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Location:

SLC,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Jul 31, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

It was an evening in November 2005 that I'll never forget...I was nearing the end of a long term relationship when I needed to unleash some pent-up anger.  I was driving past a baseball park near my house, when something told me to park my car, and just RUN!!  It wasn't long before I moved on with my life and continued running for new reasons.  I now run because I am truly obsessed!  It is a way of life, and I feel incomplete without my weekly runs.  I have completed 28 half marathons, 78 marathons, 7 ultramarathons, and a few other distance runs.

Pr's:

5k:  18:37 Willow Canyon Fun Run  2010

10k:   39:26 Salt Lake Track Club Winter Series 2012

10 Miles:  1:02:15 Emigration 10 Miler 2014

Half Marathon:  1:22:01 Provo Canyon Half  2011

Marathon:  2:56:52  2017 Utah Valley Marathon

50 Miles:  9:22:03 Antelope Island Buffalo Run 2011

100 Miles: 30:40:28 Wasatch 100 2013

Short-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for Boston

Run 100 mile ultramarathon

Sub 3 hour marathon

Beat my old pr's

Long-Term Running Goals:

A marathon in each state, a few ultramarathons....

Personal:

I have a wonderful wife, Melissa, who does not understand why I would want to punish my body with running marathons, but she is very supportive.  She patiently awaits my arrival at the finish line of most of them.  I slipped on a shirt at the last mile of the Ogden Marathon in 2008, that asked: "Melissa, will you Marry Me?"  It was a wonderful moment!

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Race: St George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:09:13, Place overall: 233, Place in age division: 43

A quick run down:  I had a great first half, and dissapointing second half.  It was a bit warm, but I'm unsure how much that affected my performance today.  Being my 10th. marathon this year, maybe my body was telling me to back off.  I was hoping for a pr, but it wasn't to be.  More details later...

Initially, my goal was to go sub 3:00.  If that didn't work out, I felt that I'd be close and at least have a new pr.  I felt great the first half, and hit it around 1:32:30.  With the major hills behind, the second half should have been an easy negative split.  I continued feeling decent,  but knew there was some work to be done, so I took nothing for granted.  Around mile 20, a dreaded slowdown started to hit me.  I didn't 'hit the wall,' but my pace began to lag and it only continued to decline as the final 10k progressed.  I figured I could still hold on and make the best of it, so I became more focused on the finish and not so much my bombed out splits.  It was around mile 25 when I had the realization of not setting a new pr, being slower than last year, and it was not a fun feeling.

I'm begining to really wonder if my recent marathons have taken their toll on my speed.  When running them close together; I spend my time recovering from one before running the next, and not getting in good quality mileage.  My training mileage has therefore gone down, and I have become a little stale.  I guess this year has been more about sheer numbers rather than speed.  I have no regrets, but have to accept the reality of quantity over quality.

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