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Famous Idaho Potato Marathon

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Location:

Rock Springs,Wy,

Member Since:

Aug 26, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

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 I ran for Utah State University for a few years from 1999-2002. I got a little burned out and took a break from running. Now 10 years later, I feel that there is still faster running left to accomplish. I started running again in mid-summer of 2012. I had a short spurt in 2009, but work got in the way.

 PRs: Non-Aided

5K 15:53

8K 26:51

 Marathon 2:45:24 Boston 2015

Aided PRs: 

5K 15:50

10K 31:47

15K 52:25 (Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run 1999)

Half Marathon 1:16:28 SLC Haunted Half 2015

Marathon 2:38:12

I have ran 7 marathons and averaged = 2:51:58

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a sub 17:00 5K again

2:45 Marathon

3000 miles in 2013

2013 Race Schedule:

St. Patrick's Day 5K 3/16 1st Place 17:22

Famous Idaho Potato Marathon 5/18 3rd Place 2:52:20

St. George Marathon 10/5 2:45:45

2014 Race Schedule:

Gold Rush Half Marathon 3/15 1st Place  1:21:11

Poultney Chili Cook-Off 5K 9/27  1st Place 16:59

Turkey Trot 11/27

2015 Race Schedule: 

Boston Marathon 4/20/15 2:45:24

Run the Runway 3rd place

Huntsville Marathon 9/26/15 5th place. Took a chance and went out too fast. 2:53:19

Haunted Half SLC 10/24/15 3rd place 1:16:28

2016 Race Schedule:

Phoenix Marathon 2/27/16 2:51

Revel Mt. Charlston Marathon 5/7/16

St. George Marathon 10/1/16

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 2:35 Marathon 

Personal:

I am married and have a 5 year old little boy and a 2 year old little girl. I graduated from USU in aviation and worked as a pilot for many years. After subsequential furloughs and lay-offs due to the economy, I decided to go back to school. I then graduated from the nursing program at Boise State University. I now fly the University of Utah AirMed (Lifeflight) airplane base in Rock Springs WY.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
136.7036.208.003.00183.90
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 easy down the greenbelt.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.500.005.000.007.50

Warmed up with 2 miles up the Greenbelt then did 5 tempo miles AP 5:50. Then cooled down in .5. I was really happy with this tempo run and even felt like I could have gone faster or longer.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles easy. I didn't have time to do more with family in town.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.600.000.000.0014.60

Easy run at 85-90% MP.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.005.000.000.005.00

5 miles at 6:27 AP

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

5 easy

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.003.005.00

Track workout alone and in the dark.

1 mile warmup 6x800 2:39, 2:37, 2:38, 2:39, 2:39, 2:38. These all felt in control

1 mile cooldown

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

5 miles pushing Bennett in the stroller.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.003.000.000.005.00

1 mile WU 3 miles at 6:24MP. 1mile cool down.

4 days until the Famous Idaho Potato Marathon. Goals : Sub 2:50 but the win is more important to me. Plan is to start out slow with the leader and then leave them in the dust. The challenge will be to idenitify the leaders since the 1/2 marathon starts at the same place and time. The race director decided to move the race time form 8 to 7 this year and start the races at the same time. They were started 30 min apart in the past. I do like the 7am start = cooler temps.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

Did some strides this morning.

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Race: Famous Idaho Potato Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:52:20, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.200.000.0026.20

Well I was shooting for for just under 2:50  and  possibly win. I ran 2:52 and got 3rd. The my Garmin  said that the course was 26.54 which would equals 2:50:07 so according to my Garmin I was running on pace. I missed my PR by 29 sec. but that was on and aided course. This course was flat. That all being said, I am happy with my performance due to my injury and training. I had a strained hip flexor for 2.5 months that started the last week of Dec. 12. My training then was very low key then. The first and second place guys ran just under 2:46.

