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Location:

Bountiful,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 24, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

8 marathons and a few triathlons.  Marathon PR: 3:26:20 (Ogden Marathon 2006)

This years races (2010) planned so far:

February 13th - SLC Track Club Winter Series 10-k 

April 3rd - Striders 1/2 Marathon

May 15th - Ogden Marathon

June 12th - Cache Valley Classic Triathlon (Olympic)

Short-Term Running Goals:

  • Sub 3:20 Marathon
  • Stay injury free!

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

 

Personal:

Great wife with four great kids.

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Race: Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay (188 Miles) 27:17:23, Place in age division: 30
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.0018.400.000.000.0018.40

Yes, I know I haven't been logging my miles....

But here is the race report:

Team 181 - Running for the Sticker

Better than last year, with the same team.  Lots of fun and I was not recovering from broken ribs this year so I was a bit faster.  Nice to pass people and not get passed.

I had leg 3, 15, and 27:

leg 3 (10:20 am) - 5.6 miles - 39:30 (av pace 7:03).  Solid run. Didn't want to go 100% all out but a good honest effort.  Didn't get passed and managed to pass 15 or so runners.  Slight incline throughout the course (233 ft net gain).

leg 15 (6:40 pm) - 4.9 miles - 35:14 (av pace 7:11).  Hot.  Started a little slow but sped up by the second mile.  I saw a couple of runners that would be leaving right after I got the boton (or whatever it is) that looked like fast runners.  So my goal was not to get passed.  I managed not to get passed and passed some 15 or so runners.  There was a few walkers already.

Sleep! from 11:30 pm to 2:00 am.  Went out like a rock on the floor of some school gym after having a shower and spegghetti for dinner.

leg 27 (3:20 am) - 7.9 miles - 57:39 (av pace 7:18).  I was tired (sleepy tired) and wondering why the heck I was running this race.  When we got to the transition point I needed a honey bucket bad but as soon as I get out of the van I hear my team number called so I run over to the transition point.  After running for about a mile I figure its time to do my business.  To say the least it was not the ideal situation.  I lost probably three minutes wandering around with my head lamp on on the side of the road.  But once I was back running i got into this awesome groove.  I started to run faster and faster and was not feeling fatigued at all.  The adrenaline lasted througout the run.  I flew up the hills and down again.  The only problem I had was I started to feel a little twinge in my left hamstring when running downhill.  However, it never tightened up so I kept pushing the pace.  The last three miles where all sub 7s.  Never got passed and I did pass a bunch of runners (lost count).

Great fun.  We had some real fast runners on our team and some not so fast but all in all it was well worth the experience.  Very happy with my times!

 

Comments
From Burt on Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 13:01:16 from 206.19.214.144

Way to go Marion! I was dying on my last leg. Way to stay strong.

BTW - I'm reporting you for rule violation #43.

From jtshad on Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:22:38 from 204.134.132.225

Sounds like you have fun!

From Kelli on Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 17:37:51 from 71.219.99.30

Happy to hear about the non broken rib running. Ragnar is a blast, glad you did it and had fun.

From Kelli on Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 17:43:45 from 71.219.99.30

I am slow and just realized we ran the same leg----I am glad it was at different times cause you would have FLOWN by me on that last one.

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