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.
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.
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.
Famous Idaho Potato Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:52:20, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy Miles
Marathon Pace Miles
Threshold Miles
VO2 Max Miles
Total Distance
0.00
26.20
0.00
0.00
26.20
Well I was shooting for for just under 2:50 and possibly win. I ran 2:52 and got 3rd. The my Garminsaid 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
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.
