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Race to Robie Creek

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Location:

Meridian,ID,US

Member Since:

Mar 31, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PR's:

5K Beat Coach Pete Fun Run Boise, ID- 21:13(2009)

Meridan Barn Sour Days 10k, Meridian, ID- 41:32(2012)

Famous Potato Half Marathon, Boise, ID- 1:30:40 (2012)

Utah Valley Marathon, Provo, UT- 3:20:14 (2011)

Athlinks profile here.

Garmin Connect profile here.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2014 Racing Schedule and Goals: 

-Get healthy

-St. George Marathon, October 4, 2014, St. George, UT

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run at least one marathon every year until I buy the farm.

Qualify for Boston Marathon.

Personal:

Started running in November 2007 to get fit. Now I'm back almost to square one after back surgery. I did it once and I'll do it again.

"In truth, runners don't race other runners. They race against themselves: to conquer their wills, to transcend their weaknesses, to beat back their nightmares. And while a runner can't actually beat himself, he can beat his time. Even years into running, he can get better."  Running for His Life by Michael Hall. 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
New Balance MR 1400 Lifetime Miles: 392.77
Saucony Kinvara 2 Lifetime Miles: 424.41
Saucony Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles: 438.89
Saucony Ride 5 Lifetime Miles: 235.68
Brooks Launch (Blue/Yellow) Lifetime Miles: 282.52
Hoka Rapa Nui Tarmac's Lifetime Miles: 181.17
Hoka Clifton (Blue)(2) Lifetime Miles: 164.15
Sat, Apr 16, 2011
Race: Race to Robie Creek (13.1 Miles) 01:54:43, Place overall: 276, Place in age division: 47
Total Distance
13.10

Third time's a charm.  I was finally able to crack 2 hours.  I knew I was in better shape this year than years past in terms of base mileage but I really was just doing this as a fun training workout for my 'A' goal which is a BQ in Utah Valley in two months. 

I did almost no hill work leading up to the race and consequently I was not as strong as I'd hoped to the summit.  Had to walk for brief periods, employing a modified Galloway run/walk strategy for the last 1.5 miles to the summit.  2k elevation gain is a lot but a disproportionate amount of that elevation is gained from mile 7 to the 8.5 mile mark.  I did knock a few minutes off my summit time from years past but there's still a lot of minutes to be saved by being in better hill shape.

I felt like I was going a bit faster on the downhill but my splits didn't reveal much of an advantage over year's past (avg. 7:00/mi).  Splits and course profile here. (Note: I had the course short). 

No issues with my hamstring and aside from some stomach queeziness it was pretty uneventful in terms of injuries or aches/pains.  It was fun to run this one w/ a couple of friends, Brian and fellow FRBer Court.  Although I didn't see much of either of them during the race.  Court took off and just killed it w/ a 1:38.  Awesome to see how much improvement he's experienced in such a relatively short time. 

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 13.10
Comments
From jtshad on Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 17:33:41 from 204.134.132.225

Congrats on getting that sub-2:00 time. Nicely done, looking forward to seeing you BQ at UVM!

From Neil on Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 18:56:09 from 66.195.45.4

Thanks Jeff. I watched Boston online today and it really lit a fire. Can't believe UVM is less than 8 weeks away! Time to turn it up a notch.

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