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Utah Half Ironman

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Best 10K:  2013 Spectrum 10K 40:34

Best Half Marathon:  2012 Dog Town 1:29:57

Best Marathon: 2013 St George 3:12:15

Best 50-miler 2012 8:36

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Sat, Aug 27, 2011
Race: Utah Half Ironman (70.3 Miles) 04:58:07, Place overall: 64, Place in age division: 5
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.100.000.000.0013.10

Utah Half Ironman (total time: 4:58:07)

Swim: 30:06
T1: 2:06
Bike: 2:25:00
T2: 2:13
Run: 1:58:45

Last year my time was 5:13. I saw improvement in the swim, bike, and transition. The run was so hot that by then I was running in the shade and walked in the sun. I jumped in the Provo river to cool off with 2 miles left. I should have done that 8 miles earlier!

Comments
From anji on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 21:12:31 from 174.27.144.149

good job ben...you r so fast!

From Kelli on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 14:35:30 from 173.8.92.194

Bummer on the heat, but great improvements overall. Very cool!!!

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