Running on Twinkies

Striders Winter Series Half Marathon

Recent EntriesHomeJoin Fast Running Blog Community!PredictorHealthy RecipesTwinkies's RacesFind BlogsMileage BoardTop Ten Excuses for Missing a RunTop Ten Training MistakesDiscussion ForumRace Reports Send A Private MessageWeek ViewMonth ViewYear View
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20092010201120122013
15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

Location:

Bountiful,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 24, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Winner of 1994 Teton Dam Half Marathon, 1:25:01.

Best Marathon: 3:23:40. (Deseret News 2006).

Completed Utah Grand Slam (2006).

Completed 8 Marathons in 1 year, the last four were each two weeks apart.

Marathons to date: 25.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay Healthy

Sub 3:15 Marathon

Train consistently

Finish in the top 10% at all races 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3 hr marathon

Complete a 100 miler

1st Overall at any race

 

 

Personal:

Hi, my name is Matt and I love to run! I especially enjoy trail running. I am married to Susie and we have six children Connor-10, Jed-8, Jaxine-7, Evan-4, Eliza-2, and Susanna-0. Look for me at your next race, I wear the same bright yellow Twinkies shirt at all my races.

Favorite Course: Mid-Mountain Marathon, Park City, Utah

Favorite Blogs:

Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Race: Striders Winter Series Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:43:31, Place overall: 76, Place in age division: 14
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.0013.100.000.0015.10

I ran the Striders Half Marathon today. I wasn't expecting much from this race. I haven't ran all week because my arthritis has been acting up. It wasn't much better today, but I have signed up for the whole series and want to complete it. So I just ran conservatively today.

I checked the weather report last night and it said the weather would be about 20 degrees and a severe storm warning was in effect until noon today. I decided to dress warm. It was snowing at home when I left but at the race start it wasn't bad, there were a few snow flurries.

I did a 2 mile warmup and realized that I was dressed to warm. So I took my wind breaker off and tied it around my waist. I thought about tossing it in the bin to be picked up at the finish, but thought I might need it if the weather changed. That was a good idea. I was wearing my wind breaker pants, long sleeved mess t-shirt with my twinkies shirt over, thick gloves, and a head band.

My first mile was 7:21 and my second was 7:30. I felt pretty good and decided to maintain that pace for a while. After about mile 4, the miles seemed to be flying by. It seemed like I had just passed a mile marker cone, when I we see the next one coming up. This lasted until about mile 8. After that none of the miles seemed fast, or were fast for that matter.

At mile 8 the wind came out fierce and strong. The course turned several times but never turned out of it, we had either a crosswind or a head wind for the next five miles. There was an aid station at mile 8.5 which had Gu. I grabbed a Gu and gulped it down, it was chocolate mint flavored. I grabbed a water to wash it down with, but had actually grabbed Gatorade. Chocolate Mint Gu and Gatorade. That's quite the combination. Somehow, I managed to keepit all down. At about mile 10, the wind really picked up. Strong and COLD. I took my wind breaker off my waist and put it back on. That helped, but the wind was a challenge.

The final few hundreds yards of the race was actually with the wind. Wahoo. I finished with a time of 1:43:31. Nothing great but pretty good considering the week I have had and the wind. After the race I went home, showered, and went in to work. I am back home now and I'm quite stiff and sore. Time for some rest.

Comments
From tarzan on Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 22:17:46 from 97.117.61.168

Great job, Twinkies. That was some tough weather out there and that course can be hard.

From sue on Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 23:16:13 from 216.194.116.178

Man sounds like you guys had it up there too, and I didn't realize you had arthritis. Good job! A full day of work after would have killed me today.

From Metcalf Running on Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 23:29:16 from 71.219.159.90

Great run!!! It was a tough one, and you are smoking fast!

From allie on Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 00:05:02 from 208.110.141.10

great race today! i saw you at the start line. i knew it was you! haha. great shirt.

From jun on Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 00:29:53 from 71.213.42.94

Great job twinkies. It's tough to run well when you've been suffering all week. Way to stick it out.

From Kelli on Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 16:10:49 from 71.219.95.20

Sounds pretty great to me, especially considering the arthritis and wind and cold. great job.

From Burt on Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 20:36:31 from 98.167.151.26

Man, I wish I could've seen you in that shirt and head band. That wouldabin sweet. Great job on the race.

From cody on Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 21:25:41 from 67.161.250.22

Nicely done! Great attitude too. You will do well in the marathon.

From Jon on Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 09:19:47 from 138.64.2.76

Nice work at the race. Don't you wish the whole race had the wind at our back?

From Burt on Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 12:33:31 from 68.76.197.194

Where did you go?

From twinkies on Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 23:33:00 from 207.155.176.10

Hey Burt, I am still here, I just haven't been running this week.

Add Your Comment.
  • Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
  • Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
  • If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.
Only registered users with public blogs are allowed to post comments. Log in with your username and password or create an account and set up a blog.
Debt Reduction Calculator
Featured Announcements
Recent Comments: