El Burro Blanco

Ogden Marathon

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Location:

Saint George,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 21, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

15:28 5K, 31:25 10K, 1:07:11 Half-Marathon, 2:21:45 Marathon, 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials - DNF = bummer!, 50k - 3:59:03, 50 mile - 7:56:00

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 1:10 half by the summer.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running and fight off heart disease or diabetes that has been passed on for many generations. Try and break the cycle.

Personal:

I am currently 39 years old. I have a 11 year old girl, Norah, a 9 year old boy, Oliver, and a 6 year old girl, Myla, who are wonderful. I am a SPED Teacher at Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah. I also coach the cross country and track teams at Desert Hills High.

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Nike Pegasus 34 Coral 2 Lifetime Miles:						308.95
Asics DS Trainer 24 Lifetime Miles:						77.50
Hoka Clifton 7 Blue Lifetime Miles:						336.05
Hoka Clifton 7 Black Lifetime Miles:						435.55
Hoka Carbon X Lifetime Miles:						263.50
New Balance Fresh Foam Trail Lifetime Miles:						97.50
Hoka Clifton 7 Blue (2) Lifetime Miles:						459.15
Hoka Clifton 7 - Gray Lifetime Miles:						341.00
Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Lifetime Miles:						134.80
Saucony Kinvara (new) Lifetime Miles:						36.00
Hoka Clifton 8 Lifetime Miles:						111.75
Brooks Launch 8 Lifetime Miles:						96.75

Sat, May 17, 2008

Race: Ogden Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:35:18, Place overall: 3

Total Distance

27.20

Today was an interesting race. I didn't want to go out and do anything crazy but run a nice race and see what would happen. I did an easy 1 mile warmup with some strides and went to the starting line. I saw Seth Wold and knew this was his first marathon. He told me that he was going to pace off of me. Sasha, Seth, Clyde, and me went out and were very conservative for the first couple of miles. At a mile 4, Seth and I started to move out a little bit. Seth kept right behind the entire race up except for his potty break at the half and then until mile 21. We hit the half at 1:12:30 and both were feeling fine. We kept it nice and easy up the big hill and then I started to get a side stitch at about mile 16. I worked it out a little bit but it didn't want to go away. I knew Seth was quick on the track but he was right behind until mile 21. I felt great and then all of a sudden my right hamstring tightened up and it shot down into my calf. I knew it was bad. It felt like it almost popped. I had to stop and stretch it out even to get going again. Seth took off and I knew my chances of taking 1st were gone. My leg hurt really bad. Our pace was close to Paul's 2:26 performance last year so I was really disappointed. I had to stop about 10-15 times the last 5 miles in order to try and keep my hamstring loose. Sasha caught me with just under 2 miles to go. I was excited for Sasha because he ran a great race. I basically hobbled to the finish line and then they had to rush me to the medical tent. I couldn't believe how tight my right hamstring was. I was happy with the 3rd place finish but disappointed with my time because I knew I was there. I led the entire race up until mile 21. Bummer! I don't know if it was attributed to the hot weather or if I didn't stretch out enough but the hamstring went to pot the last couple miles. I drank water and Powerade at each aide station. I was happy for Seth and he came up to me afterwards and thanked me for pacing for the race. That felt good but I was still a little disappointed. Seth will be an OT guy for sure. I'm just glad he is on my Wasatch Back team and nobody elses. I am going to go to a doctor and get a lipid analysis to see if I need more potassium or anything else. I will take this race just like last year's Ogden and use it for motivation to rock and roll for the rest of the year. I am doing Twin Cities this fall and will be focused on that for the rest of the year. You can't have a great race everyday. Oh well! You have to love the learning experiences we go through. Fast Running Bloggers did very well today. 10 out of the top 12 were from the blog. Sweet! Here is the rundown of my mile splits:

1-5:41

2-5:42

3-5:23

4-5:26

5-5:22

6-5:25

7-5:27

8-5:27

9-5:31

10-5:36

11-5:32

12-5:30

13-5:34

14-5:31

15-5:58

16-5:50

17-5:45

18-5:32

19-5:40

20-5:40

21-5:59

22-5:59

23-6:00

24-7:13

25-7:08

26-7:55

.2-7:26

I will be back for sure!

Comments

From Superfly on Sun, May 18, 2008 at 20:47:51

First off Logan thanks for the efforts of you and your wife and the pasta party. That was really nice of you guys to do that.

Also your family was very nice to let us stay up there and thank them again for everything.

Your a stud and I'm glad your on my side. I was disappointed with my race but I felt worse about yours. I knew you were going to blow everyone out unless the worst thing happened and then it did. Keep your chin up. You've worked really hard and will have many more great races.

Looking forward to having you in town!

Apple Pie, ZZ Top, Vicks, and El Camino's- you know what I'm sayin

bar!

From Adam RW- on Sun, May 18, 2008 at 20:57:37

Logan, That by far was the most mature race report I have ever read. You had an excellent race and toughed out a bad pain, yet despite any negatives your report comes off as very level headed and immediately acknowledging what may have gone wrong and what you are going to do to fix it. I think you will have so much fun at Grandma's. I've never run it but I've never heard a bad comment from someone who has. I'll see you on June 20th!

