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Havasu Turkey Trot

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Location:

Lake Havasu City,AZ,

Member Since:

Sep 29, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

23 marathons

6 Bostons (2007-2011, 2017)

3 Half Ironmans

2 Ironmans

3 50 Milers

1 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim

Marathon PR:

     2:59:00 St. George 2008

     2:58:03 Boston 2010

 1/2 Marathon PR:

     1:25:41  Havasu Half 2009

     1:24:09 Painter's St.George 2010

 Half Ironman PR:

      5:25:02  HITS Havasu 2014

5K PR:

       18:23  LHC Turkey Trot 2014

        18:22  LHC Turkey Trot 2017

50 mile PR:

        7:56:14 Avalon50 2016

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 3 hours again

Doing it a Boston would be sweet!

It was sweet!

UPCOMING RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

 

Personal:

Married

4 kids

Optometrist

 

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Sat, Nov 15, 2008
Race: Havasu Turkey Trot (3.1 Miles) 00:18:59, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.250.003.100.000.005.35

I got up and ran my 5K Sat. morning. I felt fat and out of shape after doing no serious training since SGM 5 weeks ago. I was hoping to go sub 19 which would be a 5k PR. The course is bruatal, descending more than 600 ft on the way out and then turning around and running back up. I ran the first mile in 5:21, hit the turn around at 8:45, mile 2 was 6:12. I was hurting on mile 3 but gave it all I had up the steep hill, 6:58. Then I left everything out there averaging 6:21 on the last 0.1. I finished 3rd overall and 2nd in my AG with final time of 18:59. (For a better, more detailed report see, fourmflyers.org)

HyperSpeed Miles: 5.35
Comments
From Teena on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 23:35:36

NICE RHETT!!

How amazing is that?!?!

Congrats on the PR on such a tough course. Seriously ... you are tough!! Congrats again.

From DonGardinero on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 23:58:43

Superman!!! I'm very impressed with your speed, especially since you haven't trained much since St. George. Did you register for Painter's?

Dale

From Rhett on Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:10:14

Thanks, I haven't registered yet, but I will soon. Does that race ever fill up?

From DonGardinero on Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:36:50

Rhett...

I'm not even sure if they put a cap on how many people can run that race, but there are usually a LOT of people running. Last year there were close to 1000 running the half and almost 600 running the 5k. It's a fun event.

Dale

From huans32 on Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 14:36:25

That is one great 5k race you did. PRing on a tough course is diffenitly sweet. Just shows you how much you have improved this yr. Great job and I am glad to hear you going to be at Painters.

From Smooth on Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 15:44:00

CONGRATULATIONS on a PR, 3rd overall and 2nd in your AG, on a tough course to boot. YOU ARE AWESOME!!! I'm planning on Painter's and haven't registered yet. It should be fun.

From JeffC on Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:28:07

GEEEEZ!!!! I felt fat and out of shape and I wanted to PR? What the....? You are freakin awesome. Very tough run and you scorched it!

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