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Sapper Joe 15K

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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 06, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 21:01, 9/11/2010

10K: 43:49, 7/24/2010

15K: 1:21:00, 5/22/2010

Half-marathon: 1:41:41, 8/28/2010

Short-Term Running Goals:

Now that I'm (almost for sure) done having all the babies, I'm working on building consistency and seeing how fast I can get in my old age. ;)

Long-Term Running Goals:

I'd like to be a healthy and relatively injury-free runner for the rest of my life.  

Personal:

I'm married to Eric (Faceless Ghost on the blog) and we have very active daughters and one dog. I have a PhD in sociology and demography, and I'm incredibly grateful to have work that is meaningful and that builds on my academic experience. I run because it makes me feel strong and it helps to keep the crazy away (there is a long history of abuse and mental illness in my extended family).

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Cascadia Lifetime Miles: 73.39
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 372.79
Girly Altra Lifetime Miles: 366.08
Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles: 175.92
NB Orange Lifetime Miles: 13.50
Race: Sapper Joe 15K (10.78 Miles) 01:59:25, Place overall: 21, Place in age division: 5
Total Distance
10.78

I was 4th or 5th out of 21 or 22 women (results aren't yet separated for men and women and there are a couple of androgynous names), 21st out of 59 total people. Is race division an age thing, and is overall *overall*? Or overall within women? Anyway... Eric (facelessghost) won the 50K, so check out his race report!

The first half was uphill, and for at least half of that I was just hiking. Parts of the course were pretty steep. It was a gorgeous venue and an almost ideal morning, though, and the routes were clearly marked, and the bagels at the end were yummy.

I met my goals of finishing before 2 hours and in the top half. As I was watching all the 30K people come in I kind of wished I had done that distance, but I'll probably be pretty sore from all the hills in just the 15K. Maybe next year I'll do the 30.

Splits: 9:55, 13:02, 12:38, 22:28, 11:28, 11:50, 7:39, 7:54, 8:14, 7:49, 6:25 (0.78)



Brooks Cascadia Miles: 10.78
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From jun on Sat, May 29, 2010 at 18:56:20 from 97.126.224.79

Great finish. I heard that the winner came in around 1:30:00. You weren't that far behind. I bet you were in the top half of the race. It was great to meet you.

From Faceless Ghost on Sun, May 30, 2010 at 00:24:49 from 67.169.248.86

Great job! I'm proud of you, and I'm glad we got to race together this morning :)

From Burt on Sun, May 30, 2010 at 23:07:10 from 68.225.214.248

Nice job Cat. I think I know where the big hill was.

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, May 31, 2010 at 14:06:51 from 75.162.69.51

Congrats on your race. Hope to see you guys again out there on the trails.

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