I run therefore, I am!

I think you need to get outa Lewiston

Great job putting it all together Walter! Total success, cant wait to run Canyonlands with you and the rest of the pacers it will be fun to meet everyone from FRB and Facebook..

AWESOME JOB Walter!!! What a great pace team you put together. Everyone did a FANTASTIC JOB!!!!

Walter we had a blast this weekend. Thanks a bunch for all your efforts, I'm really looking forward to being a pacer next time around. And don't worry all your secrets are safe, "what happens at the condo stays at the condo"!!

Walter, So this is what you've been up to lately? Nice.. E-mail me if you ever need someone to pace a group.

Walter~ I agree ... this is your baby!!!! :)

Congrats on a fantastic job by you and all the pacers!!!! :) :) :)

Great job Walter!! My friend Julie said she stuck with you until around mile 7 and it really helped her. She ended up running 1:28!!! You are doing a fabulous job.

Smooth, get with me and Ill use you to pace! Steve, I will most definitely use you big guy! I have Sand Hollow marathon on the same day as Riverton half marathon so i will have to rely on some help from more southern runners and may call on help to assist me to be in two places at the same time. lol

Teena, thanks for coming down and getting wet with us!

Rachelle, I ran with Julie for seven miles and told her to use the second have of the course to knock out a faster split and she ran it perfectly. I was amazed to see her make up 2 minutes in the last 6 miles! And a masters win to boot for her! We will have some fun in Boston having you two to hang out with!

Tom, Your condos are going to be the next Vegas hot spot if I go into detail! lol Too bad we couldnt all stay the next night to party it up!

Sounds super fun. Great job on getting right on pace! Both Jake and I would probably be up for pacing sometime...sounds like lots of fun!

Walter, this is just great! I am so happy that you have set up an excellent pace team for the races in Utah. I'm a little jealous that I didn't get to run with you. My goal is still a 1:30 half, and I bet I could have done it with you pacing.

Andrea, add me on Facebook Walter Brown or look for American Flyers Race Pacers on FB and ask for an invite or send me your info on a message and I'll make sure you're in the loop. We have Moab half, Riverton half, top of Utah half, AF half, Sand hollow marathon and possibly mesquite full and half late fall plus others that I've talked with to do.

Becca, you better believe I would've helped you! It was fun. Maybe I should try getting some races by you and you can round up the troops your way!

Hey, are you pacing Riverton half?

Yes I'm over Riverton and Sand Hollow marathon at the same time.

Let me know if you want to pace either of those.

NICE! :)

Nice job Walter... Rachelle is a great up & coming runner, huh?

Thanks Teena.

Jake, she is so new and fresh and with a few more races I think itll click for her and she will be the dark horse.

It was cool to see you on Saturday. I agree that you definitely have some good Karma coming your way--top-notch guys always do.

Scott, Keep up the great work my man! Holy crap, you are lighting it up my friend!

Good run and nice seeing you this morning Walter. Still 2+ months until Boston - keep at it and you'll be where you want to be. That would be great if we can get the group together again in 2 weeks.

Ill watch for your speed workouts and times and places and try to get out and do some. Let me know.

Funny that the run that was going to be just me and Walter practicing the Riverton half course turned into such a big group. It was awesome!! Thanks for helping advertise and organize things.

Rachelle. I didnt even get to run with you how ironic is that. See how facebook and the frb and Dm can be such a tool? :)

It was a fun run this morning. Nice to chat with you and look forward to some more good runs.

Dang, I wish I could have made it. Sounds like it was awesome!

Yeah, I finally know who Dragonvulture is! Thats really my pet peeve on this site. I like to know who Im talking to. :) So sorry if I ignored you earlier. lol

TM, You need a special invite? come on girl! Got to watch that Facebook closer. lol When I said I was going to run with a group I was expecting 15 not 35! lol I almost had to pull a permit to allow us to run as an organized group run. lol Good think Lisa was there from Parks and Rec to back us up! haha

It definitely had to be some sort of record for a non sponsored group run at the beginning of February. We will have to get together sometime next week.

It was good to see you out there. We will definitely do it again sometime soon

It was awesome to run with you today. I look forward to many more opportunities.

Chad, Ill watch for you, let me know.

Fritz, For sure! It was good to run with you. You are running so well! Looks like I need to step things up now!

Scott, It was great running with you mid southern brothers! Let me know where you are and ill make an effort to get out.

Good times yesterday what an amazing group. Really was good to put names and faces together and meet some fellow runners/bloggers. I know running with this group will help a ton with where I want to be . Plus it is such a fun group.

prlman. Dont know your code name. Who are you? I like putting names to faces before I run because I suck at names when people approach me and say they know me from the blog but I only know a code name. lol

Walter, its Paul Fulton aka prlman from the race pacers

Nice job Walter.

