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Mt Nebo Marathon

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Location:

South Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Started running in 2001.  Have completed over 100 marathons and ultras since then. 

Marathon PR 2:56:04 (2005 St. George)

New PR 2:53:24 (2008 Tucson)

Finished 2nd Overall in 2005 Utah Grand Slam to Paul Peterson.  He beat me by 30 min in every race.

1/2 Marathon PR 1:23:56 (2008 Just Cuz Half Marathon)

Completed the Utah Grand Slam 10 consecutive years (2003-2012).  I don't know if anyone else has done that.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 Goals:

Be consistent in my Riding.

Drop a few lbs.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I have long-term biking goals.  Running is completely out of the question with the Meniscus in my knee.

Personal:

I'm in the 55-59 Age Group.....Yikes!

I have been married for over 39 years.  We have 3 children and 7 grandchildren.

 "Only those who risk going to far can possibly find out how far they can go"  T.S. Eliot

"Putting miles in your training log (blog) is like putting money in the bank.  You begin to draw interest on it immediately."  Hal Higdon

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Biking 2021 Lifetime Miles: 653.86
Biking 2023 Lifetime Miles: 702.58
Biking 2022 Lifetime Miles: 2001.75
Biking 2024 Lifetime Miles: 400.84
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285.740.00285.74
Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 123.33Hoka Arahi Miles: 37.73Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 73.31Asics Kayano 26 Miles: 51.37
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
20.020.0020.02

It was 60 degrees when I started, 80 when I finished.

I ran my urban 20-mile loop down to ISU and then back through the Monte Vista and Satterfield hills and back home.

Total 20.02 miles.

First 70+ mile week in a long time!

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 20.02
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10.030.0010.03

Warm morning for Pocatello...74 degrees.  Thankfully there was some wind.

I ran 10.03 miles to the PWC and back.

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 10.03
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10.040.0010.04

10.04 miles to the PWC and back.  Temps mid 60's.

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 10.04
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10.050.0010.05

10.05 miles to the PWC and back.

Hoka Arahi Miles: 10.05
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10.060.0010.06

10.06 miles out to the PWC and back.  Warm morning for Idaho.

Hoka Arahi Miles: 10.06
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10.070.0010.07

10.07 miles in SoJo.  Temps low 70's with some wind.

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 10.07
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21.020.0021.02

I drove up to the start of the Pocatello Marathon course on the top of Buckskin Rd.  It was 50 degrees and got even colder down the back side...AWESOME!  I actually had goose bumps on my arms the first 5 miles.

I ran all the way to Century HS and did not see one SINGLE runner the entire time...weird! 

Solid run, 21.02 miles, non-stop in a very steady pace.

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 21.02
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10.020.0010.02

10.02 miles to the PWC and back.  Temps low 60's.  Quads a bit tight after Saturday, but they loosened up after a few miles.

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 10.02
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10.020.0010.02

10.02 miles to the PWC and back.  Temp 60.

Now off to Utah for the rest of the week.

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 10.02
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10.120.0010.12

10.12 miles in SoJo.  Temps upper 60's to low 70's by the finish.

I received my cancellation email from St. George yesterday...bummer.  I am going to find another marathon to run.  Probably a much smaller one as they seem to have a better chance of actually occurring.

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 10.12
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10.130.0010.13

10.13 miles in SoJo.  Temps upper 60's.

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 10.13
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10.140.0010.14

10.14 miles in SoJo.

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 10.14
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22.060.0022.06

It was even cooler at the top of Buckskin this week.  45 degrees.  I was running down the back side, same as last week, but about 3-4 seconds per mile slower.  At about 9.5 miles Doug Lenio came up next to me on his bike and we chatted for 5 miles!  He really helped pace me and I ended up Faster than last week!

I ran 1.5 miles past Century and did 22.06 SOLID miles!

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 22.06
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10.070.0010.07

10.07 miles to the PWC and back.  Temps low 60's.

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 10.07
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10.080.0010.08

Warm morning for Idaho.  70 degrees and smoky/hazy.

I ran 10.08 miles to the PWC and back.

Hoka Arahi Miles: 10.08
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10.150.0010.15

10.15 miles in SoJo.  Warm morning, mid 70's.  Wore my new Kayano's this morning.  Just breaking them in...

Asics Kayano 26 Miles: 10.15
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10.130.0010.13

Warm morning...75 degrees and a bit humid.  I ran 10.13 miles in SoJo.

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 10.13
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10.090.0010.09

Mid 60's and very smoky/hazy this morning in SoJo.

10.09 miles.

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 10.09
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15.020.0015.02

15.02 miles to the PWC, then up to the top of Satterfield and back.  Really smoky this morning.  It bothered me a bit on the uphills but otherwise manageable.

Asics Kayano 26 Miles: 15.02
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7.540.007.54

7.54 miles on Hiline in Pocatello.  Still smokey.

Hoka Arahi Miles: 7.54
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10.050.0010.05

10.05 miles out to the PWC and back.  Temps upper 60's with the usual smoke.

Pace was solid, bodes well...

Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 10.05
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7.560.007.56

7.56 miles in SoJo.  Temps upper 60's with pretty high humidity.  Air is much clearer in Utah.

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 7.56
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5.070.005.07

Warm morning in SoJo...75 degrees.  5.07 easy miles to complete the taper.  Very easy effort.

Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 5.07
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Nice and easy 5-6 mile bike ride this morning in SoJo around the lake.  Just keeping the legs fluid with no impact.

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Race: Mt Nebo Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:29:58, Place overall: 64, Place in age division: 1
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26.200.0026.20

I ran the Mt. Nebo Marathon this morning in 3:29:58.8.

I won my Age Group by 20 minutes!

They had DOUBLE the normal Marathon runners since they actually held a race.

This is an interesting course for the full.  Lots of uphill the 1st Half and then a screaming downhill in the 2nd Half.

Full report later.....

The Marathon starts at 8900 feet elevation and you immediately climb to 9345' in the first 1/2 mile.  Then you have some downs then serious uphills for the first 12 miles.  You have 800 feet of Elevation Gain in the 1st half.

Here are my splits....you will see that they are all over the place due to the hills.  I never walked a step so these are actual running times

1.  8:36...big uphill, then downhill

2.  7:33

3.  7:43

4.  7:44

5.  9:35...SERIOUS Uphill

6.  8:12

7.  7:42

8.  8:37...Uphill

9.  9:30...SERIOUS Uphill

10.  9:02...More Serious Uphill, then down

11.  8:09...Up and down

12.  7:50

13.  7:54

14.  7:44

15.  7:38

16.  7:18

17.  7:28

18.  7:24

19.  7:28

20.  7:32

21.  7:35

22.  7:26

23.  7:39...course flattened out

24.  8:03...legs feeling like concrete blocks now after all the steep downhill

25.  8:02

26.  8:19...just hanging on!

.2  2:07

1st 1/2:  1:49:12

2nd 1/2:  1:40:47...8:25 Negative Split

This was my fastest Marathon time since St. George in 2012.  Pretty happy with my result.  Beat my BQ time by 5 minutes and got a sweet 1st place medal for my Age Group.

Asics Kayano 26 Miles: 26.20
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
285.740.00285.74
Asics 2000-7 (ID) Miles: 123.33Hoka Arahi Miles: 37.73Asics 2000-7 (UT) Miles: 73.31Asics Kayano 26 Miles: 51.37
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