Training for a Belt Buckle

St. George Marathon

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Location:

Sandy,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PR's: 50 Mile 13:07 (Pony Express 2010), 50K 8:35 (Buffalo Run 2008), 25K 4:02 (Buffalo Run 2006), Marathon 5:09:12 (St George 2008), Half Marathon 2:28 (Provo 2008), 10K 1:17, 5K 27:54

Short-Term Running Goals:

After 1/9/2010 - I am taking a year off from marathon length distances and focusing on building up my base speed on half marathons and shorter distances.

2010 Speed Goals:

Build up my base speed on training runs to 10 MM miles or better
Half Marathon - break 2:05 (9.5 MM avg)
10K Goal 1 - break 1:00 (9.67 MM avg)
10K Goal 2 - break 55 minutes (8.87 MM avg)
5K Goal 1 - break 26.35 minutes
5K Goal 2 - break 25 minutes

Long-Term Running Goals:

Long Term Goals:

Complete a 100 Mile race
Complete a 100 K race
Break 12 hours in a 50 mile race
Run all portions of the Wasatch 100 course
Break 5 hours in a marathon
Break 4.5 hours in a marathon
Qualify for and run Boston

Personal:

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Vibram FiveFingers Lifetime Miles:						452.95
Montrail Streak Lifetime Miles:						195.69
Montrail Vitesse (9.0) Lifetime Miles:						89.75
Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 (2009) Lifetime Miles:						228.50
Brooks Advantage (Blue) Lifetime Miles:						271.42
Crocs Black Lifetime Miles:						80.85
Vibram FiveFingers - Black Lifetime Miles:						65.50
Hoka Mafate Lifetime Miles:						36.95
Hoka Stinson Evo 2012 Lifetime Miles:						53.50

Sat, Oct 04, 2008

Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 05:09:12

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
26.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	26.20

PR TIME!!!!!

My previous best was 5:24:15 - so I took 15 minutes off my previous best.

First off - let me say that I am soooo cold and have been for hours. Rain before the start, rain during the race, and not a drop of hot water left at the hotel by the time I arrived back there.

I was pretty pleased with how I did. My A plan was 5:10, my B plan was 5:15 and my C plan was a PR - so I did all of them. Next year - sub 5 hours coming up!

This is only the second time in history the marathon has had rain - lucky us. It reminded me of my first marathon where we had rain, snow and hail for the first 10 miles - but then the sun came out. No such luck today. I was really cold until after mile 19 when the rain turned into sprinkles. I think it finally ended about mile 24.

Leslie and I rode the bus up together and found a nice spot by the fence to get a bit of a wind break as we huddled in our plastic bags. We ran together through mile 7, when I pulled ahead up the Veyo hill and the next time I saw her was at mile 17, when one of the running vans pulled up and she yelled at me to not wait for her at the end. I know she was struggling with her heels hurting and tiredness and was probably cold, so I'm sure it was frustrating for her to DNF. It was a bit of a downer to me for her to have to pull out - but I just focused back on the race.

No problems with food poisoning today. Probably no problems with dehydration or overhydration either - only one VPB for each end during the race.

I followed a plan of run 8 minutes, race walk 2 minutes for most of the race and just kept up a nice steady pace. I was able to do a negative split again and ran most of the race from mile 20 on.

Mile splits - according to my Garmin: Average - 11:45, Max - 7:54

Mile 1 - 12:08, Mile 2 - 13:15, Mile 3 - 11:28, Mile 4 - 11:09, Mile 5 - 11:57, Mile 6 - 11:10, Mile 7 - 10:45, Mile 8 - 12:58 (do you think I was at Veyo then? :)), Mile 9 - 12:00, Mile 10 - 12:27, Mile 11 - 12:29, Mile 12 - 12:01, Mile 13 - 11:31, Mile 14 - 11:41, Mile 15 - 11:32, Mile 16 - 11:49, Mile 17 - 12:26, Mile 18 - 11:09, Mile 19 - 12:40, Mile 20 - 12:51, Mile 21 - 10:51, Mile 22 - 11:36, Mile 23 - 10:50, Mile 24 - 11:02, Mile 25 - 11:11, Mile 26 - 11:00, Ending: 5:09:12

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Lucia on Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 16:53:07

Woohoo! A 15-min PR, congratulations!!!

From Burt on Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 17:48:59

Awesome job!

From marion on Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 18:02:53

Yeah!!!! Woo HOO!!!! AWESOME!! Alright Maurine!!! I am SOOOO happy for you!! :D

From jona on Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 18:28:25

Great PR Maurine! You had an awesome race!

From tarzan on Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 18:32:29

Thanks everyone! I think I might have stood a chance doing a sub 5 if the weather had cooperated, but I am very happy with my race.

Turns out Leslie pulled out at 13. Of course, as I am laying in bed tired, cold, hurting and hungry - she had to mention that her husband took her to In-n-Out Burgers, gave her a massage, and she had just woke up from a nap.

My sister just had gastric bypass this week and is really struggling with pain and depression, but I told her she pulled me through the last mile when both knees were hurting badly. I just kept repeating the mantra, "If Marcia can do this, I can do this. Marcia is my hero."

From leslie on Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 18:33:29

I can not believe you had a PR in under such miserable conditions!!! You were a real tough cookie to finish! I am so proud of you!!!! Okay, I am going to go blog about my race....it was a doozie!! We had a fun 7 miles together!!!

From marion on Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 18:50:00

Mother Nature's got nothing on you Tarzan! AAAAh eee Ahhhha eee AAAAHHhhhh!!! (bang on chest, more ahhh ee aahhh eeeee ahhhh)

From linda10k on Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 20:50:04

Congrats on the PR! How is the Ogden marathon? My husband and I are thinking of possibly doing it this year?

From Ultrajim on Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 23:39:12

Congratulations on a huge PR. Looks like you really turned up the heat after mile 20. Very consistent. Great job! Yeah, I wimped out on running in the rain today. Went furniture shopping with my wife instead. Tomorrow out at the island rain or shine I go.

From Jon on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 01:18:58

A PR in those conditions is amazing- huge congrats!

From dave holt on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 01:30:33

PR! Nice job!

From walter on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 09:09:50

Great run for a very soggy day!

From Christi on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 09:50:53

Yay PR- Congrats!!! When you alternate running & race walking are you less sore? Sounds tempting to me. Great job in that crazy weather yesterday- you are a strong chic!! (thanks for your support on my race as well!)

From Steve Hooper on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 13:07:59

Way to go on your PR! Rain is your friend.

From Kim on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 19:29:15

Congrats! Crazy race to remember! I wanted to meet you at the blog party but I missed you. Maybe another time. Happy recovery!

From montelepsy on Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 11:28:18

Nicely done, maybe you should always run in the rain.

From Mark on Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 11:29:29

Way to go on the PR on such a cold and windy day. The next marathon such seem like a walk in the park on a pleasant Sunday afternoon :)

From Kelli on Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 18:57:52

GREAT JOB!!!! This must be a negative split race, I have seen quite a few! Makes me feel better...

You did great, way to have a plan and stick with it---and then go with it when your body said to! GREAT WORK and AWESOME PR!!!!

From Brent on Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 20:52:10

Tarzan, the rain forest had nothing on you, condrags and 1,000 commando points for the big PR. Did you give out the Tarzan yell at the end? Nice to met you at the blogger party.

Stay Kool, AhAAAAHAAA AhAAAHAAA, B of BS Rools out

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