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BIG COTTONWOOD HALF

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Location:

St George,UT,

Member Since:

Feb 07, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run below 2:30 in the Marathon.

Personal:

I currenty live in Southern Utah. My wife Kendra and I have 4 children and no pets. We also own/operate the St. George Running Center a specialty running shoe store in St. George UT.  We also head-up the St. George Running Club.

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Race: BIG COTTONWOOD HALF (13.1 Miles) 01:13:30
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.0013.000.0024.00

AM - Big Cotton Wood Half - My plan for the race was to just use it as a tempo for SG Marathon. I had no intention of "racing it" all out.  Anyways, due to it being a bit cold at the start and knowing I wasn't going to race it I didn't do any warm-up. Talked with Sasha, John C. and some of the guys up front for a bit before the gun went off. Here's how it went down:

1. 5:54 - Everyone just took off so fast - See ya - have fun.

2. 5:39 - Getting warmed up a bit. Just letting the legs go without any push.

3. 5:28

4. 5:22

5. 5:25

6. 5:34

7. 5:31

8. 5:28 - Coming out of the Canyon. It felt so nice to not have it quite as steep. 

9. 5:23

10. 5:43 - A couple little rollers/ turns. Start to feel it in the legs a bit.

11. 5:44

12. 5:46

13. 5:59 - Even without going all out my legs were still trashed. Just wanted to get it done.

13.1 - 5:33 - Short little sprint to the end.

1:13:30

After the race I chatted with the guys a bit, got some fuel and headed up the course to find Kendra (she did the full). Met her about 5.5 miles up and was able to run back in whith her. Really happy with how she did and was able to push through the pain and still get a PR. What a great day!  

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Comments
From RileyCook on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 13:31:49 from 174.52.234.49

That's a perfect tempo effort Steve. Nice job.

From Holt on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 13:40:55 from 67.2.237.42

You've been Hooped! Nice tempo run Steven.

From Jenruns on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 19:41:22 from 98.202.196.31

I saw you finish and then saw you again helping your wife. I was pacing my friend from miles 20-26. Your wife did great! Nice job on the tempo. I'll see ya in SG!

From crhudman on Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 15:55:54 from 174.27.61.157

Nice talking with you at the race. Great run yesterday.

From Superfly on Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 13:55:36 from 74.211.21.81

Nice! I didn't know you were actually going to be in the race. Good workout.

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