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Speedy Spaniard 10K

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Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 03, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

HS/COLLEGE:
mile: 4:56, 2 mile: 10:21 (1978)
marathon: 2:52 (St. George 1982)
OLD MAN (20+ years later):
5K: 19:53 (Nestle/Art City Days 5K 2007)
10K: 39:55 (Spectrum 10K 2008)
half marathon: 1:26 (Hobble Creek 2008)
marathon: 3:07 (St. George 2007)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back to a BQ marathon time (currently 3:40).

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun running, keep fit, and fight middle age spread. Run consistently and injury free. Maintain a healthy balance between running and other life priorities. Encourage my ever-aging running buddies to keep running so we can continue to share runs on the trail instead of rocking chairs.

Personal:

Blessed to be married to Karen for 30 years. We have six children (4 daughters/2 sons) ages 16 to 30, and one wonderful granddaughter.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Altra Instinct 1.5 Lifetime Miles: 83.50
Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Lifetime Miles: 21.80
Saucony Guide 7 Blue 2 Lifetime Miles: 376.95
Saucony Fastwitch 6 Lifetime Miles: 200.05
Saucony Guide 7 Black 1 Lifetime Miles: 271.15
Race: Speedy Spaniard 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:41:00, Place overall: 37, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.006.200.000.000.0013.20

We spent the day at Lagoon yesterday and, surprisingly enough, had a wonderful time. Our six children (ages 10-23) all cooperated amazingly and Amy (our youngest) said she really enjoyed her birthday. We left the park a little after 8:00pm and got home a little after 9:00pm. We then had her Cookies and Cream ice cream birthday cake. It was a really good day.

I didn't get to bed until around 11:00pm and got up this morning at 4:45am. Things went pretty smoothly getting ready for and getting to the race, including several much needed bathroom stops. I warmed up 1.8 miles before the race running most of the first uphill mile and then back to the start. I saw various familiar runners before the race, including Tom, Josse, Steve King, Darin Cable, Scott Blake, Scott Nelson, and Hal Amos.

I settled in near Scott Blake to await the start. I was just relaxed and talking when Scott said "Here we go" and then I heard the gun sound. I pushed the start button on my watch, told Scott I'd see him later, and switched my focus to the race.

[I started not feeling well at this point in my entry so I clicked "Save as Draft" and decided to lay down on the bed. I woke up a few hours later. It was harder to get up at 1:19pm than it was at 4:45am]

I then added a lot to my entry, copied it to the clipboard as is my habit now, and clicked "Save as Draft" again. The browser went back to the login screen and I lost my entry. I didn't worry because I had saved it to the clipboard. I logged back in and clicked Ctrl-V to paste in my entry. Unfortunately, I accidentally click Ctrl-C instead, which of course blew away my copy of my entry in the clipboard.

Ahhh!

Condensed version...started easy...ran with Josse a bit...chased Hal Amos most of the race...near the end I kicked past Hal, a couple of "chicks", and a guy pushing two kids in a stroller...barely missed breaking 41:00, finishing in 41:00.4...watched Kim finish strong and break 50:00...enjoyed the 5 mile run back to my car despite the infamous Spanish Fork canyon wind...had a very enjoyable morning!

If you're reading this I must have submitted successfully this time.

I forgot to add my my splits: 7:17 (uphill), 6:36, 6:34, 6:33, 6:45, 6:33, 35.01 for last 0.11 (by my watch), overall 6:42/mi. Others measured the course closer to 6.2. I tried to run the tangents well, maybe I did it extremely well? Also, I just realized my watch timed me at 40:56.09 while my official time was 41:00.4. Kim said her time was off, too. I wonder what's up with that.

Also, after looking at the race results online, I finished 4/23 in Men's 45-49 and 37/282 in Men's 10K, and my chicked count was 2 (I cut that from 4 to 2 in the last 3/4 mile).

Comments
From josse on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 16:39:54

Great job today! I think you are headed for a great SG this fall. I have a feeling I will be chasing you down the whole way:) But I am ok with that.

From Tom on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 17:49:44

Paul you ran great today! Glad you could come down to SF to enjoy a nice morning run. This is not a PR course by any means so beating your goal time of 42 by a minute is awesome. I'm with Josse thinking a great SGM is coming your way. I'm thinking 2:58 sounds pretty good?

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