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Location:

Sandy,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 15, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

50K: 6:15 at Moab Red Hot 50k+ (ouch)

Marathon:

St George - 2:44 (2010), 2:47 (2004), 2:48 (2006), 2:50 (2010), 2:51 (2008, 2009), 2:53 (2007), 2:54 (2005, 2001)

Boston - 2:50 (2008)

1/2 Marathon:

Hobble Creek - 1:12 (2010), 1:15 (2009)

Provo River - 1:16 (2003, 2004, 2007, 2010)

Provo Halloween Half 1:14 (2011) 

Moab - 1:18 (2008)

Ogden 1:17 (2010), 1:19 (2009)

Painters (St George): 1:18 (2011), 1:20 (2009, 2010) 

10K: 34:22 (Des News 2009)

5K: 16:32 (2003), 16:33 (2004), 17:11 (2007), 16:32 (2008, aided), 17:29 (2008), 16:25 (2009, aided), 17:25 (2011), 16:06 (2011, aided)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2011: Complete my first Olympic and Half Ironman triathlons

2012: Break 2:40 at St George

Move into endurance mountain biking and trail triathlons (xterra, etc) 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running. Move into triathlons and get stronger. Keep succeeding at half marathons and the occasional marathon.

Personal:

I know Sasha from the CS program at BYU. We both graduated in 1997. He probably doesn't remember me, because he was definitely more vocal in class and among the students than I was.

Married to Teresa with 3 kids: Anders (4), Kristian (9), and Zoe (12).

Fluent in Danish, but there is obviously very little need for that.

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Fri, Jul 24, 2009
Race: Deseret News 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:34:22, Place overall: 50, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.000.006.200.000.000.000.0010.20

This was a good effort. I expected to break 36:00, but I wasn't sure about 35:00. I hadn't run this race since 2005, when the course was short. My time for that race was about 32:30, so I knew an honest length course would be slower, and I wasn't sure if I am as fit now as I was in 2005.

I woke up with my achilles bothering me, as usual. So I got my stuff together outside as I soaked my lower legs in the hot tub. That seemed to do the trick well enough to where I could walk without feeling it. I knew I would need a lengthy warmup, so I parked at the finish (Liberty Park) and ran slowly up to the start. By the time I got to the start, I was feeling good. The problem was that I didn't have any water and they didn't have any at the start. It was already pretty warm.

As usual, I ran the race without a watch or garmin. I lined up a little behind some high school runners. I knew I would pass them, but figured they would run the first mile fast so I didn't worry about it. I was right. The first mile went by quick. By mile 3, I was feeling the heat. There were no aid stations before mile 5, so that made it tough. I toughed it out the last 3 miles and tried not to blow up. Fortunately, I was running slow enough in the last half to save something for a kick at the end. When Cody passed me with about 30 meters to go, I decided to try out the sprint. It worked pretty well.

Comments
From Adam RW on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 17:12:05 from 155.101.152.103

Congrats on the new PR!

From tracy1 on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 18:39:12 from 63.225.56.220

You did great! You did well even without hydration! Congrats!

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