute miles. Hit 13.1 in 1:26 but only because I had some low 6 minute miles on the downhill in the canyon. It was all I could do to finish after 17 or so miles but finish I did! I may give a more detailed report later, but no promises.

Mizuno Waverider 12 Miles: 28.50

Comments

From josse on Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 15:22:58 from 75.216.208.36

I remember passing you and seeing the look in your eye, I all most came back to give a piggy back in. I would have if I weren't so tired. Sorry you didn't feel well. I have tried to run a marathon just after the stomach flu, that is the only one I haven't finished.

From Dustin on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:49:56 from 205.126.63.9

Hey Nate,

Sorry to hear you weren't feeling to great. You'll bounce back, hang in there. We'll have to all start training together again.

From JamesH on Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 23:14:02 from 75.169.154.219

Nate,

I thought maybe you had fallen off the face of the earth. Sorry to hear about your race. Keep it up and its going to pay off big time.

From Superfly on Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 11:37:57 from 208.117.127.110

Sorry it took so long to reply. I didn't know you ran until Bill told me this morning. Anyways sorry you weren't feeling good going into it. Your in great shape and will turn out a solid marathon this year. Keep you chin up and keep thing rolling this summer. We all have junky races and you just have to look down the road to a better one. Get feeling better and we'll see ya at some club runs. Last Thursday Bill jumped into a pond. He's a catfish man.

From Holt on Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 19:32:53 from 75.169.57.203

Sorry about your race Nate -

get back out running with us - NOW!

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