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TOU Half Marathon

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Location:

Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

Aug 19, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

5K PR 17:03 (2002)

10K PR (aided) Provo River 10k Uneventful10/05/2013 - 35:23

2013 Provo River Half (Time Trial) - 1:17:55 (PR)

2010 Citrus Heritage 10k - 37:42

2013 Fit For Life Half Marathon (Boise, ID)  - 1:20:40 (unaided PR)

2013 SOJO Marathon - 2:54:39 (PR)

2011 Fleet Feet Turkey Trot 5k - 17:56 (recent PR)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get comfortable at 5:50 mile pace. 

2013 Race Schedule

Riverton Half Marathon - March 23th

Ogden Marathon - May 18th

Riverton 10k - July 4th

Fit For Life Half Marathon - Boise, ID - July 13th

SOJO Marathon - South Jordan - October 19th

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have a marathon time in the 2:30's

Personal:

Perhaps the skinniest healthy runner you will meet.  I am 6'-1" and 123lbs.  It doesn't matter if I run or not it is just how I am built. 

I am 38, married (Aubrey) and have two boys Steffin (9) & Alex (6)

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Merrel Road Glove 2 Lifetime Miles: 620.30
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
65.406.0019.100.0090.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.003.000.005.00

(6) 800's - 2:46, 2:49, 2:54, 2:53, 2:51, 2:49 

(1) mile warm-up (1) mile cool-down

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Chevron loop - 7:37 pace 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 miles ran easy at 7:32 pace - 10:00 pm to 10:45 pm

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.006.000.000.008.00

Did the 8 mile run from out of Butterfield Canyon (about 2.5 miles up) to home.  First mile was easy warm-up at 6:57 (down-hill assisted) next 6 miles were Tempo at 6:25 pace. Finished up with a mile cool-down at 7:31

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Herriman Elementary Loop - 7:38 pace

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.800.000.000.009.80

7.52 minute miles

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.600.000.000.006.60

7:47 mile pace - Herriman Elementary Loop - Calf muscles were a little tight (probably from working in the KSO's.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

7:37 pace - Herriman Elementary Loop

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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I once again ran my Herriman Elementary Loop - I decided to pick up the pace on three of the miles just to warm up the legs.  The 1st was uphill (+121ft) @ 7:17 ,the 2nd was downhill (-50ft) @ 6:25 and the 3rd was even @ 6:36.  The other 3 miles were at about 7:35 pace.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Herriman Elementary loop again (pace 7:41) - yes there is a trend forming - just keeping it easy before TOU half on Saturday. I start my slow and steady climb to 80 mpw next week (40-50mpw has been my max lifetime). 

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Race: TOU Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:23:03, Place overall: 21, Place in age division: 4
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I have been looking forward to this race for a long time now.  To put it in perspective I must give a little back story.  Last year was the first year I had actually run consistently since 2002 (I finally got off of my lazy butt) and progress was slow.  I ran the Sandy Midnight Moon 5k in 19:10 last year and then more or less shut down running the end of September (used the busy excuse).  On the day after Thanksgiving I was involved in a rabbit hunting accident which resulted with me have having a .22 shell in my back and a punctured lung.  Amazingly, the only real thing the bullet affected was my left lung (it missed everything else that could have made it worse or fatal).  As a result of my punctured lung I had to cut all physical exercise for about 6-weeks.  I did a few training runs in April despite the protest of my lungs and started slowing building miles in May.  I did the race for the cure and two local Stake 5k's the month of May (all in the 21-22 min range).  I did the Riverton 10k July 3rd in 40:37 and continued to build mile in anticipation of the TOU half. 

My goal when I first signed up the for the race was a sub-1:30 but as my training progressed I thought a sub-1:25 was very plausable.  I did drive the course and ran the last 4-miles a few weeks ago so I had a good idea what the course was going to be like.

As always I started out the race fast my first mile split was 5:52:39 which I subsiquently readjusted over the next 6-miles - 6:04, 6:08, 6:12, 6:09, 6:14, 6:08 (loved that tail wind coming out of the canyon. Over those 6 miles I was passed by a couple runners and passed a couple myself. Mile 8 was 6:19, mile 9 was 6:24 (feeling the road some on the bottom of my feet), mile 10 was 6:24 as well, and 11 was 6:38 (of course the uphill must start after a 90deg turn).  Mile 12 clocked in 7:01 (funny how that hill didn't seem so bad a few weeks ago) and my legs were definately tired and I was feeling my feat more. Mile 13 gave some love back with a 6:31 and the last 0.1 was 49 seconds +/-. 

I ended up having blisters on the pad of my feat at the base of each big toe but otherwise came out feel pretty ok.  I am looking forward to building my base mileage to the 60-80 mpw range over the next several months and seeing where that takes my times over the next year an onward.  TOU half and TOU Marathon (my debut marathon) will be on the scedule next year. 

I did enjoy meeting some of the fellow bloggers and look forward to more in the future.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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7 easy mile at 7:45 pace - What a nice clear, calm and cool night.  Perfect for a run.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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7.0 miles @ 7:36 pace

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
65.406.0019.100.0090.50
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