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Trial at Trail 51

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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: Trial at Trail 51 (9 Miles) 01:04:47, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
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Another trip through Narnia, another rock from the mistakes of others :) Somebody burned a tractor trailer to the pavement on the interstate so two of the competition did not show up. After waiting a bit to see if they would come, they started the race. I did my normal sprint at the beginning but two even faster rabbits passed me! They had some serious form. I didn't feel like doing a 65 quarter so I let them go. And they did, right out of sight. Bryce has been doing some serious hill work over the last year apparently and hepassed me at the top of the first little (140 foot) hill. Then it was all me, all by myself. I kept seeing Bryce just tantalizingly out of reach so I figured I could catch him on the downhill. I was also feeling quite strong after Tuesday's ladders - every time I slowed to walk, I found myself in a run again quite quickly. The slow mile went at 14:03, and the fast guys were doing it in 12:30 so I am definitely seeing some benefits.

Anyway, once at the top of Dry I opened it up and tried to catch Bryce, but even with a 4:58 pace for the final .75 I was still about 30 seconds back. The first place guy managed to get lost multiple times though and I ran into him as I made the final left turn to get back down to the road. He just bagged it and decided to turn it in to a long run. The field running was very challenging - a brilliant yellow grassy field with an almost invisible trail going down the middle. I just high-stepped it and hoped there wasn't any rocks :)

The two Indiana guys finally got there and ran it in 1:03:something so technically I should have been 6th but with the traffic and the disorientation I ended up with a rock. Yay!

1:04:47 3rd

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