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Painter's Half Marathon

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Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 19, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Short-Term Running Goals:

 2022 Running Goals:

Stay fit and healthy.  Run a decent Boston and St. George marathon.

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep fit and stay semi-competitive as long as I can.

 

Personal:

I have a wonderful wife and son and we live in Riverton/Herriman Utah. I am a high school teacher, and head coach for cross country and track at Mountain Ridge High. 

 

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Race: Painter's Half Marathon (13.27 Miles) 01:17:57, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.7513.250.000.000.0017.00

It was as cold in St. George as anywhere else. I warmed up with Logan for a mile before the race and was trying to figure out if I was going to wear track pants or shorts. At the start I stripped off the shorts and kept on my two warm up shirts. I had know idea how I would feel but I knew I wouldn't push it. I was planning on a good tempo with no pressure to race. I stuck to my plan very well.

I took off with Jose Martinez for the first couple of miles. The pace was around 6 minute pace and felt quite comfortable. We were joined by three others for a couple of miles and clicking along at 6 minute pace or just under. At about 4.5-5 miles we were directed to go the wrong direction by some spectators. About a block up the road a volunteer told us we had gone the wrong way and that we had to go back. Jose and I went back and the other three kept going. We went back around the park and added on extra just to be safe. I didn't care since I wasn't "racing". Before the mess up my Garmin was reading the mileage as about .2 short of the markers and after we went back it was treading almost .2 more than the markers. Around mile 6 I lost Jose and was on my own for the rest of the race. I really didn't see another runner until mile 10 on my way back. At times I wasn't sure if I was on course or not, because I had done zero research on the course since I didn't plan on killing myself. It felt like a fast training run out in an area I didn't know, kind of relaxing though. I kept my pace under 6 minute pace the whole way, which was great with my 9 minute mile training I have been doing. I finished the race in a time of 1:17:57 and a 5:51 for the average pace for the 13.27 miles, or whatever was on the Garmin. Most people actually ran short (12.9 something)and would need to add on a minute, but I ran too far back and back tracked an extra quarter mile, and could take off about one minute. My time would have probably been about 1:17:00. The three guys in front of me probably ran about 12.7 miles! I felt good and felt like I could have went at least a couple of minutes faster, so I must not have lost as much fitness as I thought I had. I was glad I went down, and also glad to see that I can still hang sub 6 minute pace. Last year I started running about this time and never hit that kind of shape until April or May.

I cooled down for a mile by myself and and about two miles with Logan, Ted, Michelle, and Hal Amos.

All of the team did very well, and so did the rest of the bloggers, we were pretty much dominant. The course was good with a lot of easy rollers, and could be a very fast course. I thought they could have had it marked better in several areas though. Steve and the store did a great job with their portion of the race, and the awards. It was fun to have everyone there and to hangout afterwards.

  (Tangent-207 miles (Omni- 288 miles)

Comments
From josse on Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 18:58:14

Come on you are not considering this as mileage or a race?

From Mike Warren on Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 19:10:34

James, it was nice to meet you. Your time was awesome, especially considering you didn't even push it too hard, Once you get the training back on schedule, look out, you will be scary fast.

From MichelleL on Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 19:45:57

Great job on your non-race race. It's great you haven't lost much fitness. It was nice to meet your wife and your little one on Friday.

From dave holt on Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 21:22:12

Hey thanks for the comment - good luck on the new job - Riverton right? I'll be looking for you at the meets (but del Sol first!)

From MarcieJ on Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 22:11:39

Really nice run and wow on just a training run! It was nice to meet you this past weekend! Good luck on all your training and I am sure I will see ya around this spring.

From David on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 00:32:17

Nice race there, I believe that you weren't taking it seriously because there's no rant from you about the course markings. This isn't the blog I'm used to!

I bought my plane tickets for Moab, see you in a few weeks. Paul was thinking about meeting at your new place Friday morning, we'll figure something out.

From jtshad on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 08:44:22

Nice race and a great time coming off winter training. Your fitness is still there. Looking forward to running with you at the Del Sol.

From Paul Petersen on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 10:10:47

Nice job! You are in good shape.

From Jon on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 10:29:02

Nice run, especially for this time of the year.

I saw you have Cody's jacket- did they give you one for me, too?

Were you thinking of going to your cabin Feb 9?

From Adam RW on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 10:38:16

I have to laugh everytime I see the running Sasha to the left. Great workout. It is a good sign of things to come for this year if you can finish 10th in a good time taking it easy.

From James on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 11:30:42

Thanks everyone. It was nice to see that I haven't lost too much. I have a bit more confidence heading into del sol and Moab knowing how my training has been, and still being able to run a 1:17 and feel comfortable. Hopefully when life settles down a bit I can pick things up and have a good year.

Jon- I do have a jacket for you, Paul, Cody, and Dan that I will drop off later today. We were thinking of going to the Cabin on Superbowl weekend, or I could do that weekend. Work it out with Paul.

From Dustin on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 12:54:18

Good job on Painter's. Sorry I didn't stick around long after the race. My oldest son had a basketball game I had to get to. You ran strong for only being a training run. I think you and me both are already off to a little better start than last year. I'm planning on doing the Ogden Marathon, so hopefully that will get me in the mood to train and I can have a good summer of training this year.

From amanda on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 13:23:17

Good job on the half. You are way fast!

From Brent on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 13:28:06

James, you still have it, good job during the race. It has to be all those tougher than tough training runs this winter that have done the trick, they did pay off. Have a great running year. See you at Moab.

B of BS Rools out

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