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Provo City 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

Sat, May 07, 2011

Race: Provo City Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:24:52, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	13.10	0.00	0.00	13.10

My initial plan for today was to do (4) repeats plus a mile of the Riverton Holiday Hero's 5k course (nice and flat), however, when Jun offered up his wife's bib number I couldn't pass the chance (a lot more entertaining than 4 solo repeats). My plan for the half was to run it at a comfortably fast pace. I decided to run it at my current dream marathon pace of 6:30 (I think 6:43 is more realistic) without stretching myself too far. As usual I went out fast for the first few miles (they felt easy) - Mile #1 5:58 - Mile #2 6:09 - Mile #3 6:13 - Mile #4 6:16. After mile 4 I settled into that 6:3x pace window - Mile #5 6:30 - Mile #6 6:32 - MIles #7 6:34 - Mile #8 6:37. I took a Strawberry Banana Gel just before mile 9 (much smoother technique than at the Riverton Half) and grabbed some water at the mile 9 aid station - Mile #9 6:37 - Mile #10 6:34 (took water at the aid station to finish washing down the GU) - Mile #11 6:33 - Mile #12 6:34 - Mile #13 6:42 (could have done without the overpass) - for the last 0.1 I really don't know since I forgot to stop my watch at the finish. My legs felt tired during the race but my breathing was never laboured. It truely felt like a fast training run.

I had a great time meeting and chatting with several bloggers including - Jun (thanks again), Allie, Lilly, Fiddy and Fritz (an probably others) and getting some good info for Odgen. The weather was fantastic (I guess it could have been cooler during the race) and the race atmosphere was great.

Vibram Five Finger KSO #2 Miles: 13.10

Comments

From allie on Sun, May 08, 2011 at 02:56:36 from 174.23.197.101

great job today, chad. you are looking very sharp for ogden and i'm quite sure you'll get your goal. it was nice meeting you today and chatting for a bit.

From Chad Robinson on Sun, May 08, 2011 at 03:03:07 from 208.110.158.185

Thanks! I enjoyed chatting with you as well. The network this blog creates makes races quite enjoyable.

From Twinkies on Sun, May 08, 2011 at 11:29:30 from 67.182.252.148

Very impressive. First in your age group when you decided to run at the last minute. Nice job.

From Steve on Sun, May 08, 2011 at 16:27:13 from 76.27.106.132

Nice race, you guys looked like you were hauling when we passed all of you on the marathon course.

From Kelli on Sun, May 08, 2011 at 20:23:13 from 71.219.96.115

Sounds like a fun day! I can not imagine running those paces for 13 miles and not feeling winded! Just goes to show, I totally called it when you showed up at my little Stake 5k! I KNEW you were a super fast runner. You have trained hard and you are having a great year. SO excited for the marathon. Practice some serious downhill on very tired legs---that was the one thing I was not prepared for in Ogden!

From Chad Robinson on Mon, May 09, 2011 at 19:20:46 from 67.136.62.186

Twinkies - Thanks! It was fun to take a half relatively easy. I kind of felt bad passing a guy at mile 11 giving all he had.

Steve - It was a fun day. Hopefully we can get some cooler temps for Ogden though.

Kelli - Thanks for the confidence vote. I plan on shooting for mid 40's in the first half and just see what I can get on the second. Maybe my midfoot strike and light weight will help on the downhill. It's to bad the Stake 5k is on the same day as the marathon(would have been fun).

From Lily on Mon, May 09, 2011 at 19:38:16 from 67.199.178.210

Way to run on Saturday! :)

From Kelli on Mon, May 09, 2011 at 19:55:10 from 71.219.96.115

OH, they are on the same day!!!! See, I am not running Ogden so I had no clue! Well, then, maybe I can WIN!

You will do great for sure.

From MichelleL on Sat, May 14, 2011 at 00:55:31 from 67.41.182.93

Man, you must have been the guy right ahead of me. I wanted to reel another one in but that overpass took the wind out of my sails. It may just be an overpass, but it's a big overpass :D Nice workout, chad.

From Chad Robinson on Sat, May 14, 2011 at 01:30:28 from 208.110.158.185

Thanks! I was wearing orange and a guy wearing a Midway Middle School singlet finished about 6 seconds behind me. I definately was not loving that overpass and then the long uphill finish on top of that. We had quite the FRB crowd there. It was definately nice day for a training run.

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