| Location: Meridian,ID,United States Member Since: Jun 02, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: Best Marathon: 3:18:02 (Ogden 2011)
Best 1/2 Marathon: 1:28:08 (Fit for Life 2011)
Best 10k: 40:03 (Barber to Boise 2011)
Best 5k: 20:10 (Cottonwood Heights Thanksgiving Day 5k 2011) Short-Term Running Goals: Upcoming races:
Utah Valley Marathon
Freakin Fast Marathon Long-Term Running Goals: Keep running, stay healthy, have fun. Personal: I like to run.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Blue Miles: 56.24 | Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 112.89 |
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| | Boise, ID 7am
Pace 8:20
Final Top Of Utah long run. I'm not going to break any records this year, but I think I'll be fine to finish the race with a respectable time.
7 with Randy then a 10-mile loop. Three more, stopping at the pool. Had a nice soak afterward. I've felt worse after 20 miles.
Broke out a new pair of shoes. Probably shouldn't plan on running a marathon in a pair of shoes with 900 miles on them.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Blue Miles: 20.00 |
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| | Boise, ID 8am
Pace: 8:30
Slow recovery run.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 5.05 |
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| | Boise, ID 6:45am
Pace: 8:25
Over-slept. Another slow run.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 5.04 |
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| | Boise, ID 6:30am
Pace: 7:57
The fatigue from Monday's long run is finally wearing off. I should be faster tomorrow.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 7.21 |
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| | Boise, ID 6:15am
Pace: 8:02
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 7.08 |
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| | Boise, ID 9am
Pace: 7:59
Saturday route. Kept the pace under 8 -- barely.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Boise, ID 6:15am
Pace: I don't know. My watch battery died.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Boise, ID 7:30am
Pace: 7:53
Tapering.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 6.01 |
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| | Boise, ID 6:15am
Pace: 7:59
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 7.07 |
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| | Boise, ID 7am
Pace: 7:58
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 5.03 |
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| | Boise, ID 6:15am
Pace: 8:05
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 7.07 |
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| | Boise, ID 8am
Pace: 7:44
One week to go.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Boise, ID 6:45am
Pace: 7:54
Race week. Didn't run yesterday, spent the whole day traveling to a funeral in Rigby. Put on the Blue shoes I'll be racing in.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Blue Miles: 5.04 |
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| | Boise, ID 6:15am
Pace: 8:02
Rainy this morning. Making sure I don't slip and crash. That's the kind of thing I tend to do when a race is approaching.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 5.03 |
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| | Boise, ID 7:45am
Pace: 7:48
Last run before Top of Utah on Saturday. I suppose I'm ready. My training is good. My diet and other exercise is not. Just hoping to cross the finish line with a respectable time and run a good, solid race.
I've tapered much lighter than usual and I have a plan to start out slower than usual and ease into it. Maybe that will all help.
After the race I plan on going down to Provo for the game. Saturday has the potential of being a really good day or a really bad day on both fronts.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Blue Miles: 5.00 |
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Top of Utah Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:41:51, Place overall: 160, Place in age division: 20 | | Going into this race I wasn't planning on setting any records. My running had been fine, but in every other way my training was pretty crappy. So I went into it with low expectations, just looking to do my best and feel good about the effort in the end.
I decided to just keep my pace comfortable going down the canyon. I think this really helped. I usually go out too fast with grand illusions of magic happenning at the end of the course. That never happens, but that's what I always hope for. I think the easier approach helped me later on in the race.
I stayed at between 7:50 and 8 the whole way down the canyon and held on to it until after mile 20. Then things got rougher, but I was able to hold on pretty good.
I hydrated more than usual too. Drank quite a bit of water and Gatorade the day before and drank a half of a bottle of Gatorade on the way up. That was good, except I stopped to pee 4 times before I got out of the canyon. I probably lost 2 minutes total peeing, but I would have lost a lot more had I dehydrated during the last few miles.
I took 4 gels total during the race and had no gut issues. That was also a positive.
Saw something I'd never seen before. At a porta-potty along the highway, a husband and wife (I hope it was a husband and wife) both got into the can together. Clever idea, butI bet that took some acrobatics.
Finished under 3:42, my second-best TOU. Had a good time. Went down to Provo after the race and watched my Cougars lose to the Utes again. At least the day started out good.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Blue Miles: 26.20 |
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| | Boise, ID 6:15am
Pace: 8:05
Recovery run.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 5.03 |
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| | Boise, ID 7:45am
Pace: 8:21
Still recovering.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 6.13 |
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| | 6:30am Pace: 8:28
Found out that I won't be doing the kind of business travel I had been doing in the past, so no point in putting the location for a while. They'll all be Boise for the forseeable future.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 7.07 |
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| | 10:15am pace: 8:42
Longish and slowish.
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 10.00 |
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| | 6:15am pace: 8:02
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 7.07 |
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| Brooks Ghost 3 Blue Miles: 56.24 | Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 112.89 |
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