Ethan Cannon

Paavo Nurmi Marathon

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Location:

Medford,OR,USA

Member Since:

Aug 07, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

NCAA Champ

Running Accomplishments:

High School:

XC 5K: 15:57.3

1500: 4:04.55

800: 2:01.05

400: 53.07

3000: 9:18.43

College 

5000: 13:59.58 (UW Indoor Invite 2021)

Mile: 4:07 (converted from 4:12.07 at altitude; also converted by NCAA to 3:48.8 for 1500)

10000: 29:38.73 (Mt. SAC relays 2022)

Indoor 3000: 8:13 (converted from 8:24.76 at BYU indoor race, 1/16/21)

800: 1:55.6@ (solo time trial at Provo high school, 2019)

400: 51.84h (solo time trial at NMHS, 2015)

 

Post-College

Half Marathon: 1:06:08 (Garry Bjorklund Half, June 2024)

Road race 10K: 30:27 (Get in Gear, April 2023)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

-Qualify for the 2024 Olympic marathon trials

Long-Term Running Goals:

-Run a few fast marathons. Grandma's, St. George, and Boston are on my target list. An Olympic Trials qualifier would be amazing. 

-Break stroller records? 

-Stay fit for a very long time. I believe what goes into making a competitive runner at age 60 is much different than age 20, just like what goes into making a good marathoner differs from a good sprinter. I hope that by taking care of my body, I can be very fast for my age as I get older. 

 

Personal:

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I served a mission in Rome, Italy from 2015 to 2017. I eat a whole food, plant-based diet, which I believe helps my running. I like chocolate shakes on sunday nights and I will always call the Pacific northwest home. 

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Miles:This week: 36.25 Month: 8.25 Year: 2688.00
Adi-zero Tempo 9 Lifetime Miles: 225.00
Nike Vaporfly Next% Lifetime Miles: 141.00
Asics Gel Nimbus 25 Blue Lifetime Miles: 424.50
Nike Vaporfly 3 Lifetime Miles: 54.50
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Race: Paavo Nurmi Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:27:20, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
28.00

I could write an essay about this race- it was a marathon after all. I’ll try to keep it concise. I signed up for this race relatively last minute. It’s a really small but historic race in the north woods of Wisconsin near the Michigan border. The drive both directions was pretty breathtaking and a highlight of the trip. I was tempted on the way home to stop and go for a hike! The people were very nice (what would you expect) and it’ll be a good memory. 

 

I wasn’t expecting competition for the win, but I wanted to run sub-2:30 to maximize my prize money, and also get another marathon to build confidence for my next one after Akron, which was in some ways a disaster. This one didn’t go as well as I had hoped. Miles 1-10 mostly consisted of sight seeing and feeling overconfident in myself because the pace I wanted to keep (5:40s) felt easy. Miles 13-14 were a scare because I rapidly felt a decline in strength and worried I was headed overboard. That’s the thing about a marathon- it’s hard (at least on your second attempt) to know your limits.  I got into a rhythm again through mile 20. At that point, we turned around into the wind and on a hilly section and it started to feel bad. Based on how those last miles went, I can’t honestly say I left a whole lot in the tank. My calves were fine this time and I didn’t bonk the way I did last time, but my inner thighs started involuntarily seizing up and cramping. It got pretty painful by the end so I almost fell over after I stopped. 

 

Other notes: Weather was overcast, a cool ~52 degrees, and with a relatively large wind that was mostly at our back. Course was on the side of roads. 1100 feet elevation gain was not easy, but tbh I can run moderate hills at the beginning easily at sub-5:40. It’s the stuff at the end that kills. Took gels every 3 miles until mile 15, then took one more at 19. I developed a tummy ache and they started to taste gross but I think that had a much smaller effect on my pace than problems related to a lack of fuel, rather than too much. I was very fortunate to run the first 12 miles behind two relay teams where the guys did a surprisingly good job running the pace that I wanted and  doing so very consistently even across

multiple runners, rather than a hard first mile followed by a significant slowing. I felt super cold right after the race and I was shaking pretty bad all the way till I got in the shower and my body finally relaxed. I think there is a physiologic reason why your body struggles to stay warm after exerting itself like that. Somehow I lost my bib within 5 minutes of getting it, thankfully they took care of me. I think the marathon is too far a distance for me. I just feel like it’s a different sport from pure running (half marathon or shorter) where you don’t have to deal with this fueling issue. 

 

Splits- I didn’t get some of them because the aid station was right there so I had to focus on that. What you’ll notice is I definitely have the “two mile curse” after this and Akron: if I get a split at a mile, it’ll be fast, but if I take it at two miles, it will be surprisingly slow! 5:23, 5:40, 5:42, 5:29, 5:27, 11:29, 5:26, 11:34, 5:29, 11:59 (to 13.1 in 73:42), 5:02 (to 14), 5:21, 5:28, 5:27, 5:32, 11:17, 5:42, 5:35, 5:27, 5:44, 5:45, 5:57, 1:15. 

 

Nike Vaporfly 3 Miles: 26.50
Weight: 0.00
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