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Location:

North Salt Lake,UT,

Member Since:

Dec 12, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

1500m - 3:59.9h (2014)

5000m - 14:53.45 (Portland Track Festival 2014)

8k XC - 25:09 (Sundodger 2011)

10k XC - 31:31 (WWU Invite 2011)

HM - 1:10:19 (Houston 2018)

Marathon - 2:28:39 (Houston 2019)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Personal:

Married, working, training. While my wife has nixed all future attempts to grow glorious mustaches, she has been supportive of my crazy running dreams. Life is good.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	35.40
Mizuno Ekiden Lifetime Miles:						274.65
Flyknit Streaks Lifetime Miles:						419.25
Flyknit VFs Lifetime Miles:						80.50
Ride 14 Lifetime Miles:						652.85
Ride 15 Lifetime Miles:						278.70
Ride 15 X2 Lifetime Miles:						53.00

Fri, Feb 16, 2018

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

12 easy/recovery - 7:40 avg.

My registration went through for the NOLA Rock n Roll half. I'm sad this race has fallen so far recently. It wasn't that long ago that Martin Lel, Sammy Wanjiru, and Mo Farah were in the field. Still, it will be a great chance to race on a fast course. The profile is flatter than even Houston with fewer turns.

Launch 3 (Red) Miles: 12.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From Mike on Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 08:03:11 from 96.59.32.112

My guess is money! The race only earns you $1000-1500 for running a 2:18 marathon and 500-1000 for a 1:05 half. They also don't get flights/accommodations either anymore.

Gasparilla for example (local Florida race), flies in, gets accommodations for, and comps/prize money for the half marathon. They also pay undisclosed amounts for appearances. Comparatively, it's a small race too.

On a more important note: good luck! Are you running the half or the full?

From Tyler on Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 17:14:58 from 72.200.2.142

I think last year they cut most of the prize money and all of the travel benefits for elites. I believe there's no time bonuses anymore either. 2016 HM winner was around 1:05, 2017 was 1:09. I'm running the half this year.

From Mike on Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 08:57:05 from 168.213.5.107

That should be fun! I hope the weather cooperates...

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