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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,

Member Since:

Apr 19, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

25 Marathons PR 3:16:08 Ogden Marathon 2014

1st marathon DesNews 2003  4:19 

Freedom 5K July 4th, 2010 18:26 (aided)

Desert News 10K July 24th, 2010 39:11 (aided)

Boston Marathon 2011 3:32:58 

Boston Marathon 2014 3:18:45

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run well at Boston 2020

Personal:

54 years old, married, love long runs on the road.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 4.19
Adidas Cobato Lifetime Miles: 376.77
Saucony A2 Lifetime Miles: 431.20
Blue Crocs Lifetime Miles: 1067.28
Barefoot 2010 Lifetime Miles: 61.00
Red Crocs Lifetime Miles: 1381.19
Black Water Clogs Lifetime Miles: 26.73
White Crocs Lifetime Miles: 1053.87
Yellow Crocs Lifetime Miles: 1196.10
Asics 2130 #21 Lifetime Miles: 360.55
Trail Shoe Lifetime Miles: 145.25
Barefoot 2011 Lifetime Miles: 10.25
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 2936.63
Bike 2011 Lifetime Miles: 164.91
Saucony A5 II Lifetime Miles: 981.49
Saucony Fastwitch 5 Lifetime Miles: 1582.48
Lime Green Crocs Lifetime Miles: 1298.78
Bike 2012 Lifetime Miles: 92.40
Navy Baja Crocs Lifetime Miles: 566.20
Saucony A5 Lifetime Miles: 1498.90
Sandals Lifetime Miles: 164.95
Ocean Blue Crocs Lifetime Miles: 161.27
Bike 2014 Lifetime Miles: 111.00
Saucony Trail Lifetime Miles: 196.23
Barefoot 2015 Lifetime Miles: 0.25
Soucony A6 Lifetime Miles: 813.05
Bike 2015 Lifetime Miles: 45.00
Altra One Lifetime Miles: 2058.93
Topo Lifetime Miles: 82.35
Altra One Orange Lifetime Miles: 2152.40
Altra One Yellow Lifetime Miles: 1709.86
Altra One Black Lifetime Miles: 1380.53
Bike 2018 Lifetime Miles: 928.41
Topo Yellow Lifetime Miles: 46.76
Bike 2018 Conti Lifetime Miles: 113.24
Topo Black Lifetime Miles: 254.47
2019 Trail Bike Lifetime Miles: 29.56
Altra 1 Black #2 Lifetime Miles: 1301.84
Bike 2019 Conti Lifetime Miles: 1080.00
Asics Lifetime Miles: 1526.30
Bike 2020 Lifetime Miles: 136.42
Bike 2021 Lifetime Miles: 12.10
Asics #17 Lifetime Miles: 214.71
Hoka Mach 5 Lifetime Miles: 574.74
2023 Bike Lifetime Miles: 34.91
Total Distance
176.65
Saucony Kinvara Miles: 50.95Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 55.45Saucony A5 Miles: 20.95Saucony A2 Miles: 44.65Ocean Blue Crocs Miles: 4.65
Total Distance
20.25

6.15 am miles   8:44 ave pace

14.1 pm miles 8:50 ave pace, B Street route.  Usually this run is a painful grinder, especially the downhills.  I felt light and strong.  Probably because yesterday was light and I took sunday off.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 20.25
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Total Distance
15.25

5.15 am miles  9:03 pace

10.1 pm miles   8:58 ave pace B Street rout.  A little beat up from yesterday.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 15.25
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Total Distance
6.75

8:38 pace

Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 6.75
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Total Distance
6.15

9:09 pace

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.15
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Total Distance
6.50

work to appointment, 1 mile on track, home

Saucony A5 Miles: 6.50
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Total Distance
20.80

6.65 am miles 8:28 ave pace

14.15 pm miles 8:52 pace

this run tore me up, like I haven't been running much and then all the sudden decided to throw down 20 miles in a day.  Kind of troubling.  This run should have been easy, especially with two days rest over the weekend.  Well, from here to race day I doubt I'll do anything over 12 or 13 in total.

Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 20.80
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Total Distance
9.30

4.65 am miles  9:19 pace

4.65 pm miles  8:52 pace

beat up, legs hurt

Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 9.30
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Total Distance
4.65

9:02 pace

Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 4.65
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Total Distance
4.65

8.56 pace

Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 4.65
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4.65

watch trouble but I know my last two miles averaged 7:55.  I feel really good, probably because I didn't run Saturday or Sunday.  I wanted to run hard today but I held back, no point in doing that.  I think I might do a couple of marathon goal pace miles this week but that's about it.  Wore my A2s.  These are the shoes I'm probably going to run Boston in.  They have been sitting in a shoe box since I wore them last wich was Boston 2011.  These shoes were already a few years old prior to that.

Saucony A2 Miles: 4.65
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Total Distance
9.80

5.15 am miles

4.65 pm miles  7:52 pace

Test run in my race day shorts loaded with jells and special flag.  Had to make sure my shorts would not fall down due to the extra weight.  I have a special small flag that I'm going to "whip out" and wave at the top of Hearbreak while I'm in front of the Boston College students.  I was so impressed with their level on enthusiasm in 2011, this is my way of showing some appreciation.  It's a Boston College Eagles flag.  I think they will be very excited.

