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Location:

Spanish Fork,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 15, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Lifetime PRs:

Marathon: 3:07:59 2013 Big Cottonwood Marathon 

1/2 Marathon: 1:24:30 2008 St. George Painters

10K: 38:39 2008 SLCTC

5K: 18:44 2009 Nestle Art City Days 

55-59 AD PRs:

1/2 Marathon:???

10K:???

5K:??? 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2023 plans: 

  • Work on core strength
  • Lose 5 lbs
  • Overcome lingering injuries
  • Have fun!

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Consistently place in the top 5 of my age division as long as my body will allow it.

Beat Terry Bean at any distance at least one time before I depart this earth.

Take care of mind and body so I can be in it for the long haul. Don't do STUPID THINGS!

Run until I'm 99 with Kim by my side and remember that EVERY RUN IS A GREAT RUN!

Peace of mind by striving to live like this

 

Personal:

I've been married to the lovely Kimberly for 36 years. We have 5 great kids and 5 great grandkids.

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Race: Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:24:13, Place overall: 20, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.007.006.100.0017.10

Well I stayed true to my goal of running the 1st half of the race conservative, then the plan was to push the last half if I was feeling juiced. Turns out I didn't have a lot of juice today, but for a non-tapered race, and if I look at this as just a marathon training workout and not a race, then I had a pretty decent day and had great training run for SGM. Not exactly sure on official time or placing so I'll update that later if necessary.

This is also a big PR for this race (haven't run it for 2 years however) and close to PR for 1/2 marathon, although this course is much faster than any of the other 1/2 marathons I've done this year so I still consider Painter's and Strider's to be my best overall performances. I think I like cold weather races, these races that end with the sun beating down and getting into the 70's aren't my favorite. But I guess SGM will probably be that way so I need the training. Also I sure wish I could get over all the lingering aches/pains that have plagued me all summer (mainly lower abs and groin). I'm really hoping with a good taper for SGM I'll be more race ready come race day.

Kim and I got on the 1st bus up and had a good chat with the racers we were sitting by. I was a little suprised the guy I was sitting by knew who we were and knew our names. Turns out the guy was Jason Riding from SF who confessed that he and his wife are both FRB lurkers so that's how they knew us. He had also run Heart of Holladay and we had seen each other there. SO RIDING'S IF YOU ARE READING THIS THEN GET ON THE BLOG ALREADY!!

I started the race with Paul and Nate. We were pretty good at keeping the pace we had planned (6:15-6:20?) for the first 6 miles but the garmins were all whacked out and some of the mile markers were suspect so I'm not sure. About the 1/2 way point Paul backed off a bit and I went with Nate for a while but he was feeling pretty good and was in more of racing mode than I so he left me in the dust shortly thereafter.

Nate had a killer race and set a PR beating me by over a minute and looking good for sub-3 at SGM despite having had training woes due to lots of travel as of late. Paul also finished strong and had a PR and continued his streak of victories over Josse but I think it was pretty close today. Unfortunately (if I remember correctly, please correct me if I'm wrong Paul!) Paul did not keep up his streak of beating Hal Amos as Hal squeaked by him today. But overall a great effort for those guys.

Also directly in front of me the whole race was Marcie J and Wildbull. I tried to catch the Bull but he just had more than I did today on that last mile. Marcie would have beat me too if not for the VPB around mile 9. She did pass me with about 1/2 mile to go but I managed to drum of bit of kick the last quarter and pass her back to keep my chick count under 5(?? I think ??). So I ended up finishing sandwitched between the fine SG running dynamos Bill and Marcie.

Here are my splits, I was on manual lap mode today since I knew the garmin would likely give me trouble down the canyon. Some of these look pretty fishy so I think the mile markers were messed up around miles 7 and 8. Also I forgot to push lap at mile 13 as I was too focused on trying to pass Marcie.

1 - 6:24 (too many slower runners crowding the start line!)

