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Painters Half Marathon

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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:

2~~011: 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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Sat, Jan 17, 2009

Race: Painters Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:20:32, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 3

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
3.10	13.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	16.20

Great weather for a race. It went as well as I expected. I figured "low 1:20s" for an early season 1/2 marathon on the flat like this. I'm still looking for the official results online.

A group of us did a warm up on the 5k course. It was ok, but it made me glad I wasn't doing the 5k because it was so short. I tend to forget how short a 5k really is. That, and there were some firemen training at the end of the course which filled the air with smoke. Bad timing.

I hadn't done this course before. I liked it. I can see how ice might be a problem in some areas around the shade or bridges, but we were slightly (and fortunately) warm this year. I ran the entire race in a tech tee and shorts. No gloves. Ditched my hat at the first aid station (mile 2.7).

Mile Splits (this was literally the first time wearing my GPS since the St George Marathon in Ocotber. lol):

1) 5.56

2) 5:34

3) 5:51

4) 5:53

5) 6:11 (due to the uphill on the first half of the first loop)

6) 5:50

7) 6:00

8) 6:15

9) 6:29 (due to the uphill on the first half of the second loop)

10) 6:07

11) 6:13

12) 6:22

13) 6:18

This tells me that my speed is ok. My endurance is lacking for racing beyond a 10k, which isn't surprising considering my weekly mileage. In all, I'm pretty satisfied with everything. I think an increase in mileage can get me to the point I was at last year when I ran a 1:18 at the Canyonlands half in March. I'm not doing that race this year, but I'll be doing the Spectrum 10k in March. I think a good goal for that race is sub-36:00.

Comments

From Burt on Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 22:28:14

The most important thing about this race is that you didn't get beat by a girl.

From RivertonPaul on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:58:44

Nicely done.

From Craig on Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 09:04:33

Ha ha! No, I didn't get beat by a girl, but she almost caught me. I was the last guy in the race that wasn't chicked.

From Burt on Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:22:23

In high school I used to pride myself that I was faster than all the girls in the state of Arizona. Now I just don't even try anymore. She would've beat me by half an hour or more.

From MichelleL on Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 00:32:29

Hey super job on the race! Congrats on an awesome time.

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