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Painter's 1/2 Marathon

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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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Race: Painter's 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:36:05, Place overall: 67, Place in age division: 3
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When I registered for the Painter's 1/2 Marathon in St. George I was hoping for a little break from the cold weather. The normal temperature in St. George in January I think is around 50 degrees. I believe the temperature this morning was around 19 degrees. Nevertheless, it turned out to be a very enjoyable run.

I ran into Nathan Gage just before the race began. He and I ran together for about 8.5 miles, then he slowly pulled away. We had both talked about being content with a 1:45 time today, but we both ran a bit faster than that. It was great running with Nathan.

Shortly after the start I saw Larry and he said that Wayne was up ahead and was pushing to beat his previous PR of 1:36. About 1/2 way into the race (I think) I saw Wayne ahead down below on a big switch back. Nathan and I gradual gained on him. Shortly after Nathan pulled away from me, I saw him pass Wayne up ahead. I managed to maintain the distance between Wayne and me and keep him in sight from about mile 9 to the end. At mile 11 I tried to pick up the pace a little but Wayne did, too. Then we both kicked about the same time near the end. Wayne never knew I was chasing him, but he seemed to match every push I tried to make anyway. He ended up beating me by 5 seconds with 1:36:01...so close to his goal of breaking 1:36.

I was thrilled to finish in 1:36 (average pace of 7:20/mi). I was also surprised, and pleased, to find out I had finished 3rd in the 45-49 division.

Despite the unusually cold weather, I really enjoyed this race. I liked the course and I thought the race was organized pretty well. The finisher medals and awards were nice. I will definitely consider doing this race again next year.

Comments
From Kerry on Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 22:38:38

Great race, Paul! Very impressive for this time of year and for such cold temperatures. It does sound like a great time to visit St. George (normally :-) I'll have to think about doing this one next year. Congratulations!

From Dustin Ence on Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 00:22:36

Good job on the race, just reading some of the blogs, it was definately cold this morning, but I think most people enjoyed the painter's race. Fun to read your blogs earlier in the week about playing basketball and being glad you didn't get injured, that is usually how I get hurt, not from running, but from playing basketball. Good luck with your running in 07'

From Dave Holt on Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 09:19:09

great job on your race Paul. At races, us bloggers should get together - I would have liked to have met you.

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 13:26:09

Although the course was apparently short (Dustin's Garmin 205 reported 12.95, and the times were a bit too fast for everyone to confirm it), even with the adjustment, I think this performance is worth about 3:15-3:18 in the St. George marathon assuming proper training.

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