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Hobbler Half

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Location:

Mapleton,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 22, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

1:08:17 Drop 13 Half 2015

2:41:14 St George Marathon 2012

17:28 5k Rex Lee 2015 (but sub 16 inside some of my halves, downhill doesn't count)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2013 Races

2014 Races

2015 Races!

1/3 Snowman Half - 1:23:14 1st

Total Domination

3/7 Rex Lee Cancer 5k - 16:53 7th (5k PR)

Masters Domination

3/21 Running of the Leopards - 16:48 13th

AG Domination

4/11 Timp Shadow - 21:28 5th (1k PR)

Masters Domination

4/18 Salt Lake Half Marathon - 1:20:56 18th

AG Domination

5/2 Provo City Half Marathon - 1:16:12 4th

Masters Domination

5/9 - Dino Half - 1:15:20 1st (CR)

Course Domination

5/30 Timp Trail Half - 1:50 1st

Total Domination

6/6 Art City 5K - 17:20 13th

AG Domination

6/13 Drop 13 - 1:08:17 (PR) (CR)

Course Domination

Long-Term Running Goals:

17:00 5k

1:08 downhill half [done]

34:30 10k

Never get old

Personal:

Married, three kids, have a problem with going out too fast in races but it's too fun to quit

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Race: Hobbler Half (12.95 Miles) 01:14:31, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.605.906.001.0013.50

PR! Kind of. New course, but the intro miles were stronger than last year so I am calling it. Besides, I beat it by over 1:30 so it has to be. I hope they keep this course, it's much better than the normal one.

I started out feeling super strong so I didn't want to get held back by the normal front guys - I ran a 4:30 pace for about .3 until the body checked in at a high level then I backed off for the real race. Fritz and Justin passed me, followed closely by green shirt guy. I kept them in sight until about mile 3 or so, then they really took off. Except green shirt was coming back to me! The strong feeling was still there as I felt like a machine running down the cool canyon. Finally about mile 5 I caught him and passed him. But he just would not stay passed! Surge after surge failed to dislodge him. I could tell he was putting in more effort than me but it didn't seem to matter, he was just willing to keep going into the back bedrooms of the house of pain. Finally he got creamed on the hill going into Mapleton but still managed to hold on for another mile. My corner surges took their toll and as we passed the Junior High school I was finally able to break away. Incredible defense, hats off. Now I was in 3rd and paranoid that I might not stay there so I went to redline and held (except that stretch from 1200 to 1600 that I know and hate so well) and managed to come through with a nice gap on 4th. Podium, woohoo! I am really liking these PRs. I looked around  for Fritz and Justin but they were offon the warmdown so I got a massage, ate breakfast, showered, and came back for awards which Ihad to grab early since I hada guy working a grader in SF that I had to get to.

 

Splits 5:21,5:35, 5:42, 5:45, 5:31, 5:45, 5:48, 6:00, 6:02, 6:18, 6:05, 5:59, 5:58

Comments
From Steve on Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 18:57:28 from 189.171.45.200

Nice run! Good for an old guy...

From Fritz on Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 19:21:55 from 98.202.9.237

Nice job Dave and thanks for taking out fast. I am glad you beat green shirt guy. Congrats on the PR!

From Dave Taylor on Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 20:20:05 from 174.23.72.83

Hey us old guys just get faster as time goes on, it seems.

Fritz it is always my pleasure to take it out fast :) But it was hard to tell it was you since you seem to blur when you run. Or maybe I need some different pills...

From Matt Poulsen on Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 17:27:45 from 50.168.224.197

Nice race and PR, Dave!

From Dave Taylor on Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 17:34:55 from 174.23.72.175

Thanks, I can't believe the stuff you are doing - are you trying to break 2:20 at SG?

From Matt Poulsen on Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 08:41:38 from 66.7.112.65

Just trying to get in good shape, Dave :)

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