Race Report -Well the marathon and half started at the same time. That made it difficult to see who was in my race. The only thing different was bib colors, and you could only see that from front. I met this nice 48 year old guy who ran a 2:49 last fall and was planning to run the same today. so I thought that I would run with him. His name was Tim and in his younger days, he ran in the low 2:30s.  So the race started and by about 2.5 we thought we had caught all the marathoners but maybe one.  At mile 3 we saw my family and they said there was on guy 1:15 ahead.  At 5.5 felt strong and the pace felt easy and we were 3 min. behind the leader At 11 saw my fam again. Tim and I were still together running strong. We went through the half together at about 1:25:30 and still going strong. At mile 16 I saw my family and they said that there was 2 guy but one of them was wearing a half marathon bib. At mile 17 I was feeling really strong and started pressing the pace a bit and I dropped Tim. At 18-19 I were I was the 1st place guy come by going the other way from the turn around. He was looking really strong and said that I could catch #2 (guy in wearing half bib) I saw # 2 guy at about 19 and he was not looking good. After I turned around, I saw Tim and he said I was tooking way better than the guy just ahead. At mile 20 I saw starting to feel it a little and thought just keep it under 6:30. At 21 I saw my fam and they gave me a water bottle.  They said the guy ahead looked sick and that I might catch him. At mile 22-23 I was all alone I heard that 2nd place guy was still way up there and now gaining on #1. Here I decided to coast and slow down the rest of the way. I knew that I was not going to get caught or catch the 2 ahead. At 24 I was feeling it and though 15 more min. and the legs were feeling really heavy. At 25 I could start to hear the crowd.  I heard a really loud roar. (the second place guy caught the other guy with .2 left) Here I there were lots of people cheering and then I crossed the bridge and then came around the corner and finished.

 

 On a couple of the miler markers I hit the spit button so that is were the short little splits come from

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Interval

1 mi

6:23.72

6:23.72


 

 

 

2

Interval

1 mi

6:31.15

12:54.87


 

 

 

3

Interval

1 mi

6:32.82

19:27.69


 

 

 

4

Interval

1 mi

6:29.56

25:57.25


 

 

 


Interval

0.02 mi

0:08.32

26:05.57


 

 

 

5

Interval

1 mi

6:25.20

32:30.77


 

 

 

6

Interval

1 mi

6:22.56

38:53.33


 

 

 

7

Interval

1 mi

6:30.43

45:23.76


 

 

 

8

Interval

1 mi

6:22.81

51:46.57


 

 

 

9

Interval

1 mi

6:25.34

58:11.91


 

 

 

10

Interval

1 mi

6:17.42

1:04:29.33


 

 

 

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Interval

1 mi

6:24.05

1:10:53.38


 

 

 

12

Interval

1 mi

6:23

1:17:16.38


 

 

 


Interval

0.12 mi

0:45.31

1:18:01.69


 

 

 

13

Interval

1 mi

6:29.10

1:24:30.79


 

 

 

14

Interval

1 mi

6:33.99

1:31:04.78


 

 

 

15

Interval

1 mi

6:32.94

1:37:37.72


 

 

 

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Interval

1 mi

6:31.37

1:44:09.09


 

 

 

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Interval

1 mi

6:27.80

1:50:36.89


 

 

 

18

Interval

1 mi

6:19.74

1:56:56.63


 

 

 

19

Interval

1 mi

6:28.38

2:03:25.01


 

 

 

20

Interval

1 mi

6:28.45

2:09:53.46


 

 

 

21

Interval

1 mi

6:35.76

2:16:29.22


 

 

 

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Interval

1 mi

6:41.11

2:23:10.33


 

 

 

23

Interval

1 mi

6:31.99

2:29:42.32


 

 

 

24

Interval

1 mi

6:36.77

2:36:19.09


 

 

 

25

Interval

1 mi

6:44.08

2:43:03.17


 

 

 

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Interval

1 mi

6:43.15

2:49:46.32


 

 

 


Interval

0.4 mi

2:33.10

2:52:19.42


 

 


 

 

 








































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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

1 hour bike ride then a slow and painful 1 mile jog. My stride looked like I was 80 years old.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

3 miles slow and easy. By the end of the run, my stride was looking more normal.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

5 miles easy. Legs still tired, and they burned as I ran.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.800.000.000.005.80

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.600.000.000.003.60

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.200.000.000.0010.20

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 miles all easy with some faster miles mixed in.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.502.000.000.006.50

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.007.50

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.003.000.009.00

 

This is my first speed workout since the marathon. 3 mile warmup to the track. 3x1 mile @ 5:30, 5:30, 5:30 with 2.5 min. rest in between. The pace was about 10 sec slower/ mile than a month ago but, that was expected since I am still running on tired legs from the marathon. 3 mile cooldown back home.

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