Chris "Krash Man" Pope

Portland Marathon

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Location:

West Valley City,Ut,

Member Since:

Dec 08, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

50 Miles:13:09, 10:30 (2013) paced end half of a 100 miler

50K: 4:27 (2006), 4:23 (2007)

Marathon: 3:08 (2003), 2:56 (2004), 3:03 (2005), 2:57 (2006), 2:58 (2007), 3:02 (2012), 2:59 (2013).

1/2 Marathon: 1:23 (2002), 1:26 (2003), 1:20 (2004), 1:23 (2011), 1:22.35 (2013), 1:20.54 (2013).

5K: 18:09 (2007), 18:10 (2013).

Short-Term Running Goals:

Recover from injury----Patella tendenitis

Running strong and I am back to where I was pre injury.

Still biking some

Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to run a 2:50 marathon.

Run an other 50 miler.

Run a 4 hour 50k.

I would love to do some more trail running and get off the road.

I have paced twice for the Wasatch 100. Some day I will run it.

~~Bike a 100 miler~~ Heber Valley Century 9/27/08

Bike a Century in 6 hours

-Tour De Cure June 2009 5:48

-Cache Valley Aug 2009 5:33

-Heber Valley Sept 2009 6:20 hard ride.

-Salt Lake Century May 2010 5:15*

-Tour De Park City July 2010 5:15 PR

-Cashe Valley Aug 2010 5:23

-Heber Valley Sept 2010 5:52 102 miles hilly

Personal:

Married to Laurie with three kids Natalie (9), Loren (7), and Terence (15m)

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
New Balance 769 Lifetime Miles:						190.72
Adidas Formation Lifetime Miles:						42.40

Sat, Oct 04, 2008

Race: Portland Marathon (26.2 Miles) 05:42:00

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
26.20	0.00	26.20

It was a great race. I ran the whole race with Laurie. My doctor said I should wait and do a spring marathon and let my knee heal. So much for that. My knee started to feel great 4 weeks before the marathon so I started to increase my long runs. My longest run was 8.4 miles 2 weeks be for the marathon. The week before I did the Heber Valley Century. It was my first 100 mile bike and a lot of fun.

We stayed with my bro. and sis-in-law and then live about 15 mins from down town. My bro.-in-law droped us down town on race day. I was nice not to have to worry about parkin a car. Race day was great I had no pressure and no time to beat. Just another traning day but in a different city. If I was luck I wouldn't hurt like other marathons (little did I know). It started out a little cold but not that bad. It sprinkled off and on for the first 14 miles. I started to feel my pain in my quads about mile 15 and about mile 22 I was trashed. We were on PR pace for laurie up untill about mile 15 or 16. The last 3 miles I did every thing I could just to keep up with Laurie. I walked most of the last 3 miles at a fast pace to keep up as much as I could. It felt better to run the down hills faster. I did a little leep frog with laurie. I would run ahead and then walk untill she got a bit in front of me.

The finish line sucked. You climbed a graduale hill and then turned a corner to have the finsh 100 meters from the turn. I hate finish lines like that. You can't wait to be done but you can't see the finish untill you are there.

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