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St George [Painter's] 1/2 Marathon

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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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     Back was still a little sore today so I decided not to risk making it worse by running again with painter 1/2 mar coming up this weekend. I had to skip Saturdays long run which would have been my second run of 13 miles or more in preparation for the race. I guess I'll have to settle for one at 14 miles last weekend. I went for a 20 mile bike ride to avoid a forth day of nothing. It was a nice ride all on snow with warmer temps up around 32 deg. I seem to have a habit of getting injured going into races.

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     My back was feeling a bit better and I thought I would be able to do a run but after lifting a stuck snowmobile it got feeling worse and I decided to bag another run. I started a high dosage of ibuprofen today.

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     My back was feeling better [probably the ibuprofen] so I decided to try a run. It loosened up and felt better after the first 1/4 and felt good for the run. I hadn't started with a plan other than just see how it felt. I went 7 miles total and felt like going farther but ended there and played it safe. I did a few striders in the 5th and 6th miles and ran the 7th mile in 6:39. Overall ave pace was 7:37. My back is still feeling good this evening which gives me confidence that I will be able to do Painter's 1/2 this Saturday. I skipped basketball tonight just to play it safe.

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     Ran 5 miles today without ibuprofen and my back felt good. I just ran an easy 8:23 pace and was glad to get in a second run before the race after missing 5 days including what would have been my last long run Sat. No run tomorrow and I should be good to go Sat.

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Race: St George [Painter's] 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:25:24, Place overall: 25, Place in age division: 1
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          We were really looking forward to the trip down to St George to get a break from our cold winter weather so it was a little disappointing when the forecast was for possible rain and snow and temps in the 30s not to mention the possibility of bad roads the whole way. We were getting heavy snow when we left on Friday and we narrowly made it over Sardine canyon [which was terrible and is a whole other story] only to hear on the radio that it had been closed just as we got to the other side. The rest of the drive was no problem at all. The temp for the race was around 35 deg and overcast but no wind or rain so quite nice racing conditions. 

     My main goal was to beat my last years time of 1:29:00. I was hoping I could go under 1:28 but my training hasn't been the greatest [although better than last years]. I took off and just tried to keep it somewhat comfortable. I hit the first couple of slight uphill miles in the 6:30s and the next couple slight downhill in 6:19 and 6:28. The 5th mile climbs the entire way beginning with a steep climb for about 100 yards. I hit that mile in 6:46 and was still feeling great. Things really didn't feel bad at all until the next big hill that starts near the end of mile 8 and then climbs for all but the the tail end of mile 9. I didn't remember this hill lasting so long and kept thinking we were coming to the end of it but as we turned each corner it just kept going up. I just tried to keep a good pace and not loose too much time. At just before mile 11 the course comes back to the bike path where you are now running back against a lot of runners. At this point I was running just behind the lead female runner and a couple of other guys. She was getting a lot of cheers from the runners going the other way. I wasn't feeling all that great anymore [probably due to my lack of mileage lately] and I didn't see anyone around that looked near my age group. I knew I was going to more than  exceed my expectations so I was content to just hang out where I was. The finish line was a welcome sight and as I was coming to the line they were readying the tape for the female winner to break through. I wasn't quite sure what to do so I just ran up onto the finishing mat all the way to the edge and stopped to stay out of the way while she ran through. My time ended up 1:25:24 [6:31 AP] which I was thrilled with. It is only 18 sec slower than my PR at Top of Utah 1/2. This is an unaided loop course with a lot of hills so much slower course than TOU.

     Splits:

1 -6:34

2 -6:38

3 -6:19

4 -6:28

5 -6:46  almost all uphill

6 -6:19  all downhill

7 -6:28

8 -6:36 Level until near the end climbs steep

9 -6:47 Climbs all the way with short steep drop at the end

10-6:29

11-6:37 slight uphill until the end

12-6:35

13-6:31

13.1-5:35 pace

     I took first in my age group for the second year in a row and 25th overall. They said they had 2,000 sign up for the race which met the limit and was way up from last year. This was probably my last race in that age group [as I will soon be moving into the 50+ category] but I think I could make a good argument that it was my best race to date.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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