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Marathon: 2:21:12 (Chicago); 2:20:41 (CIM)
Half Marathon: 1:05:45 (Long Beach)
10K: 30:03 (Portland)

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Thu, Jun 21, 2012
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14.500.000.00

AM - 11.5 miles up to work. Passed Allie along the way but she was moving too quickly in the opposite direction so only got off a "Hey!". I think I figured out the secret to making the hill up to HCI seem tiny - run at Alta the night before.

PM - 3 miles. Ran from HCI down to the zoo and met the girls... switched into my cycling shoes (WHAT?) and we biked up Emigration Canyon to Little Mountain. Nice ride - very enjoyable gradient for cruising on the way up... and after a mile or so on the way down I wasn't a scared little baby anymore. I am not an all-star when it comes to trying to clip into pedals. Oh, and we forgot to bring water... no big deal... it was under 100 degrees today :-)

Olympic Trials start tomorrow! There are a thousand articles on Letsrun and Oregonlive about the track meet, but lost in the shuffle is a very interesting article about David Katz and measuring marathon courses (with a focus on the London Olympic Marathon route). He doesn't use a Garmin and Google Maps :-)

Comments
From allie on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 09:04:21 from 97.117.92.9

i saw your orange shirt way off in the distance when you turned on to 2000 east and i was pretty sure it was going to be you. i was headed to the dreaded 3900 south, so you were wise to keep going north.

i measure all of my running routes with my car and then round to the nearest mile.

From Jake K on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 09:05:54 from 155.100.226.54

I'm just glad you didn't come out of nowhere and elbow me!

From Andrea on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 09:52:26 from 72.37.171.52

"The longest straightaway is less than half a mile long"...wow really?

From Jake K on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 09:54:51 from 155.100.226.54

Yeah its a windy loopy course:

http://goo.gl/u4XOY

From Andrea on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 09:55:13 from 72.37.244.100

AND we're getting screwed by 42 meters?! "The extra 42 meters are there because international rules state that all races must be measured one-tenth of 1% long"

From Holt on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 09:55:49 from 67.2.240.4

Bump from yesterday -

No fair that you get to go run with Rob's team each week. We want you to come run with us down here. Pine View would treat you an Andrea like royalty!

From Jake K on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 09:56:09 from 155.100.226.54

That's like 8-10 seconds. Better than a short course!

From Jake K on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 09:56:57 from 155.100.226.54

Hey Dave we are coming down to Cedar Breaks area next weekend - you ever doing any runs up there? Forest roads around Brian Head? Navajo Lake?

From Andrea on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 09:57:39 from 72.37.171.52

Well if you ran 2:49:01 then those measly seconds would mean a lot to you too!

From Jake K on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 09:58:46 from 155.100.226.54

Agree.

From Holt on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:21:26 from 67.2.240.4

I haven't spent much time up there, but I will be there next fri/sat as well. Maybe we could meet up if we're in the same area.

From Jake K on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:26:56 from 155.100.226.54

We're staying up at Brian Head. Going to get there on Friday evening (June 29th) and be there through July 2. Then hit Zion and Bryce on July 3/4.

From Holt on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:52:20 from 67.2.240.4

I'll check out my plans and then yell at you.

From JasonD on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 18:59:57 from 24.1.80.94

I found the article way too interesting. Not growing up a runner, I found knowing the measuring method helpful (inside curb, tangents).

42 meters is about 12.5 seconds (for marathon pace) for us slow folks!

From Scott Wesemann on Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 09:10:28 from 66.232.64.4

@ allie- Haha!

That sounds like a nice ride and I bet it would be a fun run too.

From Jake K on Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 09:12:42 from 155.100.226.54

It is a nice ride. Really not too steep going up, which I guess is why I like running it, too.

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