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Big Cottonwood 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: Big Cottonwood Half (13.1 Miles) 01:09:26, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.500.0012.101.0014.60

I guess the week long rest was helpful - even with 10 percent less descent I still only was 9 seconds slower than last week, and this course was actually the full 13.1 instead of just 13.

They didn't have enough buses for the half but I didn't care - nicer to wait in the warm valley. When we got up there it was way colder at the start than I expected, so I was glad for the space blanket. I was also happy to find gloves in the portapotty, thanks going out to some wonderful forgetful person.

I hung out with Johnny at the start all alone, waiting for everyone to walk out of the starting area and get there. Really well set up. I still couldn't see anybody except Brett who could beat me, so it was looking like Podium day! Well only one way to find out. They started the race at 7:25 and I slammed it to max right away, garmin says I hit 17.5 MPH! Oops. Still I didn't get caught by Brett until .75 in, but then two more guys passed me. Crap, fourth gets nothing in this race. All I could do is grind away and hope for the best. Mile 1 seemed slow at 5:16, and mile 2 was also 5:16. Even worse mile 3 was 5:27 and I was wondering if Nebo had killed me.

Then I came around a corner and the road disappeared off a cliff. I had forgotten that BC has its dip in the middle and not at the beginning. Mile 4 was 5:14 and 5 got down to a blistering 4:49! At this point Brett was still in sight and the other two guys were drifing back, so I figured I was doing pretty good. Mile 6 was a 4:58 and somewhere in those two I pulled off a 4:45, which is my new mile PR. Crazy. The 5K was 15:28 and the 10K was 31:40, all in the middle and not using the first two miles. Pretty close to PR pace there too.

Craig Hudman, the number 3 guy, was starting to send off vulnerability vibes by mile 7 so I was getting my hopes up. But I was only gaining 10 yards per mile or so on him and he was 300 yards ahead. Miles 7-11 were 5:17, 5:02, 5:14, 5:28, and 5:50 with that nasty slight uphill out of the canyon. And I got to see Toni at the mouth of the canyon. He is looking even stronger than before, if it were possible. Anyway the third place guy was still about 200 yards ahead though so it looked grim for me. But as I passed aid station K I saw somebody sitting in the middle of the road by the workers, covered in sweat! I wasn't sure if it was him but then the spectators were suddenly yelling "third!" instead of "fourth!" as I passed! So now I couldn't slack off, because I just knew he was going to jump up and catch me as he saw me pass.

But it was not to be. I figured as long as I maintained the punishing pace I would still gain 20 yards per mile on him and there was only 1.5 to go. I redlined all the way to the finish chute for a 5:23 and 5:46, then went to black at 5:13 for the last tenth. Ow. I didn't realize the Pepi was the other guy who had passed me, and since he was born within a very few days of me he can always knock me out of the division and masters. I had never met him before today - he's totally cool. And small. I think I will call him Piccolo Pepi :) No wonder he smokes me so bad. So Brett beat Pepi by 3 and a half, commenting that it was a nice tempo run (he is going to Rock and Roll and so he didn't want to push it) and Pepi beat me by 2 and a half, then I beat Craig by 2. Well worth the trip!

Wait! I just read Craig's report and the guy that was sitting wasn't him! OK, nowI am wondering what ended up happening. Nice race Craig :)

Comments
From crhudman on Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:13:05 from 69.58.92.150

Nice race yesterday. I figured it was you up there with the other guys but I still have no clue who the dude was that was sitting on the road.

From Dave Taylor on Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 12:14:45 from 174.23.76.41

Thanks, looks like you were really closing the gap there at the end. Bodes well for Saint George.

From Keith on Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 23:10:21 from 174.52.217.55

Great race Dave, The person you passed sitting on the road was Nicholas McCombs

He was a very good runner but just went through a tough divorce and hasn't been running for several years, he was probably not ready for a fast canyon race.

From Dave Taylor on Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 06:41:28 from 174.23.76.41

Ouch. He could have fooled me about being ready though, he was really strong most of the way.

From Matt Poulsen on Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 15:20:59 from 66.7.112.65

Great race, Dave! Very impressive. You are on fire this year!

From Dave Taylor on Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 16:51:02 from 50.198.183.21

Thanks! But now there is nowhere for the fire to go - all the races are over. I am trying to just work out this week. Maybe somebody needs pacing?

From Kam on Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 09:34:46 from 68.66.163.179

Go run the huntsville half marathon on september 27th. $500 for the winner

From Dave Taylor on Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:03:26 from 50.198.183.21

Holy smokes! I'm so there.

From Steve on Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 14:14:45 from 66.87.127.235

Nice race!

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