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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.

"Running in place will never get you the same results as running from a lion" -- The Most Interesting Man in the World

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38.77
Brooks Adrenaline GTS9 Miles: 38.77
Total Distance
6.45

Boise, ID 6:30 am

Got in a morning run with Randy before leaving town. Got the avg. pace under 8 just before getting to the finish.

Brooks Adrenaline GTS9 Miles: 6.45
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Total Distance
7.05

Grantsville, UT 7:00 am

Vacationing in Grantsville, UT (doesn't everybody?). I left the house and ran to the end of the subdivision and then along a dirt road that goes along the edge of the Tooele Army Depot, went 3.5 miles and then turned around and ran back. A lot of nothing out there. Just sagebrush and a bunch of bombs and stuff.

I felt really slow and sluggish during the first half of the run. Couldn't keep my pace below 9 min. per mile. Didn't understand why until I got to the end and turned around. I saw a nice view of Grantsville below me -- I'd been running uphill the whole way. Gained about 500 ft. So, when I turned around and ran back I felt good and ran much faster. Amazing how that works.

Brooks Adrenaline GTS9 Miles: 7.05
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Total Distance
7.07

Bountiful, UT 8:00 am

Went 3.5 miles down Bountiful Blvd then turned around. Kind of dragging today. I spent all of yesterday with the kids at the water park. A lot of time on my feet.

Brooks Adrenaline GTS9 Miles: 7.07
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Total Distance
5.10

Bountiful, UT 8:00 am

I ran down Davis Ave. Didn't want to go to far with the half coming up on Saturday. I started out kind of slow but then picked up the pace on the way back. I pushed it pretty hard trying to get my avg pace down below 8 for the run. I finished at 8:01. bummer

Brooks Adrenaline GTS9 Miles: 5.10
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Race: Handcart Days Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:44:57, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
13.10

I was in Utah for the week, so I decided to enter a race on Saturday morning. I wasn't up for the full Des News Marathon, so I entered a half in Bountiful. I took the kids to a baseball game the night before and stayed for the fireworks. Not thinking things through very well, I downed a Diet Coke in the late innings. That kept me up all night. I wasn't sure how I'd do on this one. I've felt kind of out of shape lately -- as out of shape as you can get running 30-50 miles a week. But, the last couple of weeks I've decided to get more serious.

The race was kind of strange, but fun. Only about 100 runners and about a mile into it a bunch of us got stopped by a train, so I lost about a minute and a half. I also had to stop at a traffic light near mile 11. Cars were going by and there wasn't anyone there to block traffic. The mile markers were off too. Miles 3 and 6 were off by about a quarter mile, then at mile 9 my garmin read 9.9 miles. But, the final length of the course was correct.

With such a small field, there weren't many people around. One woman was running about the same pace as I was (in the 7:40's) and we traded off chasing each other for about 10 miles. Then after mile 11 I started to fade a bit. Mile 11 was 8:11, Mile 12 was 8:31 and Mile 13 was 8:28. The woman I had been runing with held her pace and fell back. The only other person around in the last four miles or so was a guy I passed at mile 10.

I should have tried to kick it in the end, but my legs didn't have much left in them. I only sprinted for the last couple hundred yards when I saw the finish line.

 This wasn't my fastest half, but it was fun and I felt really good about my time considering my training lately. Plus, the small field made for a good place. I got a little handcart as a prize. Then I spent the rest of the day driving the family back to Idaho.

Brooks Adrenaline GTS9 Miles: 13.10
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Total Distance
38.77
Brooks Adrenaline GTS9 Miles: 38.77
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