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Dogtown,Ut,

Member Since:

Jan 02, 2006

Gender:

Male

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Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs: 2:26:29 marathon @ St.George '14; 1:09:55 1/2 mar. '08; 31:00 10k '07

Short-Term Running Goals:

Love running now.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Love running forever!

Personal:

My perfect day would include a run through the desert, time with my wife and girls, tasty homemade meals, and a nice nap in the middle.

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Race: Utah Summer Games 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:31:00, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
13.50

AM - warmup up of 2.1 miles (Cumulus) ran up the last section of the course - came in handy later.

race: started up Cedar Canyon - knew this would be a fast course and I could go for a PR, but I had some doubts as to how fast I could actually run it - knowing a big PR was possible but much quicker than I had ever run.  Got to the starting line with the club (minus Clyde) and things looked good until I saw Jow Wilson (past St. George Marathon champ, 3rd to Paul and Steve at Ogden last month).  So I decided to run as far as I could with him and try to do well.

1 - 4:43 started off at a blistering pace.  But this is where I wanted to be.  I was really amazed at how relaxed Joe was.  This was going to be fun.

2 - 4:49 It seems I am working way to hard to hit these miles.  Even though this was fast, I felt like I was struggling too early in the race (Looking back, I think I could have run an even better time; first with confindence, second because I actually wasn't feeling that great - achilles was still acting up, ankle hurting some, and sloshy legs).

3 - 4:56 Joe and I pull away after the last surge from some high school kids (they didn't ever fully go away however and ran great times as they kept pushing me from behind).

4 - 5:07 Joe pulls away from me at the end of this mile and the doubts begin to creep in.

5 - 5:30 Where I really lost time on this mile was the first part when Joe was pulling away.  He had really encouraged me to keep up and once I drifted he took off.  Because of this I really fell back and started to relax.  But I just kept Paul's new blog title in my head and got back on track (Thanks Mr. Groening!) I actually couldn't keep it out of my head, it was kind of funny.

6 - 5:25 I kept Joe at the same lead through this mile and tried to finish strong.

.2 - My watch recorded the race as just a little short (but others had it very close) and I ran .13 in 29 seconds (near 4:00 pace)!  I saw the clock ticking to 31 and I was in as full out sprint mode as I have ever been as I pushed to keep it under.  My watch read 30:58 as I crossed, but I guess I had better take the official time. (ohana)

Anyway... Pretty stoked.  I was hoping for a time near that and got it.  Fastest time as an old guy by 2:40 and best ever by 1:30 (even with a fast course, I'll take it).  The best thing was running with Joe Wilson.  I was like a little kid in awe.  Here is this great runner and I am hanging with him (near him).  Very cool.

Cool down of 1.2 miles (Cumulus 391.4)

PM - got out for a 4 mile stretcher on Warm Springs (Glycerin 425.35)

Comments
From Superfly on Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 21:13:57

Crazy race! Way to bust out and run a great time. I was sad on the trek that I had missed the race. But when I got home and saw the results I was glad I wasn't there to take a good butt kicking.

Have a good weeka and once again good job.

From The Beast on Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 00:12:54

Awesome run coach! Thanks for all of your advice.

From James on Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 02:20:08

Great race! Even if in was a bit short you still averaged 5:00 pace. Way to hang on to Joe for that long too. What was his time? Oh, and by the way, Steve Ashbaker aced Joe out for 2nd at Ogden.

From jtshad on Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 09:59:15

Great race, what a pace and kick at the finish. Your training is really paying off.

From Chad on Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 11:25:05

Great race, great report. You were cruising! Congrats on a super finish.

From Logan on Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 20:49:14

Excellent race! I am very impressed with your time. Keep up all of the hard work.

From Dave Holt on Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 16:02:48

Thanks for pointing that out James. In fact, I realized that after I wrote it and never got back to fix it. Sorry Steve, not trying to rip you off your excellent race!

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