faster with age

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Location:

Preston,Id,USA

Member Since:

Mar 09, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

2009 TOU Half Marathon 1:25:06

2010 St George Painter's Half Marathon 1:25:24

2011 Jan. St George [Painter's] Half Marathon different course 1:25:28

2011 Apr. Boston Marathon 3:03:24

2011 May Ogden 5K 18:18

2011 July 4th 15K Freedom Run 58:53

2011 July Deseret News 10K 37:12

2011 Oct St George Marathon 2:58:18

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 18 min. 5k

1:24 Half

Sub 3 at St George in Oct.

Get injury free and stay that way

Set new PRs at all distances now that I'm 50

Long-Term Running Goals:

17:30 5K

2:50 marathon

Personal:

I was born in 1960

I started running in 2006

I am married with a 16 year old son [that lives with my wife and I] and a 30 year old step son and 25 year old step daughter

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Mon, Jun 20, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
16.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	16.25

Ran 16.25 miles this morning. Temps were nice in the 40s to start and 60s to finish. I ran up past the reservoir and out the canal. I put my water stashes back out for the summer and drank a little at 6 and 12 miles. I kept the pace comfortable throughout. With 2 miles to go I noticed my overall pace was at 8:02/mile. I had to resist the urge to pick up the pace to catch and pass the 8 minute guy. It wouldn't have used that much more energy to pick the pace up by 15 seconds/mile, It was more of a moral victory to see if I could do it. I managed to resist and keep the effort even and finished the run at 8:01 ave. pace.

Comments

From I Just Run on Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 14:58:12 from 67.79.11.242

Wow...That was a great run! Regardless of the time you sound like you were really comfortable throughout the entire distance...Kinda like holding back a race horse :-)

From flatlander on Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 14:57:14 from 198.207.244.102

Very nice run. How old are you? You are much more mature than me.

From Dave S on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 00:38:25 from 4.254.224.5

I think you've got me by about 4 years in the age department. Sometimes I think we would be better off running without a watch but I just gotta know.

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