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Rim Country Challenge Half Marathon

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Location:

Mesa,AZ,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I started running again in 2007 after 14 years of not running.

Mile - 4:59 (high school 1992), 5:57 (9/21/2010 ARR Open Mile)

2 mile - 11:10 (high school 1992)

5k - 21:54 (11/18/2010 Tempe Road Runners 5k)

10k - 48:29 (5/9/2009 Race for Hospice)

Unofficial 10k - 47:11 (1/27/2011 Red Mountain Park)

1/2 marathon - 1:49:00 (4/4/2009 Havasu Half)

Marathon - 4:33:09 (11/21/2009 Mesquite Marathon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a half marathon in under two hours.

Run a marathon in close to 4 hours.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy long enough to live through the millenium.

Personal:

I am married and have six kids. 

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Sat, Oct 04, 2008
Race: Rim Country Challenge Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:21:27
Total Distance
13.10

This was quite the challenging course.  I started off pretty good.  I was in 30th place after the first mile.  There were rolling hills for the first four or five miles.  I thought it was fun at first.  The hills started to become a little more pronounced.  Still I felt good.  Then mile 7 came along and with it, the "hill".  I started trotting up it at a nice gait, but at about the halfway point I found that I could walk up faster than I was running.  It also helped to stretch my legs out.  But the damage had been done.  From then on, every little hill felt like a mountain.  Luckily, the last half of the race was mostly downhill.  The only thing that kept me going was seeing Camille's orange Ragnar shirt not too far behind me.  Soon my only objective became to beat Camille.  (Sad, but true.)  I think she let me win so that my coworkers wouldn't scorn me to shame.

Well, I think I'm done with half marathons for a while.  I'd like to try some 10k's and some 5k's.  My next race is a triathlon.  End of report.

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Comments
From montelepsy on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 01:46:24

High five! I take it you used aid stations instead of litter or hollowed out reptiles.

From Burt on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 01:55:33

All clean today. Of course, if I was in St. George, all I would need to do is open my mouth and tilt my head slightly upward.

From Tom on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 09:39:21

Good job hanging tough on a tough course!

From kellies on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 10:37:15

Thanks for the nice post on my blog. Great job today, what a great feeling to know that you have that under your belt. Sounds like it was a tough course, but YOU DID IT!! Be proud of yourself. Keep up the good work!!

From Kim on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 11:11:20

Thanks for the support! It's interesting to hear you say you are done with 1/2s for right now. I'm thinking I'm done with marathons for right now. What do you bet we both change our minds someday?! :o) Congrats on your race!

From Mike Warren on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 14:59:10

Great job on the finish. Sounds like a tough course. keep after it, you will keep improving.

From Camille on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 22:58:59

Way to go Burt! You totally kicked butt! That was awesome. We'll have to do some other races together!

From Superfly on Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 11:29:33

Good race on a tough course. I actually like full marathons more that half's. Half's are too hard and fast. Marathon pace is a lot more doable for me- the downer of a marathon is that it takes a long time to recover.

From JohnA on Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 18:18:27

Welcome to the wonderful world of triathlons. Congrats on losing 40 pounds. Keep up the good work.

If you ran a sub 5 in high school, you still got the speed somewhere in you.

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