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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 27, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Region 9 Cross Country Champion 2004 (5K: 15:42)

400m: 00:54 (running start)

800m: 2:03 (7th place State Meet 2005)

1500m: 4:30 (2nd place Utah Summer Games 2004)

1600m: 4:31 (4th place State Meet 2005)

3000m: 9:55 (1st place Utah Summer Games 2004)

3200m: 9:52 (4th place State Meet 2005)

5K: 15:39 (2nd place Enterprise, UT Pioneer Days 2004

 

 

10K (very aided): 33:33.3 (8th place USG 2008)

15K:  53:04 (6th place Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run)

Half Marathon (very aided):  1:10:38 (5th place, Provo Halloween Half)

Marathon:  2:38:15 Top of Utah Marathon 2010 (6th Place Overall, 1st Local and 1st 19-24)

Won the 1st Annual Sand Hollow Marathon in 2:41:22

Ultramarathon:  Logan Peak Trail Race 2010:  28 miles, 7261 vert. 4:23:48 (2nd Place), El Vaquero Loco 50k 2011: 6:02 (2nd Place)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Go where the trail takes me.

 

Personal:

My hometown is Hurricane, UT but I currently live in Logan, UT where I attend Utah State University.  I am working on a PhD in Education, with an emphasis in Technology and Engineering Education.

You can also check out my blogspot running blog where I post race reports.

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Race: Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:16:18, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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Drove down to Orem last night and crashed at my cousin's apartment there.  Got up at 6, got ready and drove over to PG and got my number and stuff.  I couldn't remember if the race started at 7 or 8 so I showed up in time to run at 7 but it ended up being at 8 so I had tons of time to warm up.  Just jogged/ran around the neighborhood and parts of the course the whole time.  About 30 min. before the race I put my flats on and did a few accels and stuff and stretched out a bit to get loosened up.  Course looked fairly easy with the first mile being mostly a slight downhill.  Second mile is mostly a slight uphill/level and the last 1.1 is mostly level with a little downhill at the end.  Realized I forgot my watch but it didn't matter because I was just going to see what I could do.  Expecting it to be fairly tough where I haven't raced in forever and have zero speed training under my belt in who knows how long.  I figured I would call it good if I broke 17 by a few seconds.  Boy, did I miscalculate. 

 Started out and the first part I felt like this was going to be a long and painful race, but I kept the pace down hoping that I would have energy enough to make a decent performance.  Legs are tired from Tuesday and this week.  Stayed in the back of the lead pack of about 5 or 6 runners, most of them being college runners/ex college runners from BYU I think.   There was a high school kid in there too who said he was going to break 17 so I kinda stuck with him that first mile thinking if I beat him by a little I would do alright.  Hit the 1 mile mark going uphill and all of a sudden I got my second wind.  The high schooler dropped behind and I started closing on 4th place.  Got him.  Got passed by another guy, passed him back a little before the two mile mark.  Passed one more, running in second behind a guy who ran for BYU and feeling pretty good considering.  Got passed again by a different guy with about .75 to go.  Currently in 3rd.  Rounded the final turn and could see the finish line about half a mile down so I started picking it up.  Thought my kick was pretty good but got passed again with about 200m to go.  Finished 4th overall.  The clock had stopped at 15:00 so I didn't know what my time was...the guy that passed me right at the end said he got himself at 16:19 so I figured I was about 3-4 seconds behind him giving me a low 16:20's which I did NOT expect at all.  And I didn't even feel that bad besides wanting to puke for a minute in the chute (don't worry I held it back). 

 After the finish is where this gets really boring.  Basically I cooled down and sat around and waited for an hour for them to get the awards thing going.  Granted, there were a lot of runners for a little 5k like that, but that was my only complaint was the post-race organization.  Awards took them forever because they thought they had to have a little drawing for everything under the sun.  Ended up raining so they just hurried and read off names, but I didn't get my trophy until 2 hours after I finished.  But that's alright I guess.  I took first in my division (legitimately--I was really the first 19-24 year old across the line...the other guys were older I guess) and 4th overall.  Actual time was 16:18.7.  Winning time was 15:54.  I think the course was pretty legitimate too as far as distance goes...it was easy for the most part (especially with the first mile being downhill), but I think the distance was pretty well on just from the way they had the mile markers and the 'one mile to go' marker.  I don't own a Garmin so I dunno though. Oh, and I met Allie from the blog for the first time.  As far as I know we were the only bloggers there but I don't know many from Utah Valley so I could be wrong. 

Overall I am extremely happy with this race.  PR since being home off my mission by 22 seconds!  I guess it's only my third 5k in that time but I'm just tickled.  Didn't think I was in shape enough for that.


Saucony Type A2 Racers Miles: 4.10Mizuno Wave Inspire 5 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Calories: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 18:12:36 from 208.110.151.113

great race today joe. and nice meeting you! just curious what brought you all the way to pleasant grove for a 5K? lol. congrats on the post-mission PR. :)

From Jon on Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 18:16:26 from 75.169.152.60

16:18? Holy crap, nice time!

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 19:00:14 from 192.168.1.1

The course length is accurate, Runner's Corner races are properly measured. The aided nature of the course makes it a bit fast. I would say maybe 10 seconds faster than a pancake flat course based on the times I am seeing, 20-30 seconds faster than your normal loop course of accurate length.

So in short, you definitely had a sub-17:00 quality performance. I will have more analysis once the official results are posted and we know who ran what.

If you want a reliable measure of your 5 K fitness, run Draper Days on July 18th, or Murray Fun Days on July 4th. Draper Days is a faster course, less hilly. Both are certified.

From Predog on Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 19:23:51 from 75.165.246.29

Allie, thanks and it was the only race going on this weekend that I could find besides one here near Logan for "Nibley Days" or whatever that I think I would have won by 5 minutes even if I didn't break 17. I guess there was the WBR too and I had two different teams ask me to run with them at the last minute, but alas, work got in the way on Friday. :(

Jon, thanks! I hope I can keep that kind of thing up.

Sasha, thanks and that's good information to know...I think I am running Bryce Canyon Half on the 18th and the Blacksmith Fork 15K up here on the 4th though. I'm not really working on my 5k that much right now...mostly just trying to get into the habit of racing by doing it a lot even if it's just a 5k. My big focus right now is getting ready for the TOU Marathon and getting back in shape after a not-so-stellar winter.

From Andy on Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 21:28:12 from 199.190.170.24

Great job Joe.

From redrooster on Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 03:18:16 from 71.219.135.124

geez, I wish I could run a 16 minute 5K, or even an 18 minute 5K. I look forward to start hitting the track again this fall, maybe you can help me so I can break 38 at first dam. I am going to slowly ease back in and see if I can avoid reaggravating the pesky foot and leg, kind of take it easy for a few weeks and see what happens. hope the painting is going well, hope to join you guys for a run sometime soon.

From Garys on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 22:09:41 from 68.215.40.32

Nice race . Good job

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