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Ogden Marathon 2012

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Location:

Holladay,UT,USA

Member Since:

Mar 29, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

2011 Salt Lake City Half  1:42  

2010 Buffalo Run 25 K  2:25  

2010 St George Marathon 3:48  

2011 Mid Mountain Trail Marathon 4:27 

2011 Squaw Peak 50 mile 14:00:49 

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married, 4 children

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Race: Ogden Marathon 2012 (26.2 Miles) 04:01:00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
26.200.0026.20

Great day overall.  I say this despite the fact that it was a complete beatdown physically and mentally the last four miles or so.  It has been a struggle for whatever reason this year to get enthused about long road running and this marathon...but was definitely cool to run with my brothers and the Huntsville valley is so beautiful.

I felt steady until mile 18 then the chains started falling off.  I started to feel underfueled and just plain fatigued so couldnt muster the mental juice to endure the pain of the consistent pace.  

splits first half...8:42, 8:44, 8:36, 8:37, 8:33, 8:28, 8:29, 8:47, 8:44, 8:34, 8:58, 8:37, 8:44...very consistent miles for a 1:52ish half which I thought was perfect.

 Second half 9:09, 9:09, 9:12, 8:42, 9:35, 9:24, 9:23, 8:53, 9:31, 9:02, 10:12 (ouch), 10:38 (double ouch), 12:01 (ah the blessed pain of it all)..

 And there it is folks...Props to Joshy and Oreo for a great races and kicking my trash and to Hairdog who I beat but I should because he doesnt even run.  Tough kid to finish this sucker. 

Brooks PureCadence Miles: 26.20
Comments
From Oreo on Sat, May 19, 2012 at 17:51:55 from 174.27.165.73

All hail the mighty GDOC. Props as usual. You are a stud. Thanks for letting me roll with you the first half. You pulled me along. Great job. 26.2 is no joke anyway you look at it.. And remember we do pretty damn good considering the amount of training we do... Waaahaahaha.

From allie on Sat, May 19, 2012 at 21:40:11 from 174.23.154.194

way to go, gdoc!

From Toby on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 20:34:29 from 199.101.229.6

It was a great day over all! Nicely done!

From Bryce on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 20:45:36 from 76.27.58.194

Nice job G!

From jwblack on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 23:02:50 from 24.5.5.78

you are the gdocTOR. nice and nice

From Kelli on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 14:59:18 from 71.219.97.214

:o) Nice racin'! I feel your pain reading the end splits. Ouch and double ouch and this just plain sucks. The joy of the marathon.

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