Ethan Cannon

Mt SAC Relays

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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: 1:06:23 (Garry Bjorklund Half, June 2023)

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

13.1 miles: 1:06:16 (Hobbler Half, July 2023; not counting this as a 1/2 PR because of ~1100 feet net elevation loss)

 

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: 37.00 Month: 257.50 Year: 798.00
Adi-zero Tempo 9 Lifetime Miles: 225.00
Nike Vaporfly Next% Lifetime Miles: 140.75
Hoka Clifton 9 Lifetime Miles: 853.50
Peg 39C Lifetime Miles: 587.25
Saucony Triumph 20A Lifetime Miles: 591.00
Saucony Triumph 20B Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Asics Gel Nimbus 25 White Lifetime Miles: 101.75
Race: Mt SAC Relays (6.214 Miles) 00:29:38, Place overall: 20
Total Distance
10.50

Mt. SAC. My race was at 9:40 pm which equates to 11:40 in Minnesota. So I was yawning a bit beforehand, and I think it may have been due to tiredness (as well as nerves). But I wasn't worried about it affecting me. I decided to do what I considered the smart thing given my achilles situtation and wear my Vaporflys instead of spikes. I'm glad I have that option. Spikes would be pretty unforgiving. The new stadium is absolutely amazing. There wasn't a ton of people there so on the backstretch I could totally hear my coach yelling at me, which was helpful. I did a lot of thinking prior to this race, because a 10K is a mental battle. You can spend the first 10 minutes or so not really struggling but thinking about how its going to hurt later. With 40 people in my race, I didn't end up having anyone in specific to hang onto like my brother did so he could break 9 in the 3K the other night, but we decided to have me just try to be near the top. Weather and set up were awesome. This was a great final race in California under the lights. 

Race: With so many people, my first lap was like 73. That was a little unnerving to be behind already with so far to go. But someone started pulling us from up front, so I was pleased to see my splits put me closer to being on pace over the next several laps. I remember hitting around 4:44 at the mile and maybe 8:49 at 3K. I passed a few people on those laps, and as the race progressed, it became tempting to "rest" behind someone once I caught up to them. But their coaches would yell "72" at them, and I knew following them was not going to get me the paces I wanted. Hit 5K in about 14:43 feeling ok, and now focused on my plan to get to 20 minutes intact. Basically from there on out I tried to let the time pass while maintaining pace. My fear going into this race was I wouldn't break 30, and I had good reason to be concerned about that. I remember having 10 minutes to run the last 8 laps and feeling like I could really PR. The last few minutes I was motivated by knowing I would PR. For example, with 1600 to go, I was in a lot of pain and was not resting on my laurels but knew I only needed a 5:07 at that point to go sub 30. So I'm proud of myself that I never let the pace balloon like I did last year after a similar start. I have enough data to estimate splits for the six miles (knowing there's an extra 200 somewhere in there on a similar pace), assumimg I correctly got my 3K, 5K and 8.4k splits- 4:44, 4:40, 4:43, 4:41, 4:53, 4:45.

Nike Vaporfly Next% Miles: 6.25Peg 38D (White) Miles: 4.25
Weight: 0.00
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