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Spanish Fork Half Marathon

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Location:

Riverside,CA,United States

Member Since:

Jan 05, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

1:23 Hobble Creek Half-Marathon (2001)

3:11:58 Top of Utah Marathon (2004)

3:08:27 St. George Marathon (2008) (2nd Marathon)

3:05:41 (unsure on seconds) St. George Marathon (2013)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Marathon in 2:50s next year.  In time, under 2:40.
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Sat, Sep 06, 2008
Race: Spanish Fork Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:29:42, Place overall: 14, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.9013.100.000.0018.00

I didn't leave myself quite enough time to warmup with pre-race rituals and all, so I started off a little slow and felt tight for the first few miles.  I was hoping that it would improve as the race went on, but I wasn't sure.  Especially since my IT band's been a little sore lately.  But as the race went on, I felt better.  It wasn't a great time, but I had to cut back on running quite a bit this week with my IT band and with the conference traveling and such.  These were my mile splits:

 1: 7:24

2: 7:20

3: 7:15

4: 7:05

5: 6:55

6: 7:06

7: 6:59

8: 6:31

9: 6:51

10: 6:37

11: 6:24

12: 6:26

13: 6:09

Last .1 : :32

 I then ran four miles as a cooldown.  All things considered, I was happy with the race.  I think with a better warmup and without some other kinks, I could have run quite a bit faster.  But it's a good refresher in racing.

 Elixir--26 miles


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Comments
From Tom on Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 10:43:03

Nice job, you were really cruising at the end. Looks like you finished right on my tail, if the race were just a little longer you would have caught me for sure.

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