Saucony A2 Miles: 9.80
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Total Distance
9.80

5.15 am miles  8:15 pace

4.65 pm miles 8:34 pace

Saucony A5 Miles: 9.80
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Total Distance
4.00

4 easy miles around Boston Common

Saucony A2 Miles: 4.00
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Race: Boston Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:18:45, Place overall: 6124, Place in age division: 776
Total Distance
26.20

My A goal was to run 3:09:59.  I really thought I could do it.  My C goal would be to PR, which is anything better than 3:17.  I thought for sure I would at least hit this.  B goal would have been anything close to a 3:09.  I should have added a 4th goal, BQ by more than 5 minutes, because I actually hit this one.

After mile 9 I felt very confident I was going to slam dunk this thing.  I felt like a hundred bucks, thought I was staying under controll, saving enough for the Newton hills and the downhill finish.  At this point, I'm one minute behind, which I liked, I was saving strenth and thought I would make it up later if I was still strong, and If I couldn't, it would mean I'm not over doing it. At about the halfway mark I knew I was about a minute and a half behind my goal tempo and I didn't feel like I would be able to make it up after the Newton Hills.  I was still okay, thinking sub 3:15 was in reach.  I did a lot of hill training so I thought I'd hit my paces through the Newton Hills and then throw down the hammer for the last 5 miles.  My legs were feeling a little heavy, but I thought the uphill running would maybe put a little life in them with the change of terrain.  Mile 14 and 15 I still lost a little time, 21 seconds over those two miles.  Mile 16 should be the fastest mile of the course, it's downhill just before the Newton Hills start.  I should have run a 6:49 but 7:11 was the best I could do.  I started to get concerned because I couldn't have done this mile any faster without over doing it.  I did well going up the first two Newton hills, still lost 23 seconds but the next mile concerned me most.  Mile 19 is a reprieve before the last two hills, but It didn't work out for me.  I lost 27 seconds on this mile.  Should have been a 7:07 and I did 7:34.  The last two hills I gave up even more especially up Heartbreak.  I put up an 8:21 which should have been a 7:47.  At this point I was almost 6 minutes off of my 3:09.  I knew a PR was probably out of sight.  My legs felt VERY VERY heavy.  I was quite surprised.  The Newton Hills kicked my but.  I think I needed to respect this course a little more than I did.  Being from a higher elevation and running hills that these flat head east coasters never dreamed of made me over confident.

Even with a PR possibly out of sight, I knew I'd still have a decent finish.  Things did get a little worse on my way to mile 23.  I had a sudden urge to "need a portapotty NOW" so I just veered to the edge of the road and cleaned out my shorts.  Very messy, lost my gloves but didn't slow me down too much.  I've been here before and it wasn't going to effect me.  Got myselt kind of cleaned up, next mile went okay.  Approaching mile 25 I filled my shorts again.  Oh well, no problem for me, took care of it, poured several cup of water through my shorts and off I went.  My shoes were soaking wet, so my feet were very heavy.  I still pressed on, chasing a PR but I just couldn't pull out any fast miles.  All in all, I'm happy with my 3:18:45.  I was 6124th out of about 31.5K that finished.

Perfect day for a marathon, it got warm, but not too warm.  It was certainly good for the crowd, and this race was as much about them as it was me.  I heard reports that there were a million people lining the course.  It sure looked like it based on what I saw in 2011.  The cheering was incredibly loud, if fact, it actually annoyed me for a moment but then I felt bad for having that thought.  The people of Boston and surrounding towns needed to get out and cheer, scream and yell, put last year behind them an show they have moved forward.  I was quickly un-annoyed realizing that this was not about me, it's about what was taken from these people and their need to come out and take it back.  I was honored to be in this race today.

1   7:43

2   7:14

3   7:09

4   7:06

5   7:20

6   7:20

7   7:15

8   7:25

9   7:18

10  7:24

11  7:30

12  7:18

13  7:29

14  7:19

15  7:36

16  7:11

17  7:43

18  7:50

19  7:34

20  7:56

21  8:21

22  7:14

23  8:25

24  7:53

25  8:15

26  8:08

26.2  1:44

Net Time3:18:45 Overall 6124/31931 In Gender5295/17575 (Male) In Division776/2919 (M45-49 Age Group)

Great little trip/vacation to Boston.  I would love to do this every year but it is way too expensive.  I don't know when I'll be back, It could be a long time, but you never know.
 
I almost forgot, while resting at athletes village, I looked over and saw I guy light up a cigarette.  I had to check this out so I came over and set next to him.  He's from Hamburg Germany, and he smokes and runs marathons.  I didn't know such a breed existed, but I met one.  He's my age and ran a 3:06 as his qualifying time.  Maybe I'll talk up smoking if it will cut 10 minutes off my time.

Saucony A2 Miles: 26.20
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Total Distance
4.65

4.65 mile run to work 8:35 pace, 1st run since Boston.  Felt okay, not great.

Saucony A5 Miles: 4.65
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Total Distance
4.65

4.65 miles run home from work  8:09 pace  feel pretty good, legs got a little heavy 20 minutes in, but it's okay, recovering nicely.

Ocean Blue Crocs Miles: 4.65
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Total Distance
9.30

4.65 am miles  8:18 pace

4.65 pm miles 8:17 pace

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 9.30
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Total Distance
9.30

4.65 am miles 8:31 pace

4.65 pm miles 8:13 pace

Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 9.30
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Total Distance
176.65
Saucony Kinvara Miles: 50.95Saucony Fastwitch 5 Miles: 55.45Saucony A5 Miles: 20.95Saucony A2 Miles: 44.65Ocean Blue Crocs Miles: 4.65
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