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Hood 2 Coast

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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: Hood 2 Coast (199 Miles) 21:47:20, Place overall: 14, Place in age division: 1
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I usually hate these Ragnar things but this one was pretty fun. Everybody was trying hard, nobody biffed it, and we won. Who could ask for more? Well wecould have used a 12th team member and because we didn't haveone I had to run 4 legs along with Walter and Steve but I got to run it in at the end and that was totally cool. The first leg was 3.8 downhill, but it was also 4 PM and 90 degrees. We were near the front of the pro wave and I tried to catch the Google guy. I was gaining on him for the first two miles but then the heat got to me and I had to back off. Didn't lose much though, 5:17 average pace. 

The second leg was at 11 PM and it was still pretty hot, in the high 70s. I got to run through 7 miles of the industrial wasteland of NW Portland. Joy. The third leg at 6 AM was much nicer though, it was 4 miles in the country, not a single McDonalds in sight. Everybody was pretty tired by then and we all agreed that nobody cared about the 4th leg but we just aren't wired that way so we all ended up putting a lot of effort into it. I started out slow on mine but it had another cool hill and at the bottom the van pulled up. The guys said that if I could make it to the finish in 22 minutes we would win. My watch said that would require a 7:50 pace or so, and 6:30 was still withing reach. So I reached it and we won by 4 minutes. Gotta love it :)

Comments
From steve ash on Sun, Sep 04, 2016 at 13:15:29 from 67.2.4.126

Dave, that was a tortuous event but also the most fun I've ever had.. So much energy and agree that everyone really gave it their all.

From Dave Taylor on Sun, Sep 04, 2016 at 16:25:17 from 50.186.108.171

I think I would do it again

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