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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 (13.1 Miles) 01:16:17, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.552.0010.101.0019.65

I held it back!

I ran to the busses (about a mile) then did another mile in various warmups before the race. Too much - already sweating.

When the race started, Matt reminded me to hold back. And Iwas ready, even though it was really easy. My first two miles were according to plan (5:42, 5:38) and then I let it go (5:30, 5:42, 5:34) but then it started getting hot and thirsty so I stopped for a few sips of gatorade (5:53). I got back on the horse (5:44) but it was really getting miserable (5:59) and even with the slow start I was still feeling it a lot (5:51,5:49). I stopped for another drink (6:06) but once I hit that uphill and a last drink I felt like I weighed 200 pounds (6:06, 6:33). The finish finally came and I burned the last grass bit (4:58) but to my disappointment the clock had already gone to 1:16. But I still got a 28 second PR with the heat so maybe it wasn't so bad. I almost caught Mike Nelson in 4th place too! Right after I got in Mike, Matt and Justin did a cooldown run. I showed them a 3.5 mile course, but cooldown my eye - they were running 7:15 by the end and I got too dehydrated. Took me 10 minutes to run back to my house and three hours to get back to equilibrium, but got my second longest week ever!

Just about ready to head to Cheyenne tonight, in Nauvoo this week. Brutal workouts coming!

Comments
From steve ash on Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 14:10:36 from 174.52.100.252

Good work Dave,I wish I could have been there with you. Keep those miles coming.

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 14:18:30 from 98.202.242.213

You did it, Dave! You held back! Great self control. Excellent race!

From fiddy on Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 16:05:21 from 97.117.85.152

Great race. Admirable restraint. Do you feel like going out more slowly helped?

From RileyCook on Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 20:51:11 from 174.52.234.49

Nice job Dave. I like the smart start!

From SpencerSimpson on Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 13:48:37 from 66.60.125.98

DT, fun to see ya out there today. You looked great and did a great plan. Nice PR!

From bdase on Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 13:54:26 from 160.7.242.251

Great race Dave! Congratulations on the smart start. You'll only get stronger and stronger. Well done on the pr.

From Dave Taylor on Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 20:26:18 from 173.18.162.50

Thanks everybody! Just walked 3/4 of a mile in Nauvoo from the RV park to get internet for the first time in three days. I am not sure if it helped, but I am thinking so. Even though the race was much more hot and humid I still got a PR, probably more than is attributable to fitness gains. Even if it didn't help at all it still gave me two super easy miles at the beginning so I only had to race for 11 :) I will try it again at Timp to compare to AF.

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