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Provo Canyon Half Marathon

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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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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
12.5013.100.000.004.5030.10
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Canyon run, easy.  Recovering from 3 days in the Uintas with a heavy pack.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.000.000.000.003.006.00

Moderate effort up City Creek Canyon with Jeff and relaxed stride down.  Calves loosened a little more during this run.  No left knee pain.  Light wieghts after run.   Calves should be in good shape for the Provo Canyon Half Marathon this Saturday.

On the the uphill I noticed my ability to maintain a pace that requires labored breathing has increased and my recovery times have shortened.  This is likely due to the medication.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.500.000.000.001.505.00

Two days to the Provo Canyon Half Marathon!  Don't want to make any predictions since it has been a very long time since I've raced a half marathon and a little over a year since my last marathon (which went very poorly).  I am optimistic given the way I've felt with the long runs for the past 3 months and how the Des News 10-k went.

Today was the last run prior to the race.  I ran up to the guards gate (City Creek Canyon) faster than I should of and then turned around till I met up with Dick.  Took it easy back up to the guards gate with Dick and coasted back down.  Everything feels ready to go this Saturday.  I just need to get a good noghts rest tonight since I am sure that I'll sleep poorly tomorrow night.

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Race: Provo Canyon Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:37:05, Place in age division: 14
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.0013.100.000.000.0013.10

Great Race!  I was shooting for a sub 1:40 so I'm happy with the result.  The plan was to run at a 7:30 pace for the first 10 miles and then run as hard as I could the last 3.1.  However, I'm either blind or the race organizers didn't not provide mile markers for each mile.  So I ran on feel.  The first 4 minutes or so was very slow, trying to get around the slower runners.  But once I got into the right crowd I managed to find an ideal pace. 

 

Here are the splits I could manage to record:

Mile 1 - 6    44:31  7:25 ave pace    44:31 total

Mile 7 - 9    22:36  7:32 ave pace 1:07:07  total (didn't slow down much in the uphill portion)

Mile 10-11  14:47  7:23 ave pace  1:21:54 total

Mile 12          7:40  7:40 ave pace  1:29:34 total

Mile 13 to end 7:31 6:49 ave pace  1:37:05 total

My best guess is that Mile 12 was measured long and the last 1.1 miles was measured short.  I don't trust the markers much given the commetary that others have blogged.  However, I still managed a even split (first half of the race = second half of the race). 

 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
12.5013.100.000.004.5030.10
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