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Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marathon

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Location:

Dogtown,Ut,

Member Since:

Jan 02, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

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: Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:10:46, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 3
Total Distance
16.60

AM - up early for the race after pretty much no sleep last night. Hit an easy 1 mile warm up and then got going. 1-5:38 We (Clyde, Logan, and I) decided to not go out too hard and this mile showed it. I would have liked to be about 15 seconds quicker on each of these 1st two miles, but... Oh and the false - but not really - start was fun for Clyde and I. 2-5:32 Settled in with a pack of 4 and watched Hobbie and Mike Vick pull away. 3-4:47, started to use the downhill. 4-5:03, seems like these miles (4 and 5) were a little quicker when I looked at my watch, but it was a good pace. 5-5:06, 6-5:08, still moving well through the end of the tough downhill. 7-5:18, feeling amazing at this point and saw Mike Vick up ahead and really thought we might sneak up and suprise him, so I moved it up a little and Logan and I left the Durango fellow. 8-5:31 As good as I was feeling, I suddenly felt horrible in the middle of this mile. I think I might have hit glycogen depletion. It was so crazy how quick I lost everything, almost within one step. I was having trouble hydrating - the cups were causing me some issues, and I had forgotten my Gu and bought some Powergel to use instead and it gave me some major sideaches. It cost me for miles 8 and 9. 9-5:48, The Durango guy catches me and I watch Logan just pull away. 10-5:33, I decided I wasn't going to give up on this and decided to pull back away from the Durango guy. 11-5:39, Trying to get back toward Logan but he is picking it up here too. 12-5:51, The little rise up into Cannonville wasted me. 13-5:38, Durango was just behind me and I wasn't going to lose $100 just because I suck.

I had mixed feelings about the race. Happy about winning $200, happy about a 4 minute PR. Disappointed about missing sub 1:10, I really thought I would do it - I even thought I could go 1:08'ish. But overall pleased. And happy that I feel there is still room for improvement.

Cooled down by running back with my bro and finishing with him. (Ohana 87.4)

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