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Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 19, 2006

Gender:

Male

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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: Wasatch Back Relay (181 Miles) 18:54:03, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.005.700.000.000.008.70

Easy two miles at XC practice to get the old legs moving before WBR.

(Kahana- 223 miles)

Hot start to WBR like usual, the difference was I was one of the first ones instead of very last like I have been in previous years.  I have been captaining the white team but decided to run on the blue team when all was said and done.  My van was a fun one with some very cool guys ( Mitch, Steve Hooper, me, Dustin, Chad, Jon, and Paul as the driver), so I was pumped for that.

My first leg was super hot, something I was not used to after all of our 60 degree temps.  I soaked my hat and put it on hoping it would help me.  I had no time to warm up because we spent so much time aiding Steve that we didn't get to the exchange much before he did.  I started at 6:13pm and almost right away I was lost and off course.  Some how I took a right turn when I was supposed to go straight.  I figured it out after a block or so and headed back to where I was supposed to be.  That was all I need was to have to run .3 miles further than what I need, not too mention the steep hill I went up that I should have had to run up, when it was 94 degrees out.  I felt stupid for not looking at my legs and memorizing where to go like I should have, and am always telling others to do.  Honestly I didn't even look at my legs at all before I ran, I have been too busy doing the logistics part of the race to pay attention to what I was doing.  Good thing was I knew I was off and knew where I need to end up.  The van came by about a mile and a half into my run and it was good to get a quick swallow of water and see that I was where I  was supposed to be.  I was all by myself out the running through fields on a gradual uphill climb from Hyrum into Paradise.  It was so hot and I wanted to stop every time I saw a sprinkler in a field but I knew I had wasted almost two minutes already.  The van stopped three times for me which wasn't enough with the hot sun pounding on me, and me out on a tempo that seemed never ending.  I finally made it to the park and handed off to Dustin and went straight to the shade.  I was glad to get that leg out of the way.  I was supposed to run the 5.6 miles at 6:20 pace but ended up running the 5.95 miles in 36:18 (6:09 pace).  It took me a long time to cool down after that run.  Too bad I got lost and ran a bit extra because my pace was faster than our white team's pace for that leg. 

Comments
From wheakory on Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 19:01:58

Don't worry about taking a wrong turn. Anything can happen in these sort of races.

Your a great guy and had a lot going on beforehand. Nice to be able to go beyond the predicted pace. It's always great seeing you.

From Jon on Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 09:57:49

Next year we will stick you on leg 4 or 5- no turns on those runs!

From James on Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:28:38

I would do 5 next year if I wore a gas mask so I don't suck down all that dust.

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