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Timp 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: Timp Half (13.1 Miles) 01:16:07, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.804.007.002.1016.90

Showed up at the start and could not believe my eyes - the battle of the titans was about to commence! I had so wanted to see this matchup, although I could never be there in person to witness the results for obvious reasons, but Scott Keate and Iain Hunter were about to duke it out for Scott's entry ranking in masters next March. I'll leave it to Scott to post the whole story, but since Iain was able to put him three feet under after Scott took the lead with a titanic 4:30 mile 5, I'm going to say that he debuts at a very solid number two. Fortunately his wife and the EMTs were able to dig him up in time and all looks to be well as I write this. I'll also say that I will never be bummed by getting repeatedly stomped by Scott, since it is crystal clear that he is willing to go wayyyy further into the pain locker for the W in addition to being a top tier athlete.

Anyway.

I have had an odd pain in my right adductor for the last few days, almost as if I kinked it or something. It goes away after I run for a tenth or so but otherwise it is there like an annoying kinked neck. So I warmed up super slowly, got everything shipshape, and went off super easy to make sure that nothing really got messed up down there. I was still with the lead guys, just not so much. Scott and Iain were way out front looking like they were on a fun run, gradually pulling away. I eased down the big hill and settled nicely into a 5:30 or so pace, 5:20 for mile 1 and 5:45 for mile 2. I didn't want to go too slowly though so I started picking it up off the couch. S&I went out of sight by 1.5, never saw them again. The high school kid I was running with hit the wall at mile 4, but a newly minted masters dude followed me and passed me at mile 7, hanging on nicely for what I thought would be third but ended up being second. Splits for 3-8 were 5:35,5:20,5:15,5:10,5:20, and 5:48.

Then we got to the nasty part of the course. Just at mile 7.5 at the fee shack, the temperature jumped 5 degrees and the humidity jumped 20%. It felt a little like Iowa again, and I knew that there would be no more speed today. Still though I wanted to try to tough it out but I could not get away with my no water trick in these conditions so I had to walk and drink through 3 aid stations to make sure I got enough to not crash. 9-13 splits were all 6:20, even with the walking breaks. Note that splits are (close) estimates because I ended with 12.98 as the course because the Garmin freaks in AF canyon.

We tended to Scott and taped Spencer's heel, then ran some cooldown while waiting for the interminable awards ceremony to finish. It was cool to be on the podium, but I would rather have not done it THAT way...

Comments
From Josh E on Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 12:20:11 from 75.169.31.22

Nice meeting you Dave and congratulations on being part of the masters sweep.

From Dave Taylor on Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 13:12:40 from 174.23.78.118

Thanks! Great to meet you too, thanks for helping me stay awake during the awards :)

From SpencerSimpson on Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 13:34:53 from 63.82.19.2

DT you looked great again bro. Very solid week for ya. That's a lot of racing this month. See ya at HC! Very Nice podium

From Dave Taylor on Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 13:57:30 from 174.23.78.118

Ya I think I should back of the racing for a bit, maybe cross train for a week and let the long term stuff come back. You looked good today! Except your foot :[]

From Hille on Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 16:18:58 from 98.202.107.135

Excellent race, nice to meet you today.

From RileyCook on Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 19:33:57 from 174.52.234.49

Podium! Awesome Dave, congrats.

It sounds like you need to practice drinking while running to save some time! There is a skill to it and once learned you'll be able to skip walking forever.

From Dave Taylor on Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 19:56:39 from 174.23.78.118

Thanks Hille, you had a pretty good one yourself!

Riley, I was thinking the same thing at mile 10. I think I will have my kids stand out with water while I run 7 1 mile loops at HM pace and practice til I get it right. It should be hilarious for them :)

From allie on Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 20:03:28 from 97.126.223.134

great race, dave.

From Dave Taylor on Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 22:09:19 from 174.23.78.118

Thanks Allie!

From Fritz on Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 22:36:51 from 67.177.4.64

Nice job Dave on the podium finish. I always over hydrate starting two days before a race because I have never figured out how to get more than a gulp from a cup. Ideally aid stations would all have water bottles to carry but that is rarely the case.

From Brandon on Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 05:27:35 from 67.214.231.170

Nice work on the podium finish Dave! I've set up a small table with cups and ran around the block just to practice drinking from the cups in races (though I still stink at it).

From Dave Taylor on Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 07:43:35 from 174.23.78.118

Thanks! You know, it's true - I have never been able to coordinate a cup worth crap but I can do water bottles all day long even when I am breathing at max. If the temp looks a bit toasty for Hobble Creek I am going to leave myself a bottle on the mile 10 table. Maybe I'll put one there for Scott too :) Carrying for 3 isn't such a big deal anyway.

From Jake K on Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 12:29:09 from 67.177.11.154

Nice race Dave.

If you can get some family support out there or stash your own, I'd highly recommend chemistry lab style "wash" bottles with a straw. I'm the worst race-drinker in the world, and even I can get down something with those.

From Dave Taylor on Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 15:05:06 from 63.255.191.163

Thanks Jake, those look even better than the water bottles and I think my wife has some!

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