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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: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:30:43
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
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Would have prepared the report before but my wife's iphone does not functional weel with this website.  So here it is:

This was the "perfect" race for me, or as perfect as I have come to so far.  By perfect I don't me fastest but given my fitness level the best I think I could have done.  I wanted to go out relatively slow, have a negative split, and not have the wheels come off at the end.  I achieved all three.

Mile 1  8:25 still dark and cold - just trying to navigate through the crowd and find a comfortable pace.

Mile 2  8:02 still cold

Mile 3 - 5   22:56 (av pace 7:30) - stopped to get water at mile 3 & 5.  I made it a point to drink at every water station.  Feeling good and I found my stride.  Shed my lond sleeve shirt, skull cap and gloves (which I never recovered).  Forget to hit the right button on my watch at each mile marker.

Mile 6  7:22 - mentally getting ready for the hill.

Mile 7  7:41

Mile 8  9:10 - here we go up the hill.  Decide to take sloooow and reserve as much as I can for the second half of the race.

Mile 9  8:41 - still going up just not as steep

Mile 10 7:52 - still going up...

Mile 11 8:31 - still going up...start talking to a guy from L.A. (Steve).  We end up talking for the next 11 miles

Mile 12 8:10

Mile 13 7:35

Mile 13.2 - the best that I can remember the clocl said 1:47:xx, so my chip time was probably 1:46:xx

Mile 14 8:03 - feeling good - no signs of fatigue

Mile 15  7:25 - this must have been a steep down hill (?)

Mile 16 - 17  15:01 (av 7:30) - more down hill

Mile 18 - 19  15:48 (av pave 7:54) - little up hill here with more down hill

Mile 20   8:25 - slowed down at bit...not sure why since I was still feeling good.

Mile 21  7:20 - probably a little to fast

Mile 22  8:48 - starting to feeling like my feet where made of cement

Mile 23 - 24  15:58 (av pace 7:59) - try to push to the end

Mile 25  8:32 - see the 3:30 pacer run by as I'm getting a drink of water. Oh well!

Mile 26  8:58 - felt like I was moving at a snail's pace but that was all I had

Last 0.2 - 1:54 - like banging your head on a tree trunk. It feels so good when you stop.

My wife and my two little girls (11 & 12) arrived at the finish line about 20 minutes late so I wondered around the park trying to find other FRB runners.  Obviously they were all too fast and had already left. 

Spend Saturday afternoon and Sunday hiking in Zion Nat'l Park with the family.  My favortite national park.  My legs recovered rather nicely.

Gorgeous course!  My new favorite marathon.

Comments
From Burt on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 18:44:20 from 98.167.151.26

Great time!

From Kelli on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 22:58:29 from 75.162.136.134

NICE RACE!!! I hope it met your goal of being a good race.

From Mark on Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 23:21:21 from 173.168.88.68

Nice job on the race, can't wait for the report. I hope you enjoyed it.

From jtshad on Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 11:56:54 from 69.20.183.178

Nice time, can't wait for the report.

From Lyman on Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 21:38:14 from 75.169.102.176

Report is finally up. The program used for the FRB website doesn't work well with i-phones.

Thanks for your comments. The race went perfectly. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was happy with the time. Now its time to start planning the next marathon...

From josse on Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 14:21:58 from 67.214.238.85

It is so much fun having a good day. I am glad you did and am happy for you:)

From Teena on Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 12:29:22 from 155.101.41.13

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!

Glad you had such a great race!

Sorry your wife and kids missed you ... luckily there will be LOTS of other marathons!!! Right?

Congrats!

From Kelli on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 18:22:55 from 71.219.97.106

I am just barely reading the full report, call me slow!

Nice race! So, did you enjoy talking to the guy for 11 miles? I would love to talk during a race, but I am afraid it will slow me down. However, the not talking and running by myself is what is making me hate running, I am a social person. Wish i had found a guy or girl to talk to!!

I was at the park until 1:30 waiting for my bag to come down from the start. I was in the finishers coral for almost 2 hours just hanging out and chatting. Sorry I missed ya! i usually notice bald men, especially for the 30 minutes I was frantically searching for my bald husband. Bummer.

We did Zions the day before the race, it was beautiful this time of year.

From Lyman on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 21:40:02 from 75.169.106.239

I talk every marathon I run. It helps me keep the right pace. Not only that I'm trying to make the experience as enjoyable as possible and talking distracts me from any nagging pains I may be having. I lost count of how many miles we had run around the 18 mile marker. That for me is a good sign. If I'm not focused on the miles but on the conversation it goes by much quicker. I think my pacing was dead on for my fitness level at St George. Never talk more than a short "hi" or "hang in there" during a half or 10-k. Would have talked to you during the race but you were way ahead of me!

From Kelli on Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 13:03:00 from 71.219.97.106

I actually finished just before the 3:29 pacer. I started with the 5:30 pace group because I was in the porta potty line when the race started---the beauty of a chipped race. I am sure at one point in those last few miles we crossed paths.

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