In search of old age PRs

Murray Fun Days 5 K (short course)

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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 25, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

All running accomplishments are Post Teenage Years:

17:06 5K--Murray 2014

16:58 5K (aided)--Running of the Leopards 2010

34:41--10K Deseret News 2018 (aided)

1:16--(aided) Hobble Creek Half 2009

2:43--St. George Marathon 2012

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 2:50 Ogden Marathon

Sub 17:00 at Draper 5K

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 2:40 Marathon

Personal:

Married to Elizabeth (she got me running in 2003). We have three boys, Lucas (12) , Sam (8) and Ollie (5).

Many years ago, I read that the AVERAGE male is capable of a 2:40 marathon. I decided to test that theory. I began running in 2003 with Top of Utah as my first marathon (4:24). I need 3 more minutes.

"Life is short...running makes it seem longer."--Baron Hansen

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Fri, Jul 04, 2014

Race: Murray Fun Days 5 K (short course) (3.11 Miles) 00:17:09, Place overall: 11, Place in age division: 2

Total Distance

5.10

Traditional Murray 5K for the fourth of July. I've run the race 7 or 8 times now, so it is a great gauge of my fitness. I'm little bummed on the short course, but not much I can do about it except run a little extra down the chute! Started the race behind Sasha and Dennis. After a mile, I went with Sasha and another younger runner. Sasha put a little distance on my at the end of mile 2, but I was making up ground the last 1/2 mile of the race. Finished 2nd Master, a few steps behind Sasha--I'm not sure how I was 8-9 seconds back of his time since I was close to him at the finish.

Highlight of the day was my 7-year old's first 5K in 26 minutes!

Comments

From Kam on Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 08:26:30 from 68.66.163.179

Your kid is just like you; a screaming fast runner.

From MarkP on Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 21:39:07 from 50.94.81.82

Thanks! I'm amazed at his overall time, since I clocked him at the track a week before and expected a 30+ minute race.

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 13:34:26 from 192.168.1.1

Congratulations on the breakthrough. Your time converts to something around 17:34, but you have to remember that Murray Fun Days is a rather slow course - perhaps the slowest of all trusted courses in the state - when it is run along the certified route, that is. I am guessing that if you run the same quality performance in Draper Days, you will run around 17:10. But it is quite possible that you might be on the upsurge, and in that case you have a good shot at sub-17:00 on a legitimate non-aided course.

From MarkP on Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 19:59:30 from 184.48.166.84

Thanks Sasha--I hope I am on an upsurge. What's your goal at Draper?

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 07:43:38 from 192.168.1.1

Mark - it would be nice if I could go under 17:00. If you are running it, we can work together towards that. If there is someone to follow, just tuck behind, otherwise trade leads every 2 minutes or so if we feel equal, otherwise the stronger one takes more of a burden.

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