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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: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:26:53, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 3
Total Distance
27.00

St. George Marathon. 2:26:53

Will update place later... Not sure.

AM - up early as usual and to the line with a good group on our bus. The weather, the crew, and pretty much everything else seemed to be falling into place. Was a little worried about the hammy as it seemed a bit tight (and stayed pretty close to the edge the whole race). Warmed a bit around the corral and worked to stay warm as well. Said hi to a lot of people and felt pretty good about my goal of sub 2:30.

1-5:42, running Logan and Ben and watched the super stars take it out and thought how fun it would be to watch this was unveil - turns out it was pretty I eventful other than the fact that they all smoked it! Temps were very cool and wind was at our backs with a some cross wind sometimes, but very favorable. 2-5:41, our main focus was just keeping calm. I kind of worried that I really didn't feel great, just working a little hard for this early and at this pace. 3-5:27, Logan was getting a little antsy and pulled away from Ben and I like 3 seconds. I yelled out to him that we would catch up if he promised not to run away. 4-5:31, staying smooth and quick. 5-5:35, another strong one as we drop toward Veyo. 6-5:25, I liked going strong through here, but I still felt like I wasn't really in a groove. I kept thinking how it seemed so bright already. It kind of weirded me out. 7-5:19, grabbed my first water/gu mix here. Drank pretty much all of it trying to stay ready for later in the race. 8-5:55, up Veyo. We really tried to relax and let the wind gusts push us up the hill. Ben had to depart just before this mile and that was a bummer. 9-5:50, goal for the next few... keep it cool through Dameron. 10-5:44, we picked off a few people through the last few miles. 11-5:57, on these miles before, I have stressed about the slower miles. But today Logan helped me keep me head. 12-5:44, finally topping out of Dameron and working to Mike Nielson. 13-5:27, Mike joins in with us and regroups - nice job. Hit the half in like 1:14 low (maybe teens). 14-5:34, right at the half it felt like Logan wanted to go a little and I thought he might take off. I really worried about how the 2nd half would go if I was on my own. 15-5:27, this and the next are often the fastest for me. Trevor joined up with us here. He helped a ton from here on out, even though I had to tell him not to talk so much! 16-5:20, maybe I had more at the end because we didn't kill these miles like I might have tried to in the past. 17-5:30, just plugging along. Once or twice in the next mile or two I started to slip off the back a second. But I just kept calm and took a step or two quicker and regrouped. 18-5:26, didn't want to think about how a decent finish could turn into a good time since there was so long to go, but I did notice that consistent 5:30 kept ticking off the miles. 19-5:41, pretty sure I haven't ever run Winchester this strong. Even if I have had as good a time, I've never felt this smooth and I blame it on Quadsi; Logan just kept it so smooth and even when I started to slip off again I didn't freak and just pushed a second to stay on it. 20-5:28, went through my ward's aide station during this mile (they were a little off the mile 19 marker which was kind of weird), but it was a lot of fun to see Rylee here. I gave my hand a quick kiss to plant it on her cheek, but either she didn't know what I was doing and tried to give me five or was trying to block it - since she's 12 I'm guessing it was the latter, but I'll say it was the former to make me feel better. 21-5:11, my watch had started beeping just a few feet early from early on, so I relapsed it here (so a total of 17 seconds spread throughout the first 20+ miles). I thought Logan again might just take off here, but as I started to go a bit after Mike (who had totally regrouped and was now flying down the hill) I noticed Logan not coming with me. I was hoping he would regroup so we could keep pushing together. There was plenty of race left and we had pushed so well together. 22-5:27, pushed up the little hill out of the twist better than I ever have and saw the team at the aide station. I remember thinking again not to start trying to do math about finishing time, but i was crossing my fingers. But at the same time, from here on out my mind started to really become a fog. All I could think keep pushing, but it was all a haze. 23-5:28, tried to figure out 5k to the finish and time. But I didn't have a clue. I just knew I would be somewhere. So I kept repeating, PR, PR, PR. 24-5:31, into town and trying to dig. Please end. My end is coming soon. 25-5:41, it's slipping down Diagonal, but for most of the mile my average was in the :30's and I thought I'll have a little more when I make the turn toward the Blvd. But after turning I really started to slow. I heard some feet moving quick. It was Ben... He had worked all the way back up and was flying. 26-5:59, so very, very tired. I really can't look back at this mile and remember even doing it. .2-1:19, for the finish. Another dramatic type finish. The second I enter the last two blocks and the fenced off area my body thinks its time to shut down. Legs jello, lift them up, I should look for my family but I can't. Legs gone right at the line.