From Mike Warren on Sun, May 18, 2008 at 21:04:21

Logan, sorry to hear about the hamstring. Bottom line, everyone knows what your capable of. We all have bad races and true competitors like youself, use it as gasoline on the fire! I love your attitude and drive. I know really great things are in your future. We are all excited to have you movin down!

From MichelleL on Sun, May 18, 2008 at 21:30:15

So sorry your hamstring issue got in the way of a first place finish. So did you have any indication of any hamstring issue in the days before the race? Thank you for the pasta party even though I couldn't go.

From dave holt on Sun, May 18, 2008 at 21:51:52

That's the tough thing about marathons - you can't just turn around and run another one next week to rebound from the tough performance. But you hit it right on the head; time to just focus on the next one and learn from this one. Sorry that it went poor at the end for you. You'll be back hitting an awesome race at the next one. See you in a couple weeks.

From cgbooth23 on Sun, May 18, 2008 at 22:32:15

great job, My brother Ben spotted you at the Oaks and couldn't believe how fast you and the other guy were going, too bad the body didn't hold up... good luck in ripping up the WBR, wish we had you on our team again!

From Paul Petersen on Sun, May 18, 2008 at 22:34:56

A bit of bummer, but you have a really good attitude about it. At leas you came out with some money and probably gained some good experience. You will have bigger fish to fry in October.

From nfroerer on Sun, May 18, 2008 at 23:20:40

Logan! I have to 2nd Booth. You should reconsider WBR - how can you pass up BurgerKing at midnight! Get your leg better! Your run was pretty amazing! Nice job.

From Jon on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 09:02:23

Tough race today. It's too bad your body didn't work as well as you had prepared for, but you still ran amazing. Hope you can figure out what is causing your cramps so you can finish your next race with the glory you deserve and have worked for.

From jtshad on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:01:00

What a race, tough day. To have all that happen and still make that kind of time and place 3rd, you are a stud.

It was a pleasure seeing you again. Looking forward to running WBR with you.

I will let you know what Twin Cities tells me.

Good luck with the move this weekend!

From josse on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:26:22

Oh man that stinks for sure. I should have been there with you with my scraping tool and you would have got right back out there for sure j/k. I hope it doesn't give you problems. Great attitude, we all can learn from your word of wisdom. Thanks for the great party.

From Sean on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:36:51

Nice race. Hopefully finishing the race will prove to have been the right thing to do. It's always tricky knowing when to keep going and when to drop out. I'm running Twin Cities as well. Still quite a bit of time between now and then so make sure you're healed and healthy before hitting it too hard. See you in MN.

From James W on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:23:18

Great race report, Logan. I was disappointed to hear of your rotten luck with your hamstring - I hope you find out what the cause of it was. BTW, I can't help but be reminded of what happened to Dan Brown at the marathon OT last year - he was running great up through about mile 21 (or was it a bit further) and then had to suddenly stop and stretch. So it happens to the best of us at times. What's your stretching routine like? Hopefully the doc will be able to help you out and the news will be the best possible (like electrolyte imbalance).

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 13:11:59

Logan - comparing your pacing to Paul's last year. At 5 miles you were about 10 seconds behind. By the half you were 30 seconds ahead. I would not say the conditions were any better this year. Temperature-wise it was cooler, but there was something going on that made it hard to run.

Steve Ashbaker was headed for about 1:13:00 in the Strider's Half until he took a wrong turn. He and I essentially tied in 5 K, 10 K, and 15 K earlier. Assuming I would have run around 1:13:00 in the Strider's Half as well, and looking at all the gaps, you should have been faster than me in the half by 1:30, and assuming equal level of marathon endurance, 3:00 in the full marathon, or in other words about 7 seconds a mile. So assuming I ran the rollers from 8 to 13 at the right pace for me for the conditions (about 6:00 average), that makes you about 20 seconds a mile faster than the right pace for you on that section. It may have felt easy, and it may have been right under ideal conditions, but in the conditions we had it was too fast.

Sometimes it is possible to override the pain feedback to the point of running the wrong pace and not noticing the effects until it is too late. I've had it happen to me in 2004 Freedom Run 10 K in Provo. I was determined to do everything I could to make top 3, but I was outmatched by the competition. Nevertheless, I was desperately hanging with the 2nd and 3rd place hoping for a miracle. It was a warm day as well. When I got to mile 4 I could not do it any more and let go. About half a mile later my right quad cramped up and I was not sure if I'd be able to finish. I eased off a bit, and was able to continue at around 6:00 pace, but no faster. It was a very scary experience.

So in short, I think for you the cause of the cramp was the mind being stronger than the body too early in the race.

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 13:42:06

And, in case you have not noticed, you have made the front page of MarathonGuide.Com for the first time. Not bad at all for having to wobble for the last 4 miles.

From James on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 21:33:19

I agree with what Paul said, a bummer but still some good experience and money. You are a stud and once you figure out how to run your own race you will be something else!

From dave holt on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 22:14:24

Logan, I love that you run with confidence and strength and don't worry as much about what the numbers might say - if you had, would you have qualified for Trials? Probably not. That's what it takes to make those major breakthroughs, guts... and you have the most!

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