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Draper Days 5 K

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Location:

Orem,UT,United States

Member Since:

Jan 27, 1986

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Best marathon: 2:23:57 (2007, St. George). Won the Top of Utah Marathon twice (2003,2004). Won the USATF LDR circuit in Utah in 2006.

Draper Days 5 K 15:37 (2004)

Did not know this until June 2012, but it turned out that I've been running with spina bifida occulta in L-4 vertebra my entire life, which explains the odd looking form, struggles with the top end speed, and the poor running economy (cannot break 16:00 in 5 K without pushing the VO2 max past 75).  

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for the US Olympic Trials. With the standard of 2:19 on courses with the elevation drop not exceeding 450 feet this is impossible unless I find an uncanny way to compensate for the L-4 defect with my muscles. But I believe in miracles.

Long-Term Running Goals:

2:08 in the marathon. Become a world-class marathoner. This is impossible unless I find a way to fill the hole in L-4 and make it act healthy either by growing the bone or by inserting something artificial that is as good as the bone without breaking anything important around it. Science does not know how to do that yet, so it will take a miracle. But I believe in miracles.

Personal:

I was born in 1973. Grew up in Moscow, Russia. Started running in 1984 and so far have never missed more than 3 consecutive days. Joined the LDS Church in 1992, and came to Provo, Utah in 1993 to attend BYU. Served an LDS mission from 1994-96 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Got married soon after I got back. My wife Sarah and I are parents of eleven children: Benjamin, Jenny, Julia, Joseph, Jacob, William, Stephen, Matthew,  Mary,  Bella.  and Leigha. We home school our children.

I am a software engineer/computer programmer/hacker whatever you want to call it, and I am currently working for RedX. Aside from the Fast Running Blog, I have another project to create a device that is a good friend for a fast runner. I called it Fast Running Friend.

Favorite Quote:

...if we are to have faith like Enoch and Elijah we must believe what they believed, know what they knew, and live as they lived.

Elder Bruce R. McConkie

 

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Sat, Jul 18, 2015
Race: Draper Days 5 K (3.107 Miles) 00:17:22, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.150.000.003.1116.26

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2015-07-18 06:23:04
Workout Totals: Distance16.257Time2:01:03.80Pace7:26.81
Ran Draper Days 5 K in 17:22, 13th overall, 4th master. Got beat by Graig Green (16:41), Dan Crooker (around 17:10), and Mark Payne (17:21), but held off Dennis. Mile splits were 5:31 (up), 5:26 (down), 5:52(up), and 33 for the kick. Saw 2 K split in 6:46, and 4 K in 13:49. Ran with Dan for the first mile, then fell back, but had a couple of high schoolers to run with, so I was never alone. Mark and Dennis caught me around 4 K mark, then Mark stepped forward and I sat on him. Tried to outkick him, but just did not have the juice today.

Top five overall was Garek - officially 14:56 on his watch 14:53 who had a breakthrough race, Anthony Costales officially 15:36 but from Garek's race report it appears that he was sub-15:00, my son Benjamin 15:58, Neil Anderson 16:10, and Fritz Van De Kamp 16:25.

My race was an interesting experience. I know where that one second I needed today to get prize money went, and I am happy it went that way. Sarah had muscle tightness that required some attention for the last two nights. She was very concerned that she would not be able to run at all in the race. This would have been a disappointment to us because we had a rather ambitious goal of sub-21:00 average with 8 people - a 39-year-old mother of nine with a nursing baby, 42-year-old father of nine, and then boys ages 16,10,8,and 6 and girls ages 14 and 12. So we prayed and we worked - I lost some sleep massaging and scraping Sarah. Not that much really, but enough to lose a second in the kick. But Sarah on the other hand was able to run 24:58, her second fastest 5 K ever as far as I can recall. She had no muscle pain during the race. That more than made up for me anything that I lost, and taught me an important lesson. It was a perfect learning experience.


We made our family goal of sub-21:00 average. Benjamin (16) 15:58, me (42) 17:22, Joseph (10) 19:48 (first time under 20:00!), Jacob (8) 20:07 (huge PR), Jenny (14) 22:14 (new PR), Julia (12) 23:04, William (6) 23:15 (quite a surprise), and Sarah 24:58. This gives us the average of 20:50.75 or 6:42.56 per mile! This was quite a miracle - nobody had a bummer race and there were several breakthroughs. If you ever tried to have zero bummers on one day in a group of eight of our demographic you would know what I am talking about - somebody will get sick, somebody will get injured, somebody would have a mental breakdown. I am completely amazed at how everything worked out according to the plan and consider it to be an answer to our prayers.
Leg 1:Distance1.000Time8:08.80Pace8:08.80
Warm-up.
Leg 2:Distance4.007Time24:56.50Pace6:13.47
My race + running back to meet Sarah.
Split 1:Distance3.107Time17:24.80Pace5:36.27
Cumilative:Distance3.107Time17:24.80Pace5:36.27
The race. Hit the button a bit late, I think.
Split 2:Distance0.900Time7:31.70Pace8:21.89
Cumilative:Distance4.007Time24:56.50Pace6:13.47
Back with Benjamin to meet William and Sarah. Benjamin ran with William, I ran with Sarah.
Leg 3:Distance3.100Time26:02.20Pace8:23.94
More distance after the race. A little bit with Joseph, Jacob, and William. The rest with Benjamin.
Leg 4:Distance1.000Time9:49.90Pace9:49.90
With Benjamin and Stephen.
Leg 5:Distance3.150Time24:10.80Pace7:40.57
With Benjamin.
Leg 6:Distance4.000Time27:55.60Pace6:58.90
Alone.

White Crocs 1 Miles: 16.26
Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50
Comments
From steve ash on Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 12:25:50 from 67.2.75.218

Very nice Sasha. Congratulations to the whole family and especially Sarah for getting out and doing so well.

From Tom K on Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 14:24:28 from 174.58.54.215

I love these family race reports. Congrats, Pachev Family!

From MarkP on Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 12:44:34 from 174.23.149.34

That is an amazing accomplishment.

From Kam on Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 15:43:32 from 68.66.163.179

It's the 10 year old just under and the 8 year old just over 20 minutes that gets me. Wow.

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