Good run Walter. Just stay consistent and ease into the workouts - it will start to click before you know it.

you are my inspiration!

Walter- were you kidding about taking most of January off? Looks like your fitness is good if you're able to pull of sub-5:30 miles late in a run like that.

Thanks you guys!

Craig, I ran a mile recovery in between them. I was going to try and do a 5k and new I needed a break. I'll get there though. I am lucky to be so skinny and not lose an enormous amount of fitness from my resting.

You aren't kidding. It's crazy how much wear/tear you save on your body and how much more quickly it can recover when you're light. I'm not exactly heavy, but I'm a little jealous. :)

nice job!!!

Thanks Dave.

Great run Walter! You still blog?

It's easier to put my miles on my iPhone when it's fresh in my mind. I forget when I get home and have to fight for a computer to post it. Daily mile is just easier.

I hear that. That's why the kids aren't allowed to touch the laptop. :)

Nice solid long run Walter. Way to keep up the speed there at the end!

Thanks Justin. I'm.bummed I've missed a lot of time off. Hoping to get some speed and endurance for Boston.

Speed and endurance are both good.

A wise decision!

Are you planning to join our newly forming Utah CC team this Saturday, at 7:30 AM in Pleasant Grove? JulieC posted the details of the group run on her blog.

Yes Scott. Are I'll be there. My bro in law is coming as well. He's about a 7 pace runner. Should I announce it to my group and have a large group possibly show or keep it to this blog?

Good question about posting it to the pace group. It'd be fun to have a large crowd, but I'm not sure how many people JulieC wants to feed :-) She's planning waffles and pancakes after the run. I'd send her a DM to through the blog to she how she feels about hosting a small race :-)

Glad you can make it!

I've never been on Facebook - I know, weird. Just too many potential problems for a school teacher in my opinion...

How would this sight be better if it connected to Facebook?

I suppose I'm just demonstrating my ignorance of the glory of Facebook, but what I like about the FRB is that it's small and fairly local and provides a way for people with a passion for one thing (running) to connect. It seems to me that there will always be a place in the world for "multi-billion dollar companies" and that's fine. But you can also make a case for keeping things small and limited. Can't you?

I can see being a public figure and being on facebook to contradict itself. If your a teacher that goes to spring break and ends up on girls gone wild as well. My point is we can keep it small and local but thats not what he decided to do. FRB is world wide and he gets money for the more people that get on here. Thats a fact. Facebook has helped my Pace group enormously! I post a race im pacing, I have it full with 20 runners wanting to pace my race within the day. I dont want to call 100 people I know to get 20 committed. So thats my example. For Daily mile, strava, and all the other running blog sites that just started up recently with the past few years, They have millions of people on their site worldwide. It works off of any smartphone, computer ipod even freakin kindles. So for my next point is you can keep it simple but your site will be outdated and people cant use it with the latest technology so they wont. I actually quit for a while because I would run and go straight to work and by the time I got home i forgot to post it on the computer. My phone i could post on a break and im done. I have seen Sasha out at races handing out flyers and cards etc. to get runners on here. I guarantee if he was on FB one month he would have more on here than the years he has worked to try to make this site. Its cake!

I know im just venting because I have a lot of friends on here. but my miles on here will never reflect what I did all year until I can put them on easier. I know this site is to try and make some income. He couldve retired by now if he had the link on and thats a guarantee. Im not computer savy, I wished I was, it would beat where Im at now. The other thing that bugs me on here is I have a question, I private message him, i ask a question. Nothing! I have asked Josh Cox a question on facebook (Ive never even met him!) about running and he gave me an an answer 30 minutes later. If he doesnt want to keep up with it then post something and ill figure it out take it over and quit construction. lol You wont have a beautiful driveway or foundation but you will be able to use your smartphone by gad! lol

I guess I get all that.

It's clear to me that Sasha has lost a certain amount of interest in the blog and in running/racing in general. Probably a by product of having a busy career and ten kids or so and being very active in a church that demands a pile of your time.

I'd say about 90% or more of the frequent posters on this blog are from about a 40 square mile radius along the Wasatch Front and from my own selfish point of view, that's great. The FRB feels like a real community to me and I don't think I would like it nearly as much if there were 2 million regular posters.

Yeah. Sorry for fuming. I have an enormous amount of support from friends on here. I would like to not have to rely on Firefox or a computer that's all. Oh and be able to see who is commenting on my post instead of a code name. Not a fan of the code names. Lol. So are you gearing up for Boston? I would love to negative split on that course or do an even split on it. We will have fun. There are a lot of Utah runners going this year.

