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Wasatch Back Relay

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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 Lifetime Miles: 562.95
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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, Jun 23, 2007
Race: Wasatch Back Relay (177 Miles) 23:51:51, Place overall: 24, Place in age division: 7
Total Distance
5.60

I started my last leg (25) at 4:10 in the morning.  I was still really sleepy but I was fine once I got going on my run.  I was at about a 5:30/mile pace when a mile into it I got a really bad side stitch on my right side.  I was rubbing it out and trying to take short quick breaths to get rid of it.  I had to slow down a bit which made me really frustrated.  I was passing a younger guy and he pulled behind me and drafted for a little bit.  The wind was blowing right in my face and I wasn't feeling the best but I was not going to allow this guy to let me do a bunch of the work for him.  I got going and left him really fast.  The side stitch went away a little bit but I wasn't able to go very fast.  I ended up doing 6:36/mile pace for the entire thing.  It was up hill and with the wind blowing it didn't make for the most enjoyable run.  I was bummed out to have a bad last leg but oh well.  I enjoyed this race a lot.  It was something totally different and I met some really nice people.  I had no idea who was on my team except my friend's two brother-in-laws.  I wanted to run a little more this afternoon but ended up sleeping because we went to the RSL game.  They got the first win of the season which was fun to be at.  Congrats to all who ran and especially the Marathongis.com team!  Nice job on the 3rd place finish.

Comments
From Ruth on Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 23:11:37

Hey, it was fun to meet you at the race - good thing you wore that singlet, otherwise, I would never have recognized you! It looks like you did a really good job in your legs, our fastest runner had the same legs as you and you beat his times by a minute per mile at least on every leg. Way to go, especially finishing as strongly as you did on a really hard leg. To be like you ultra-fast runners on this blog is my goal in life... or something like that.

From jtshad on Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 14:00:14

Great running at the WBR! Dang, you had some fantastic splits. Keep on running strong!

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 15:52:51

What time did you get on that leg?

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