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Swiss Days 5K

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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: Swiss Days 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:16:57, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
16.60

morning - 2 mile warmup for Swiss Days 5K. I thought about not racing hard and pacing my kids to help them - as my ankle was giving me some pain. But once I warmed up, I decided to give racing hard a try. I shouldn't have - at least then I would have had an excuse of why I ran so slow.

Took off wanting to run a better time than last year and try and hang with Hayden "running warrior". I knew Logan was ready for a sub 16 with his speed work, and I wasn't. Started off in 5th. At mile 1 I took out my top runner, at that point, and urged him to go with me. Then quickly took out Brandon Wignall, an SUU walk on and decent runner (winner of last year's race). Hit mile 1 in 5:27, better than last year (5:32), on a hard mile, so I thought things were looking good. From here, however, I became complacent and just settled. I tried one small surge to go get Hayden. When I didn't gain any ground I gave up - even committing the cardinal sin of looking back to make sure I was set at 3rd. So that's where I ended up... with crap.

Cooled down a mile.

Went up to Snow Canyon with Logan, Steve, and my bro. and got into it. First mile was good, then my Garmin's watch pin fell out and got lost, so I had to carry it - the watch. Then I lost it. My body had nothing. This was pretty much the way I had felt all week. My ankle was bothering me a little, but it wasn't really the problem. We got done 10.5 miles later and I was happy to be done. Although the intense rain and rivers of water on the way down were cool - and the amazing waterfall coming down Snow Canyon! But the run was blah. (Ohana 109.5, Cumulus silver 95.05)

This week is one I want to just erase. The ankle, the bad runs, the poor race. Just wipe it all out.

Goals for next week: #1) get my ankle feeling better. On top of this, I just want to start feeling sharp. I want 65 miles this week. And I want them to lead me to feel that I am ready to do well.

Comments
From Ruthie on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 23:28:57

Welcome to my life last week.

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