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Hobble Creek 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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
22.503.0013.301.4040.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.400.000.000.006.40

Nice recovery run plus upper body

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.004.300.006.30

Tempo run on the flat course, no push (don't want to screw up the race!) Average pace 6:02

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Standard easy gym route

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

10 bike, really

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.600.000.000.403.00

Standard pre-race strides,.2 on the flat, .25 on the treadmill at 14 MPH, quick hill sprint

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Race: Hobble Creek Half (13.1 Miles) 01:12:40, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.503.009.001.0014.50

Could this be my best race ever? I don't know - I've had so many this year. And Nebo will be incredible. Walter you better go down there because I am going to smoke your course record.

Anyway, I started off in the traditional fashion, well in front of the race, but it was taking longer than usual for the leaders to catch up. In fact the first guys didn't get me until about .75 in, and most passed around the one mile mark. This year it wasn't onesies and twosies like usual, but a whole pack of intimidating racers screaming down the mountain looking for all the world like the usual pack at the olympic mile race. I knew then it would be a strong year, and I was just hoping that a masters guy did not sneak in there. The first milepost flew by at 4:52 and my watch dinged at 4:58 - a new record! I was feeling a tiny bit overextended by that point so I brought it back to half pace plus and hoped for the best.

The beautifulday made the miles pass quickly, splits on the other upper miles were 5:26, 5:32, 5:31, 5:38, 5:38 so it looked like I had found a good pace that I could maintain. I hit the dreaded flats by the golf course and still managed to squeeze under 6 at 5:56! By now nobody was passing me and I was passing nobody - it was just a race with my endurance which seemed to be holding out well. 5:35 on the golf course downhill, then into the more flat stuff with 5:58, 5:51, 5:56, and 5:58. By this point I could not argue with my eyes - Trevor wascoming back to me! I passed him in mile 12 and ran a 5:55 to the end of the race. 10th overall, another masters win, and a huge PR! What an awesome day. I think doing all the construction has really helped my endurance a lot.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
22.503.0013.301.4040.20
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