2 - 6:07

3 - 6:21

4 - 6:01

5 - 6:22

6 - 6:22

7 - 6:26

8 - 5:53 (this has to be wrong)

9 - 6:29

10 - 6:40

11 - 6:40

12 - 6:57 (I wimped out but at least it was under 7)

13.1 - 7:21 (6:31 pace)

Good to see and chat with all the bloggers after the race. I won't try to name anyone as I'll probably forget somebody. It was fun to watch the purple hairs Kim and Jody come in. They both had great times, Kim came in just under 1:43 and Jody was a minute or 2 earlier. I wish Kim would have been able to be further up in the pack at the start as I think she lost nearly a minute getting to the start line and dodging around the slower runners. But still a super effort and good for a flower and special Top 100 finisher necklace. Good job everyone!

Comments
From Kelli on Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 15:11:11

Great run to you and your wife!

From Brent on Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 15:29:59

Tom, I really like your race report, pacing with other runners, running against them. Also, you were 16th overall, wow. It seems your really strong with little taper.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From marion on Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 15:49:40

Great to see you today! Most excellent race!!!

From curtis on Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 16:13:20

great race Tom, thanks for the report it is always fun to read and see how well you are doing.

From Andy on Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 16:16:09

Good job, Tom. You are well on your way to meeting your goal at SGM.

From Dale on Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 16:39:15

You keep on stringing the good strong race efforts together. Today was another good one, especially on little taper and not feeling quite all there. Sounds like you're saving it up for the big one at STGM and I think you're in great shape for exceeding your goals there. Keep it up!

From Mike Warren on Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 16:51:13

Tom, great job! It's nice to see the improvement. Even if you had not ran it for a couple of years, 2 years older and still getting faster. Nothing wrong with that. Marcie is a gamer, you did good to hold off, that mega fast turnover of hers.

From Kim on Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 16:54:04

Great job sticking with your plan today. I'm glad you had a great time, (and your time was great too)! I know you always want to do a little better, but that's what keeps you moving on to bigger and better all the time.

Thanks for being there for me in the end! It really is nice to have you there waiting for me when I come in!

From tarzan on Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 17:23:05

Wow - sounds like you had a great race, Tom! Good luck at SGM.

From JimF on Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 18:30:55

Tom, good job on the race. One thing for sure is that you are putting together strong consistent perfomances. I think that will really help you for SGM.

From Clay on Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 18:51:12

Nice job today Tom, way to stick to your guns and run a smart race:-)

From Tom on Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 20:27:32

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Andy - I was encouraged to see that you ran a similar time last year at Hobble and was still able to run SGM in the low 2:50's. The race predictor doesn't even put me under 3 so I've been getting nervous that the sub-3 is going to be tougher than I had been thinking back early in the year when I was running all the PRs.

Looking forward to a healing taper and some of the race day magic!

From TylerS on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 00:14:29

Great race Tom. I will help you with some speed, you need to help me with racing smart! You have a lot of experience that I need to take advantage of. Keep up with the good training and a good taper for St. George and you will be GOLDEN!

From Jody on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 02:08:48

Great race today and like you said even better training for SGM. Congratulations!!

From JohnA on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 08:58:33

Nice run with no taper. You were right where you wanted to be except #12. I think if you stick to your splits at the first of SGM, you will be flying at the end.

From Ian on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 10:40:19

Very good race Tom, well done. You stuck to your plan and for a non-tapered race I think is an excellent result overall and in your age division. Still 6 weeks to go before SGM, you'll get stronger.

From MarcieJ on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 10:40:26

Great race! You beat me fair and square. Sorry about pretty much flashing you:) You are going to get your goal and some at SG!!

From jtshad on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 10:44:21

Great race Tom! You are looking great for SGM so keep up the strong training and you will rock that race on Oct. 4!

From Andy on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 17:10:33

Tom - I think that the predictor is a little too aggressive for Hobblecreek. Although, I was recovering from crypto when I ran Hobblecreek last year and think I was in shape to run a little faster. I do think that you are training better and smarter than I did last year and should have a great race at SGM.

From Cal on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:17:02

I think you did great Tom. That's an awesome time! This is another step towards a great SGM.

From RivertonPaul on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 15:47:37

I'll add my well wishes! Good run, and lot's to look forward to!

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