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Location:

Saint George,Ut,usa

Member Since:

Apr 26, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

  •  PR'S
  • 5k 19:37 (6:18)
  • 8k 34:16 (6:53)
  • 10k 39:46 (6:23)
  • 1/2 1:27:39 (6:41)
  • Full 3:19:41 (7:36)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

GOALS FOR 2014

5K under 20:00- DONE 2013

10K under 40:00  DONE 2013

1/2 marathon under 1:30 DONE 2013

Marathon under 3:25 DONE 2013

5k under 19:00

10k under 39:00

1/2 marathon under 1:29:00

marathon under 3:15:00

Personal:

I have been married for 31 years. I have two daughters, 25 & 23 and a son 20.

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Torin-9 Lifetime Miles: 259.25
Torin-10 Lifetime Miles: 115.85
Torin-11 Lifetime Miles: 108.55
Altra One-1 Lifetime Miles: 153.05
Altra- Torin- Yellow Lifetime Miles: 28.00
Altra One-2 Lifetime Miles: 263.65
Altra One-3 Lifetime Miles: 326.25
Altra One-4 Lifetime Miles: 521.60
Total Distance
36.60
Altra- Torin-BOSTON Miles: 36.60
Race: Boston Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:26:41
Total Distance
26.20

What a day!

With the tragic event at the finish line I don't want to say much today about the race. I don't want to come across shallow and boast about my accomplishment and PR. Later I will include my story......... Prayers go out to those killed and injured and their families!

Tuesday morning:

Still trying to process this whole bombing at the marathon.......

I wanted to put my splits up so I don't forget:

8:15, couldn't get past the mob of people for the first 3 miles/ 7:52/ 7:43/ running a bit behind my plan because it was so congested. 7:30/ finally at pace/ 7:47/ 7:30/ 7:27/ 7:41/ 7:36/ 7:38/ 7:40/ 7:44/ 8:15- stopped to use porta John- lost about 45 seconds/ 7:41/ 7:58/ 7:49/ 8:17/ 8:05/ 7:58/ 8:01/ 8:14/ the newton hills I was able to run pretty strong. I would be going along and say, this ain't so bad and would take off passing people. / coming off the hills I was feeling pretty good but I was not running as fast as I thought I was. I was trying to pump up the crowd at Boston college, spent too much energy doing that but I felt great. / 7:33/ 8:03/ 8:10/ I got mad at this point and started pushing harder, passing runners and weaving through the masses. I was lifting the legs high and pumping hard! I loved this part of the race and had a hard time keeping the tears from flowing....I couldn't believe that I was feeling so good, although I was tired. 7:49/ 7:50/ 6:56.

My number was 13363 for seeding and i ended up 7537 finisher, very happy about this effort to move up so far.

I will write more later after I take sometime to gather my thoughts on this tragic event.

The outpouring of love and concern was truly amazing and made me feel so very blessed to be a part of this running community and to have such great friends and family!

I WILL BE BACK- THESE IDIOTS WILL NOT WIN

Altra- Torin-BOSTON Miles: 26.20
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Total Distance
2.00

Altra- Torin-BOSTON Miles: 2.00
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Total Distance
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Post Marathon run- 3 miles @ 7:57 average pace- This also marks the beginning of Boston 2014 training!!!

Altra- Torin-BOSTON Miles: 3.00
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Total Distance
5.40

Altra- Torin-BOSTON Miles: 5.40
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Total Distance
36.60
Altra- Torin-BOSTON Miles: 36.60
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