One of my favorite parts of the marathon is cheering for friends and family as they finish; and there were tons of great efforts and finishes today. Super proud of Logan in his first marathon back, Clyde for sticking it in there as a gimp, James for getting a solid race in after not even being able to run 6 months ago, Allyson for pushing through her 2nd marathon with a great effort, and many others.

As I finally finishing this at 8:30 it is finally starting to sink it that I did so well. During the Spring this was going to be my goal, PR sub 2:25. But after the hammy injury at Provo and subsequent struggle to train over the summer, a sub 2:30 was a reasonable goal, but was going to be a tough push. So I am pleased and grateful. And i think iam really going to be jacked up for a bit, but it was worth it. (Adios 151.5)

Adios Miles: 27.00
Comments
From SpencerSimpson on Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 16:10:28 from 50.73.45.89

Hope you ate a ton. Nice race today Holt. Great PR in your backyard...Made it Happen...

From JamesH on Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 16:26:46 from 208.117.127.7

Good job bro. Glad one finally fell into place to make all the hard work pay off.

From Logan Fielding on Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 16:33:36 from 74.211.12.125

Seriously proud of you buddy. You deserve it!

From steve ash on Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 16:41:07 from 174.52.100.252

Very nice Dave! Nice to see you pull a another good performance out again. Eat well and nap well today.

From Vis on Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 20:31:56 from 199.201.102.64

Nice work. I heard you ran your hair right off. You are quite inspiring.

From Holt on Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 21:05:04 from 67.2.227.78

hah! Pyper was the barber and she rocked it!

Thanks everybody.

From Red Leader on Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 21:08:30 from 74.211.21.36

Coach! Looking Hot!

From JPark on Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 23:51:19 from 50.160.19.124

Great race Dave! Very valiant effort.

From Jon on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 07:06:19 from 107.203.52.135

Strong race, Dave. Nice work.

From Fritz on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 12:42:24 from 50.198.178.113

Great race Dave. The pictures of you at the finish say it all. Enjoy the recovery. It was nice to catch up for a bit after the race.

From Paul on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 14:03:09 from 71.215.78.30

Congrats on a really strong race Dave, we're all happy for you. Enjoy, and keep it up!

From Steve on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 14:17:33 from 66.87.113.242

Man, sweet race. What a good time!

From scottkeate on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 17:32:41 from 98.202.116.66

Awesome race, Dave! It is so cool to see you so close to your PR. I like the possibility that we haven't seen your best yet. It was great to chat with you after the race.

From allyholt on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 17:55:34 from 67.2.227.78

SO proud of you as always! You did an amazing job today.

From Superfly on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 18:28:08 from 74.211.21.81

Seriously...

Honestly though great race. I'd say your best race ever. Only one second shy of a PR but overall a PR effort today. Just a total race effort. Smart execution throughout. Your ready for at least 7 more years of this crap for sure. Excellent work!

From Jake K on Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 20:45:14 from 67.177.11.154

Congrats Dave. I knew you were a little disappointed after PHX earlier this year, so I was psyched to see you throw down such a good race.

From mike⇒nelson on Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 07:22:45 from 98.202.168.196

Great work Dave. Thanks for the company, you and Logan were a huge part of my race!

From RileyCook on Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 09:50:32 from 132.3.57.78

Dave, great run buddy! You had one of the four best performances in my book (with Bryant, Mike, and Ben). To go through your injury and not being able to quite get your training/volume to where you wanted, and yet still almost PR was inspiring. Great work.

From Matt Poulsen on Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 21:43:43 from 174.52.216.185

Great race, Dave! You ran really well! I enjoyed finally meeting you in person.

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