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Layton Marathon

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Location:

Seven Hills,Oh,U.S.A.

Member Since:

Aug 31, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Toenails Lost: 2.5

Qualified for Boston:

  • TOU    9/17/11 3:09:49
  • TOU    9/15/12 3:04:38

13 Marathons: 3:04:38

7 Half Marathons 1:21:11

1 15k 1:02:08

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stop being fat and start running again. I want to turn my short term goal into a habit of running instead of being a crappy seasonal runner.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find time for School, Family, and Running while in Podiatry school.

Beat LA

 

 

Personal:

I've been married since January 2008 to my biggest fan, and best friend. We have 3 kids, Mackson, Kaylin, and Linclon. I am from Utah, but now live in Ohio (since July 2015) for Podiatry School.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
New Balance Lifetime Miles: 209.00
Total Distance
42.45
Gray Miles: 10.00Green Miles: 30.45White Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

I did this run a little faster than normal. This was my last good run before Saturdays marathon. I will now only do short slow runs to taper. The wind was blowing extra hard today because of how warm it was yesterday, and I really felt it on mile 6. After my run my knees do feel a little sore, but nothing that is making me too concerned.

Gray Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.25

4.25 miles on treadmill while watching baseball. This was a not so fun run until the diamondbacks hit a grandslam. I am by no means a diamondback fan, but I noticed something funny when he hit the homerun, I started to run faster. I didnt mean to, or even think about it until I noticed how close I had gotten to the front of the treadmill. Im sure its something phsycological of seeing someone else to a great thing.

 

Green Miles: 4.25
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
2.00

2 miles on treadmill. Last run before the Marathon. This is the first time I have kind of taperd, not sure what I think about it. I feel like it makes some fitness and speed go away, but I will find out on Saturday.

White Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Layton Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:36:38, Place overall: 25, Place in age division: 5
Total Distance
26.20

I did the Layton Marathon on Saturday.

Layton Marathon.

This race didnt go at all how I had planned. I did TOU 3 weeks ago as a training run and ran it a little slower than I could have and came in at 3:09:49, so I thought I could do at least that, maybe a little better. The course was not down hill like TOU, but I still thought I could do it.

Things started going wrong before the race even started, a couple days before I ate a lot of junk food. I learned my lesson and will never do that again before a race. I also took an anti-gas pill before the run so that I wouldnt have to stop at a port-a-potty just in case. The pill worked, I didnt have to stop and go to the bathroom, but I did get a terrible stomach ache that started at about mile 3 and lasted until mile 6ish.

I knew that there was a hill somewhere on the course, but I couldnt remember what mile it was at. There were several times that I was running up a hill and thought "this must be the bad hill", then a mile or so later I would think the same thing. Then around mile 6 I actually saw the hill, and thought "thats the hill". It was quite a hill too, 1.34 miles long. I was averaging about 7:07's when I got to the hill and mile 7 was 7:59, and mile 8 was 7:35. I did get some of the time back on mile 9 (6:54), but I didnt get the energy back.

I was averaging about 7:14 when I got to mile 10 I thought "I will run a negative split and get my time back down, I can still beat 3:09:49. By the time I got to 13.5 I knew it was over. I could literally feel the energy just leave. That was the earliest in a marathon that I ran out of energy. It is an awful feeling knowing that I would have to fight for 13 miles to finish.

Mile 13 was 7:35, not too bad, but nothing like I had wanted. After that each mile got harder and slower. Mile 17 I got off the causeway and saw my family. They tried to motivate me, but all of them said they could tell how tired I was just by looking at me. I was leaning to the right, meaning I had gone back to my bad form due to my tiredness.

I just kept trying to push and keep going. I was passing half marathoners consistently, and no marathoners were passing me. I thought I was about the 10th marathoner or so at about mile 18. Around here my wife ran with me for a bit and I told her how bad it was going, call me a downer, but I was not having the best race. 18 is when the cramps started. I was able to fight them for about 3/4 of a mile, but eventually had to walk them off. I walked for a short while, then was able to run from 19.19 to 21.59, then had to walk again. The running/ walking continued until the end. The cramps got progressivly worse. I could feel giant knots in both quads, and my hamstrings were in a lot of pain.

I just kept on pushing and giving it what I had. I eventually got to the last turn where I saw my dad. He helped me push it to the finish. I ran the last .5 miles with straight legs. I couldnt bend them due to the cramps, but I couldnt walk it in. A marathoner passed me at mile 26, so I had to peg leg a little faster and pass him, then he passed me, then it was on. I peg legged as fast and hard as I could to beat him. I ended up beating him by .4 seconds. The second I crossed the finish line I thought both hamstrings were going to explod. I bent over and grabbed both of them and yelled for 30 seconds or so. I have never wanted to cry so bad because of running, but I couldnt because of all the people. Someone came and asked if I needed a medic or trainer. I said I was just cramped and needed time.

Overall this was an awesome race. I saw 2 bison on the island, which was really cool. I was hoping to see more than that, but with more than half of the island in the dark, I am satisfied with the 2 that I saw. The course was a beast, a definite gut check. Next year I will know what to expect and what to do better. Of the 6 marathons I have done, this was my third fastest, and by far the hardest I have done.

This was a good race, and I hope to be back next year.

My watch died with half a mile left, but here is the info from my garmin...

 

Green Miles: 26.20
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
42.45
Gray Miles: 10.00Green Miles: 30.45White Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
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