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St George Marathon

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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.5031.340.003.0044.84
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.300.000.003.003.30

Hard not to do the last mile, but I did 13.2 MPH for the last 2/10 of the third mile instead. Energy building quickly

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.006.340.000.006.34

Practice perfect MP, looks like 6:20

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.004.000.000.004.00

Negative Ramp, next run is from the convention center to the hotel on Friday!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

8 bike, really

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

From convention center to Hotel

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Race: St George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:41:14, Place overall: 30, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.2021.000.000.0026.20

First marathon ever, next time I am bringing compression socks so my calves don't lock up for the last 5 miles. I should have been at 2:35. 

Mile 1,2 - I worked my way up to the elite corral and saw a lot of people - Walter, Brandon, Dan, Toni - it was totally cool. The race went off and everybody was moving super slowly. Somehow about 100 people had managed to work their way in front while I was distracted, but it was good because I needed a warmup. I slowly worked my way up to the fast guys that I thought were running my goal time of 2:38 and locked it in. The tailwind made it super easy, with miles 1 and 2 at  5:48 and 6:00, even with that dinky hill in 2.

 3,4,5,6,7 - 5:38 to 5:27. I found to my horror that the guys I was running with were targeting the high 2:20s, and even worse, I kept blowing by them on the steeper downhills while they caught up on the flatter bits. Nothing I could do, I was already at my slowest speed. Nearly not breathing (OK, 3 and 3 on the hard parts)

 I took the Veyo hill like a snail inching up a mango tree, in the mid 7s, but still ended up with 6:37 for mile 8. The rest of the hill up to 12 was 6:30 to 6:09 thanks to the tailwind. All I wanted to do was get to the top of the hill feeling fresh and I did it. Now it was time to fly.

 But I was not completely fresh, because I could not get below 5:48 on 13-18. I didn't get over 6 either, so I was OK with it. My salt capsule blew up at mile 15 but I still got most of it with a quick stop at the aid station.

Trouble started at mile 19. It seemed a little harder to get up the hill, so I slowed down so I could fly down the last part of the course and got a 6:29.

But not slow enough. Mile 20 sped back up to 5:59, but my calf started to twinge every time I went up hill even slightly. Finally in the middle of mile 21 I had to stop and massage it, but it didn't help. Only 10 second walk breaks at the aid stations gave me a respite, and it got worse quickly. I still managed a 6:18 for 21, but after that I got slammed into the 6:33-7:17 bracket and lost my shot at sub 2:40.

But all was not lost, my favorite thing happened at the end. Trent Jensen passed me in the last 200 meters and it was sprint time! I was fully locked up calfwise and moving 15 MPH anyway, but not quite fast enough to get him back. But at least I made him puke :[] I also had the odd coincidence of matching my bib number with my place.


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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.5031.340.003.0044.84
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