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SOJO 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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Merrel Road Glove 2 Lifetime Miles:						620.30

Sat, Oct 20, 2012

Race: SOJO Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:58:45, Place overall: 4

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	26.20	0.00	0.00	26.20

I have very mixed feelings about this race. It was a wonderful day with my family and friends but my finish time fell quite a bit short of what I thought I capable of. My goal going into this race was to break 2:50. I hate to be one to make excuses, but it is of note that we had a heavy south wind and it way 10 degrees warmer than I would have liked. I do realize that I need to increase my weakly mileage from the high 50's/60's to 70's/80's and I plan to follow that course going into spring marathon season. I feel that endurance is my primary limiting factor and is one I can fix. I found myself struggling more with heart rate/breathing than leg fatigue in the waning miles of the race.

To quickly sum the race up (I will post more specifics later) I went through the first half in about 1:24:30 (as planned) but after mile 20 I had no steam left to take advantage of the 4 mile downhill stretch and just trotted along the last 2 miles where I was passed by the 3rd place finisher.

Comments

From Jake K on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 13:35:55 from 155.100.226.191

Hey Chad - I know you were gunning for a PR, but look on the bright side - you've run TWO marathons this year faster than your Ogden 2011 time. Getting the mileage up a bit will definitely help w/ the endurance and holding the pace in the last 5-6 miles. Still a good race!

From Andrea on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 14:07:15 from 72.37.171.52

Nice race Chad! Another solid marathon under your belt. Like you said, a little more mileage might help...and maybe a look into your fueling strategy? Just a thought. Good luck in the recovery!

From RAD on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 21:35:44 from 98.202.23.178

I was going to go on Andrea's question. I wonder if fueling is an issue. I think (I may be wrong) that Teena once talked about how she felt that having a low body fat % seemed to be a disadvantage. I know you really can't do anything about that, but I wonder if a different fueling strategy would help. Maybe I'm clear off the mark and just blowing steam out of my ears, but I really think you have the endurance down. Not that pushing 70/80 mile weeks wouldn't help, but even on your 20s you seem to maintain a good speed and on your last one you were able to finish strong. I'm not the guru in all of this, but I guess that would be where I would put my $.

From RAD on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 21:38:18 from 98.202.23.178

Oh, but all that said-

CONGRATS on taking 4th place overall!! I know the time wasn't ideal and you felt like crap those last 6 miles, but look at what you did!! Plus, a free entry next year just gives you that much more motivation to take this course DOWN! You know we'll run plenty of it in the months to come. It is after all, the NEWTON marathon :)

CONGRATS again Chad! You really did a great job!! Way to represent.

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