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Hobble Creek Half Marathon

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Lehi,UT,

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Jul 19, 2008

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Male

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Running Accomplishments:

PRs

2015 St. George Marathon (2:44:11)

2014 Hobble Creek Half (1:17:18)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Goals

5K - 16:59
1/2 Marathon - Sub 1:17:00
Marathon - 2:45:00

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Sat, Aug 21, 2010

Race: Hobble Creek Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:23:25, Place overall: 33, Place in age division: 4

Total Distance

16.40

Was hoping to hit 1:20, but I'm finding that that might be way out of my league for now. Plan was to try and hit low 6's or sub 6's in the canyon and then try and hold on until the end. Splits:

1-5:56

2-5:43

3-6:02 I'm settled in with a nice little group of 4-5 people. Pace is fast and a bit uncomfortable, but I'm going with it.

4-5:45

5-6:09

6-5:49

7-6:43 About the 6.50 mark I find that I got to pee. I lost a good minute at Provo River half to a pee stop and now it's going to happen again. Probably lose about 40-45 seconds on this mile because of the stop. Mentally this killed me. I just kept thinking "not again." I've never had this problem in the past, and now it's happened in my last 3 races.

8-6:07 Passing same people again that I passed a mile previously. By now there is about a 40 second gap in front of me to the next people and no one behind me. It's lonesome. I hate that.

9-6:41 Hit the trail portion and I'm fading. The little uphills are killing me and the heat is getting me.

10-6:39 I spent a long time at the aid station right after this mile marker. Mentally I'm done. A little more mental toughness and I think I could have got the 2 guys that were in front of me here.

11-7:15 Feel like I'm giving up. Legs are dead. A guy catches me and he's flying. I'm interested to see how long it takes him to get the group that's a good 45 seconds up on us. He eventually got them before the 12 mile marker.

12-6:36 Don't know where this came from.

13-7:15 Walked a couple times in here and feel like I'm just jogging it in. Legs do not feel good.

.10-0:41 One more guy passes me right here.

Well, overall I guess it wasn't too bad. This is about 90 seconds slower than my last year's time at this race. Why does it feel like I'm getting slower? I wonder if the DesNews Marathon is getting the best of my legs. Maybe it was jump in mileage a week ago. At any rate, I got a good 11 miles in at marathon pace or way better. Hopefully a couple more weeks of good training and solid mileage will lead to a good Top of Utah Marathon just below the 3 hour mark.

Wave Rider 12 Miles: 16.40

Comments

From Lysa on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 14:40:41 from 174.52.25.64

Very NICE! I was trying to figure out who the people were that lined up at the 5 minute mile marker.. That is just insane to me. It's fun to see people on the blog that just ran the same thing I did. Wish I could know who you were at the actual race! I'm doing the TOU too. It's my first marathon and compared to you am extremely amateur, but it's still fun to read what you elite runners do.

From Burt on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 14:53:42 from 68.225.214.248

You may not have felt good, but that's still a great time. Maybe the problem is you just had a birthday which means you got older :)

From Kam on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 15:00:14 from 68.66.163.179

Jeff, that's a very nice time. Sorry about the bladder malfunction.

From allie on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 15:25:34 from 174.23.182.80

i think you did great. i am impressed you are racing these 1/2s after des news. i know i couldn't do it.

we were just heading out on our cool down when i saw you, but i wished i would have talked to you. i was curious about how you felt in the race.

i am sure you can go sub-3 at TOU. i am hoping to be right around there as well, so maybe we can help pace each other.

From Lily on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 15:36:44 from 67.199.181.73

Yeah we saw you today. You actually looked strong

From Tom on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 15:44:38 from 67.199.180.90

Don't sweat the race, still a very respectable time. It's hard in the midst of marathon training to be completely on for races along the way, especially halfs. I'm pretty sure you do have that sub 1:20 in you.

From Andy on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 18:29:19 from 208.54.86.67

Des news takes longer to recover from than a regular marathon. Especially when you are still putting on good mileage. That is an excellent time. Great job.

From fiddy on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 18:35:14 from 174.23.152.161

Within a month of a marathon, I'd be happy to come within 5 minutes of my half PR (actually I wouldn't be happy because I'd be racing within a month of a marathon). I've never run, Hobble Creek so I don't know how fast it is, but 1:20 is not out of your league.

From josse on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 19:55:02 from 75.196.129.116

Maybe you are pregnant, I have to pee a lot when I am;) Improvement usually goes in cycles, you don't usually see it year after year. It tends to skip years, or maybe you are just waiting for me to come back next year;) With the marathon I think you have it in you to go under 3 you just need to be more patience in the beginning and you will feel better in the end ie. hold a good pace all the way through.

I still think these are great times and you should be proud.

From Jeff L on Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 17:00:21 from 74.81.227.112

Thanks for the comments everybody.

Allie-I was going to come talk to you but figured you were heading out on your cool down. If I'm within 10 min of you at the end of TOU I will be happy.

Lily-I didn't hear you cheering me in at the end.

Fiddy-You should try this race sometime. You would fly on this course.

Josse-Thanks for the encouragement. It's weird not seeing you at the races or out running on Sat. mornings.

From Teena Marie on Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 22:31:31 from 174.52.45.85

Congrats on a fine race, even if you were frustrated during it.

Really, how you race two half marathons right after D-News is beyond me.

You are very impressive! :)

From Smooth on Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 16:09:14 from 174.23.203.161

Jeff! CONGRATZ on another impressive Half...yah, so soon after an AWESOMELY FAST D-News! I second Andy! Your training is so solid!

Hmmm, Burt could be onto something in regard to age and the pee issue! :) Nah, seriously, come race day, put on your race face and no holding back! You'll get your sub-3 at TOU! SO PROUD OF YOU!!!

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