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Painters Half

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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

I need to update this!

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: Painters Half (13.1 Miles) 01:29:12, Place in age division: 5
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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It was a beautiful day for a race. Nothing but blue skies and a starting temp in the mid 30s.

I started with Rhett, meaning I drafted behind him for the first 5 or so miles. Thank you Rhett for towing me up that hill. After the hill I pulled in front of Rhett thinking he might like to do the drafting for a change. For some mysterious reason he dropped back. :?

From here on out I just kept chugging along. I just tried to keep my heart rate in the low to mid 170s. At about mile 9 I was passed by some dude that was moving along like a bullet train. I fell in behind him I tried to hold on. His pace had my heart rate up to 176 and I wasn't sure how long I could hold that. On the other hand, only 4 miles to go so maybe I could let him pull me to a sub-1:30 finish. He surged a bit and I lost him somewhere after mile 10.

I spent the last 5k making rash promises to myself and trying to convince myself I could run faster. I wasn't really sure what sort of finish time I was on pace for. Huans32 and his mom and dad cheered and gave me a big boost to kick it in. Thank you for that. Coming around that last corner I saw 1:29:0? on the clock. Wooo Hooo.

My chip time - 1:29:12! A PR. I really surprised myself today. :D
In 07 I ran a 1:34:xx at Painters (I'm not sure if this was my PR?)

1-6:47, 163
2-6:42, 171
3-6:38, 172
4-6:42, 173
5-7:04, 173
6-6:41, 173
7-6:47, 173
8-7:01, 173
9-6:54, 174
10-6:31, 176
11-6:52, 174
12-6:52, 174
13-6:43, 176
13.1-? 181bpm max

Comments
From barry on Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 17:42:28

Congratulations, that is an awesome time! Was there a lot of runners in the race?

From Burt on Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 21:27:00

Way to run! Now do that again and you'll have your sub-3 marathon.

From Wildbull on Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 22:17:10

Sweet race. I like your splits. you Ran a smart race. All your splits were pretty close. Even miles 7-10. You will get that sub 3. I have the same goal.

From montelepsy on Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 01:27:18

The hard work's paying off. Very impressive!

From Teena on Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:40:17

You are so crazy fast!!

Congrats on such an INCREDIBLE race. You were smokin'!

It was great to finally meet you and chat for a bit. You're fantastic!

Here's to your upcoming sub3!!

From Smooth on Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:47:28

Fly!!!

THANK YOU THANK YOU for cheering me and escorting me in for that last turn. You made me feel like a winner just hanging around you. You are a CHAMPION in my book!

CONGRATULATIONS on your AWESOME and WICKED FAST race. Is this your Half PR? You're SO SO SO ready for that sub-3.

From huans32 on Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 20:27:05

Great job Fly. I think this is the first and many great runs for you this year. You looked very strong at the end. And really picked it up a notch or 2 in that final stretch. Great job man.

From DonGardinero on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 00:33:30

Fantastic job, FLY!!! Wow, that is some super speed!!! I wish I could have met you. Next time.

Dale

From Kathie on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 00:36:53

Fly you are the best cheerleader ever! I was so happy to see you at the finish.

Wow what a great time you had! I guess you super secret training plan really did work!

From RivertonPaul on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:06:29

Nice run!

From rhett on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:33:36

Great race Fly. While I was running and wondering why my body had failed me, I was thinking about you and hoping you were finishing strong. I was so stoked when I found out you went under 1:30. Congrats again. It was fun running with you while I could.

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