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2008 Park City Marathon

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Location:

Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

May 06, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:


PR Marathon

2:51:33 (St. George 2009)

3:01:00 (St. George 2008)

3:09:52 (St. George 2007)

3:24:48 (St. George 2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Improve training. Get serious, lose weight.

Improve speed.


Long-Term Running Goals:

Lifetime fitness, including running.

 

Personal:

Married with 4 kids. I live in Riverton and work as an attorney downtown in Salt Lake City.

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Sat, Aug 23, 2008
Race: 2008 Park City Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:24:39, Place overall: 23
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.200.000.0026.20

3:24:39.  I went to check my splits for posting but my Garmin's battery is dead.  I will have to post splits another time.

Looking back, I am a bit disappointed in my mental discipline (nothing new here).  It was tough to really push through the end when I lacked any real goal.  Realistically I should have probably toughed it out to come in sub 3:20, but essentially I quit.  However, on the positive side, I did not taper and have been logging more miles that ever before, so I am pleased with the progress.

 It was good to meet Cal and talk with Andy.

Comments
From Tom on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 15:43:38

Very nice job on the race, especially with no taper and with your recent mileage increases. Looks like you and Cal came in about the same time.

From RivertonPaul on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 15:45:57

Tom, I didn't realize until after the race that it was Cal who kept passing me every time I stopped to be a big pansy. We both sort of laughed at the finish. I was looking for a guy with a goatee and he was looking for me in the red running shirt. Cal was strong and steady.

From Andy on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 16:19:13

That was a big improvement over last year. You ran very well considering the amount of miles that you are running right now. I have the sames mental issues that you do. After races, I am always disappointed and feel that I quit and didn't have the mental edge to push through the pain. I have decided that we really are at our physical limits and probably couldn't give a whole lot more. I'm glad you introduced yourself. I don't think that I would have recognized you.

From RivertonPaul on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 16:23:26

Andy, thanks for the encouragement. I think part of my problem comes from heart rate monitoring. I probably shouldn't wear a heart rate monitor in races any more as I read too much into it. I don't really know why I do, since most of the time I'm not wearing one in training. I suppose I need to do some fast finish longer runs as well.

From Andy on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 16:31:23

Fast finish long runs is the one thing that I regret not doing this year. All of my long runs have been at a steady, comfortable pace.

From Michelle N. on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 17:22:11

Great job Paul! You had a tough course and still finished great. Are you running SG? You should really be able to kick it in gear if you are.

From Jon on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 19:11:40

That's still a good time supposing you were training through the marathon rather than tapering. Good work.

From lisa on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 20:37:55

Great job Paul!!

From Huans32 on Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 10:19:02

Great job man. Looks like you had a great race. Your analyst of the race helped alot to give me something to shoot for. You did awesome.

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