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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,

Member Since:

Nov 14, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

50k:  4:59 at Buffalo Run in 2010  (32 miles)

Marathon:  3:01 at St. George in 2009!

Half:  1:29 at Painter's/ St. George in 2009.  1:27 at Salt Lake in 2009 (aided course)

10k: 40:53 Greek Festival 10k at Sugar House park in 2010.

5miles: 32:10 Dam 2 Dam in 2009.  Master's winner.

5k: 20:00:00  19:54 in May 2010.

2008:  Ran the Slam + Boston

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Short-Term Running Goals:

Carpe Diem.

Don't trip over my own feet.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running.

Personal:

1 wife

1 girl child

1 boy child

1 big dog

1 little dog

I'm a geologist for my day job.

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Race: Utah Valley Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:23:13, Place overall: 144, Place in age division: 12
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The short of it- This race blew.  My hardest effort yielded my slowest time. 

 

The Slam is not conducive to fast times, this I know.  Three weeks is not enough recovery time if trying to run fast.  However I felt like I held back a bit at Ogden 3 weeks ago and did not want to feel that way at UVM.  So I started with a good, strong but realistic and sustainable effort.  

I felt great for 7 or 8 miles.  Then came the hills, no worry.  But with the hills came a horrendous head wind that lasted through mile 20ish.  I think this messed with my pacing more than I realized.  I kept trying to find runners to tuck in behind but never found anyone at a pace such that we could take turns and work together.  I was passing and being passed until I was out of the canyon and out of the wind.  By that time I was spent.  

The final miles had a nice down grade and could have been fast but my legs were shot.  It was all I could muster to only lose 5 minutes in the final 5 miles.  I did get to run with some encouraging runners, which helped.  At mile 20 Smooth was there screaming for me (bet she had no voice left by the end of the race).  THANKS SMOOTH I really needed the encouragement!  

I talked with Rhett and Kelli before the start.  Both went with the 3:05 pace group.  Unfortunately I passed both before the half.  Kelli was seriously sick and I do not understand how she finished!  But there she was in the finish coral- true grit!  I need to read Rhett's blog and see what happened to him.  Hopefully he did not get hurt.

Wind aside, I have mixed feelings about this course.  Provo Canyon is beautiful but running on the highway is not a good way to see it.  There is a lane closure in the canyon but cars are still zooming by and concrete with wake-up bumps is not an ideal surface.   

Not a great race for me but it could have been way worse.  One more under my belt and half way through the Slam.  :)

1-  6:59

2-  6:56

3-  7:05

4-  7:11

5-  7:10

6-  7:13

7-  7:06

8-  7:53

9-  8:08

10- 7:13

11- 7:22

12- 7:52

13- 7:36

14- 7:27

15- 7:28

16- 8:06

17- 8:10

18- 7:45

19-7:35

20- 8:01

21- 8:03

22- 8:30

23- 8:26

24- 8:45

25- 8:49

26- 8:26

 

 

Comments
From Rhett on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 18:30:41 from 184.12.185.116

With only 3 weeks recovery and those strong headwinds, I think you had a great race. It was good to see you before the race. Good luck with the rest of the slam.

From Kelli on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 20:06:10 from 67.172.235.55

I think you did more than great! You looked awesome when you passed me and like you were going strong. I really wished I could have kept up with you at that point. REALLY!!

So, if the Slam is not conducive to fast times, what is up with little Miss Kimberly and her 3:03 and 3:10??? 1st is completely out of reach, now I will fight for second!

It was great to see you. Thanks for letting me cry a little. I was lucky to have people around to keep me under control or else I would have really cried like a 2 year old who just had her cookie taken away! I had to put on a tough face for you and Chad. ;o) Hopefully my breathing on you did not spread germs, my husband and one child now have it. I pray it stops there!!!

Best of luck to you in the upcoming months and we will see you again in Park City. Do you have any interest in doing a training run there? I have never run the course and my husband and I would like to run a good chunk of it. We just need to find someone to lead the way.

From fly on the Wall on Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 09:57:21 from 204.113.19.47

"So, if the Slam is not conducive to fast times, what is up with little Miss Kimberly..." Maybe she has yet to realize her full potential and really is running slower for her?

I'm interested in a training run in Park City with you and Scott, but I've only run it once and that was a few years ago, so I could not lead! I would not know where I was going without a map.

I do not understand what could possible be wrong with shedding tears at the end of a really hard marathon.

I hope no one else in your family got sick! So far my stomach is feeling fine.

From Kelli on Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:53:24 from 67.172.235.55

My husband is out of town and SICK. One child is sick. Let's pray the other 3 stay well.

Kimberly did have a 9 minute PR at Ogden. She said Utah Valley felt GREAT, was not bothered by the wind and felt even better than at Ogden. WOW. She ran sick all during the Grand Slam last year and won it. She also added in two extra marathons last year (Ogden and Boston). She got her tonsils out during the winter and now she is not sick anymore. So, who knows! Maybe she is gonna bust out a 2:45 one of these days. She is obviously talented.

OK, we will work on finding someone who knows the course and try to get up there. I think Rachel knows it pretty well. I am thinking mid July some time?

From Kelli on Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:54:35 from 67.172.235.55

Oh, and glad I did not contaminate you. I didn't slobber on you or even shake your hand, so you should be good. Now Smooth, I did slobber on her. OK, not really. Just hugged her and sweated on her. I wonder if sweat carries germs?

From Smooth on Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 09:24:30 from 174.27.220.150

Mark ~ I have always thought that UVM course has the hills put in the "right" place. You are right about the 3 weeks being not sufficient time between Ogden and UVM. I have run UVM, Ogden and Boston the last three years...so know a bit of how the body handle the marathons 3 weeks apart. The wind at UVM this year really was the factor! Too bad you didn't have anyone to draft and share the load with. I wonder how many of the pacers make it successfully and how many runners were able to stay with the group.

You did awesome with what the day dished out! So proud of you!

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