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St. George Marathon 2009

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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
22.8026.400.000.0049.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

5 elliptical, 1 easy at 8:00 just to run.

Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.800.200.000.008.00

2 at 8:00, 3 at 7:30, -2% decline, 1 at 7:00, -3% decline (with last .2 at 5:00 pace just to stretch out).

 


Comments(7)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 easy elliptical equivalent.

This is how to deal with life's zombies:


Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

2 elliptical, 1 easy at 8:00.

This is what we can look forward to in the year 2022, not so far away.  (Is Soylent Green the secret ingredient to your energy gels and bars?)


 

Leaving for St. George maƱana.

Comments(8)
Race: St. George Marathon 2009 (26.2 Miles) 02:51:33, Place overall: 69, Place in age division: 11
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.200.000.0026.20


I have to say, for someone who spends most of his time on the treadmill and elliptical, I am thrilled.  I will say, compared to last year, I did make an effort to get outside for one longer run a week and I think that helped my legs quite a bit. 

Prerace, I was fairly confident I could hit 2:55, and the race predictor had me just under 2:53.  I thought I would just run by feel and see how things went, of course having some idea of where I hoped to be along the way, but no specific spits or pace chart.  I have to say, it was a good omen that even the portopotties freed up right before the race so I could have a last minute second visit.  I love seeing so many friends before.

 1
6:20  Very comfortable, a good sign as I was 45 seconds faster than last year.
 2
 6:35 12:55Again, trying to run within myself and it was dark so I waited until the mile marker to know my split.
 3
 6:23 19:18I tried to not get too excited here, it is easy to get caught up with other runners.
 4
 6:17 25:35Miles are going by fast.
 5
 6:25 32:01Feeling good.  Breathing is good.
 6
 6:05 38:06Maybe I should have dropped to 5:xx just so I could have had one.  :)
 7
 6:05 44:11Look, matching splits.
 8
 7:14 51:26I didn't want to push too hard up Veyo, as i still consider myself better on the downhills.  My uphill treadmill running, however, has helped.
 9
 7:02 58:28Hard for me to be too aggressive on these uphills.
 10
 6:43 1:05:12Some headwinds, but not too bad.  I still have not settled into a group with anyone, just sort of running my own race.
 11
 7:14 1:12:27Perhaps a bit slow, but I know I am ahead of goal pace.
 12
 6:45 1:19:12Still feeling good on the rollers.
 13
 6:22 1:25:35

Getting steeper

Half in 1:26:30 !

 14
 6:31 1:32:06Didn't want to really gun it, still a long way to go.
 15
 6:05 1:38:11Nice fast downhill, maybe too fast.
 16
 6:10 1:44:22Still feeling good, though can feel the last two steep downhills.
 17
 6:31
 1:50:53Too early to celebrate, but no crash and burn.
 18
 6:27 1:57:20Same old.
 19
 6:55 2:04:16Last of the bigger uphills.  (Probably too slow, since it is a different pounding on the legs.)
 20
 6:32 2:10:48Don't quite have the legs to just open it up and still 10k to go.  Looking back, probably should have dug a little deeper without opening up and tried to go 5- 10 seconds faster pace for the next few . . . oh well.
 21
 6:12 2:17:01Wondering if 2:50 is within reach.
 22
 6:33 2:23:34Doubting sub 2:50 since this was not closer to 6:00.  Again, my math was off.
 23
 6:12 2:29:49Why do my math skills go away this late in a marathon?  I was loser than I thought.
 24
 6:37 2:36:24Just couldn't hold 6:00 with 3 to go.
 25
 6:30 3:04:43Felt like I was going much slower than I was.
 26
 7:18 2:50:13I admit, sort of rested with 2:50 slipping away. 
26.2

1:20  (6:04 pace)
2:51:33
 I did manage to come down the stretch strong (not blazing) and passed my loving family with a real smile and one guy to move up a spot.

  Overall, very pleased, 9:27 minute PR and feeling great.  69th overall.  62nd male. 

Post race thoughts:  I probably did not open up enough on the second half since I was so far ahead of 2:55 pace.  If I had more confidence in how I felt I could have flirted with sub 2:50, by going a little faster a little earlier.  Still, very satisfied.


Comments(48)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
22.8026.400.000.0049.20
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