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Nick Yengitch/Grandma Gump Fun Run

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Location:

Taylorsville,UT,

Member Since:

Nov 20, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Eden 10-miler 65:47

Half Marathon 1:26:17

5K 18:01

I rank somewhere between the competitive recreational runner and the competitive highschool runner. Here's the scale:

10 - World record holder; 9 - Olympic Athlete; 8 - National elite; 7 - Professional runner; 6 - College All-american; 5 - College runner; 4 - Local elite; 3 - Competitive runner; 2 - Recreational runner; 1 - Jogger

It's a tough scale.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run for fun and health, be fit in my 40s
Run a strong half marathon, under 1:25, good, under 1:20, great.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be a disciplined runner, to be competitive in my age category, and feel strong while racing.
Somehow actually put together a full year of running: increased discipline and decreased distraction and injuries
Be a 17/36 guy for 5K/10K (not realistic now)
Be a competitive Master's runner

Personal:

Spoken for, Christian, piano player, soli deo gloria, at least that's the ideal. Living for Triune God, beautiful wife, cute sons, self; hopefully in that order but Adam's nature and my own choices, not to mention worldly temptations like to play with the ideal.

Idealism, tempered by reality, with a healthy skepticism.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
NB Red Trail Lifetime Miles:						8.00
Yellow Nike Workout Lifetime Miles:						57.50

Sat, Dec 01, 2007

Race: Nick Yengitch/Grandma Gump Fun Run (2.9 Miles) 00:16:54, Place overall: 5

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

Warmed up with Kyle a little bit. Was snowing a lot so didn't wear my glasses. We took off and I settled in with Kyle all the way to the turnaround. The course was unfortunately shortened even more I guess due to race conditions. Saw Braden Emerson before the race started and explained the course to him, luckily there was a pace car. He ran just fast enough to win it seemed. Ran in my trail-running shoes, my calves were hurting the whole way and I gave up a little in the last half, Kyle put about 50 yards on me. Don't know if it's my lack of mileage making my calves hurt--seems likely. Can't really compare to 2 years ago 17:56 as the course was different. Was a bit frustrating but had to get home and take a warm shower so I could shovel snow the rest of the day. Cheers.

Comments

From Lybi on Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 00:06:03

So wait... are frustrated that the course was shorter? I say take it when you can get it! GREAT JOB--Great time. Sorry about your calves.

Very cool that you play piano, too.

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 14:20:15

A short course is always a bummer. It is like a DNF forced by the race directors. That is why I strongly encourage everyone not to run races where the race director has not shown a commitment to making sure the course is the advertised length. I understand that some small races cannot afford USATF certification, but at the very least they can buy a wheel for $70 and wheel the course.

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