my makeup may be flaking

Mercer Island Half Marathon

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

Location:

Seattle,WA,

Member Since:

Dec 30, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2019: 10:29 2 mile, 16:33 5k, 27:14 8k, 55:50 15K, 1:16:04 HM

Post Mayan Apocalypse PRs:

200 31.13 (2016, ATC all comers)

400 69.96 (2015, ATC all comers)

800 2:19 (2016, ATC all comers)

Mile 4:58 (2017, ATC all comers)

3000 9:34 (2017, ATC all comers)

2mile 10:29 (2019, CNW Grand Prix)

5000 16:33.6 (2019, CNW all comers)

5k 16:50 (2018, Green Lake Gobble)

8k 27:14 (2019, Beat the Bridge)

10K 35:16 (2017, Eastside Beltline)

15K 55:10 (2018, Magnuson Park Memorial Day)

10-mile 60:29 (2017, Atlanta 10 mile)

HM 1:16:04 (2019, Lake Sammamish Half)

30K 2:01:56 (2014, Striders WRC 30K)

Mar 2:50:07 (2013, Sojo Marathon)

Fiddy "Classic" Accomplishments (before I forget)

2:03 800, 4:11 1500, 9:47 3200, 15:26 5000, 32:30 10000, 1:11:15 HM (unaided), 2:32 marathon (Boston)

Seattle Half Marathon '08-'11: 2nd (1:13), 4th (1:11), 5th (1:14), 2nd (1:13)

2nd MI half 2010 (1:11)

10th Seattle RNR 2009 (2:35)

97th Overall @ Boston 2010 (2:32)

2011 3rd Place @ Des News (2:35) and Top of Utah (2:33)

I once beat 14 year-old Connor Mantz (2011 Utah Valley Half 1:11) and 16 year-old Ben Saarel (2011 Flat as a pancake 16:23 in the f-ing snow)

2011 Salt Lake Half 1st place (1:14), Capitol Half 1st place (1:14), Provo City 4th place (1:16, unaided)

2011 Ragnar Ultra 1st place Wasatch Back Relay

7th place SLC half 2009 (1:11)

2009 Fremont 5k 16:00, 2010 Dart Challenge 16:05, 2011 Draper Days 16:02

2009 Running of the Leopards 15:03, aided

2009 Striders 10mile 1st place (58 mins)

2007 3rd place SCIAC 5k 15:26

2006 D3XC nationals, 184th (of 280)

Short-Term Running Goals:

5/18 Bart the Brodge

6/9 RicknRail Murothin

Long-Term Running Goals:

get busy living or get busy dying

Personal:

Crop rotation in the 14th century became considerably more widespread after John.

Click to donate

to Ukraine's Armed Forces

Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Adizero Rocket Lifetime Miles:						323.35
Asics Hyperspeed Lifetime Miles:						369.13
Mizuno Waverider Lifetime Miles:						509.70
Adistar Ride Lifetime Miles:						520.40
Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles:						253.60
Adistar Rideb Lifetime Miles:						236.30
Waveriderb Lifetime Miles:						466.70
Nimbus Lifetime Miles:						570.30
WhiteHyperspeed Lifetime Miles:						268.50
RedFree Lifetime Miles:						405.55
Saucony Hattori Lifetime Miles:						46.10
NimbusFIRE Lifetime Miles:						260.50
WhiteHyper2 Lifetime Miles:						100.20
WaveriderC Lifetime Miles:						203.95
NimbusVampire Lifetime Miles:						357.50
CelticMirage Lifetime Miles:						312.00
NeonFree Lifetime Miles:						17.80
Nimbus FireB Lifetime Miles:						2.50
Nimbus FireC Lifetime Miles:						0.00

Sun, Mar 21, 2010

Race: Mercer Island Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:11:24, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1

Total Distance

18.00

After everythin that has been going on, I wasn't even sure that I would run today. I decided that I would warm up and see how it went. In my first mile of warmup I felt some IT trouble in my left knee but it was not bad. After 4 miles I convinced myself that I was going to be fine.

At the start I didn't want to go with a group that was too fast but I didn't want to be stuck in noman's land either. The first three guys went out really fast and I didn't think I could handle it so I let them go. A fourth guy come up beside me and led me back to the leaders who still were going to fast. I looked back and saw we were destroying the field so I decided to just go with it and see what happened. After 1 mile one guy took off (Mangrum) and another guy dropped off the back so it was down to three in the pack (me,Darda and Winegar: my record against these guys is a combined 0-8 I think). Until about mile 3 we were clipping along together quite aggressively. In the 4th mile they quickly dropped me I could feel myself tensing up as I often do at that stage so I just tried to relax and keep the distance manageable. I came out of my funk at mile 5 and quickly surged and caught a struggling Winegar on a steep downhill.

Things started to get intense here. Darda was surging but I ran really tough to claw my way back to him over the next mile. From there on out I just pulled him along as I tried to catch the leader. I felt like I had him on the ropes the whole time even though he was on my shoulder. The course gets really hilly at the end and started to open a little gap but he didn't give up. He chased me all the way to the line but I had a strong finish to beat him by 6 seconds. Mangrum beat us by 40 seconds (he had that gap from about mile 5 onwards).

The course tool says ridiculous thing about my race, but I take them with a grain of salt.

Mile
Overall Split Pace Predicted Adj Pace

1 5:17 5:17 5:17 5:24 5:07

2 10:43 5:26 5:21 5:34 5:06

3 16:06 5:23 5:22 5:27 5:10

4 21:30 5:24 5:23 5:36 5:03

5 26:59 5:29 5:24 5:14 5:29

6 32:30 5:31 5:25 5:33 5:12

7 37:55 5:25 5:25 5:28 5:11

8 43:19 5:24 5:25 5:21 5:17

9 48:43 5:24 5:25 5:22 5:16

10 54:20 5:37 5:26 5:28 5:23

11 59:35 5:15 5:25 5:08 5:20

12 1:05:15 5:40 5:26 5:36 5:18

13.1 1:11:24 6:09 5:26 6:05 5:17

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From allie on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:08:52 from 67.177.0.102

wow, sounds like an exciting race. nice job holding on to second place. great work!

From Sean Sundwall on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:38:42 from 209.67.107.10

Nice race...Ben Mangrum is a big competitor and has been training well. We have trained together several times this winter and he is in good shape. He and I have a frinedly rivalry.

From Burt on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:39:38 from 206.19.214.144

Wow! Excellent job. A near PR. I think you've got a sub 2:30 marathon in you easy.

From Burt on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:40:29 from 206.19.214.144

Oh, hi Sean. I was just talking about you on Rattletrap's blog. :)

From Snoqualmie on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 13:07:53 from 24.18.192.33

Great job! I really enjoyed your report. That's a tough course, with those long hills in the second half. Congratulations!

From Dale on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 18:31:20 from 69.10.215.11

Sweet race report. Your combined record against those 3 just improved! Nice work.

From steve ash on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 18:36:58 from 174.52.96.106

Very nice. I'd take that time anyday.

From jtshad on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 20:00:30 from 67.152.242.197

Wow, what a time and way to battle til the end. Great race!

From Seth on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 21:59:23 from 75.162.169.59

Nice work! I hope to throw down like that some day.

From Jon on Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 00:16:00 from 75.169.150.111

A great time and 2nd place in a race you didn't think you could run- sounds like a successful day to me. Nice work.

Add Your Comment.

Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.

Debt Reduction Calculator

Featured Announcements

Most Recent Entries:

New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):

Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):