Yep, I'm pretty excited about Boston. I've run it twice, but never run well there.

Don't you think a negative split would be pretty hard at Boston? It's really fun though if you're feeling good the last couple miles of that race and can really soak in the atmosphere and crowd energy. There's nothing like it!

We'll have a great blog group there. Should all plan on getting together on Monday night to (hopefully) celebrate.

You can post your miles on this site with a smartphone. I wrote my entire blog post yesterday on mine. No, it isn't a slick mobile app, but it still works ok.

To Rob's point, would we really want this site to become global? If I was Sasha I would because it would just drive more traffic. But for the users I think it would be worse because you wouldn't know 90% of the people. To expand and still maintain the local feel, I think it would need to be set up like craigslist thus allowing the user to choose a specific region or city to follow.

Mine wont let me post at all. I can post miles. It wont let you copy and paste on here either which is weird. It doesnt work well with computers that dont use firefox either. Im ok keeping things simple. I dont think he wanted to keep it simple when he started it though but now it seems like he does. Sort of have those coming on that dont have a clue who we are to lose interest. Thats my two cents. Im glad I have met new faces and I always have people on here coming up to me and saying they follow me which at first I despised but now it keeps me liable to work harder.

Great running today Walter! This will be great prep for Boston.

It was great running with you this morning. I expect to see some great running from you as you begin to turn up the effort for Boston. You make the run look effortless.

Great run this morning Walter. You hung tough when the pace heated up.

Thanks you guys. Great running with you always! Let me know if you have some more runs planned. I'll gladly come out! I'll need a bungs connected to Jake next time. I'll teach him! Lol

Nice to meet you today! I'm sure we'll be on more runs in the future. Great workout today - sounds like you held up really well and are looking good for Boston!

great mileage Walter!! And nice long run tempo, of course!! btw since Boston is out for you as my pacer...how about SGM?????

Andrea, nice to meet you as well. We will have a great time with our group in Boston for sure!

Julie, How about Ogden or Utah Valley marathon?

Nice pace there at the end.

Thanks Rob! I'm feeling better and hope to shock my system into thinking I skipped a month without training.

Dr. Fletcher had good things to say about you when I went yesterday! He seems like a great guy that really cares about getting his patients healthy.

Good fast miles at the end Walter!

Andrea, he is the bomb! Seriously I've done it all with PT recovering. This is the fastest way to clear things up for me.

Jake, I just pictured you taking off and I did my best to keep up. :)

Good workout! See you on Saturday.

I better eat my wheaties! :)

Nice race Walter and great to see you - even if you did deprive me of another $50.00 gift card!

You held it together pretty well on the way back.I'm just telling myself that it's good to race in those kinds of conditions from time to time. I think it does make you mentally tougher knowing you can still put together a really respectable time in bad conditions.

Walter, That wind was crazy. Great job toughing it out and bringing home the swag. Plus in $$$ is so much nicer than swag in clothing etc...

$50 bucks! Sweet! Nice work despite the wind!

Good race Walt! I am glad I didn't go today under the conditions.

Rob, I kept waiting for you to nab me when I saw my time drop 30 seconds. Jake said since we had head wind today Boston will give us a nice tail wind.

Adam, good to see you!

Tara, I was wishing we could run the whole race with a tail wind. Not so lucky. Thanks!

James, why weren't you out there? You should've done it!

Nice race today. You've made some nice jumps over the past couple weeks. You're going to be peaking just right for Boston - keep it going!

Great race, way to pick up a master's win.

Congrats on the Master's title, looking good for Boston...we should have a great team!

CONGRATULATIONS Walter!!! WAY to push through the nasty wind with a strong finish and WIN!!!! :)

Nice racing this morning! Starting off strong for this year!

Jake, thanks. Its so cool to watch you run!

Dan, Thank you!

Jeff, We will take Boston by storm!

Smooth, My bib number was 642 or 246 backwards. I think thats a good number right?

Andrea, it was great to hang with you guys. I feel so much stronger running with you all!

totally understand the wanting to turn around!! How gruesome...just stepping out of my work tonight at 630pm when the wind hit Pleasant Grove was a detriment!! You pulled pretty well despite!! $50 towards your flight to Boston :D.

Julie, I think its Kharma to push through a horrible race. It means the next few races will be in the bag!

Wow, glad I wasn't out there with you guys. I've been coming up with a lot of excuses lately.

great race Walter! it was nice chatting with you a bit afterward. and i can't let a race report go by without saying it: holy crap you're fast!

Good race Walt. Sucks you guys had to battle the wind like that. Wind is just not fair... at all.

Steve, we need to change that!

JD, great to meet you as well!

Clyde, I was surprised how well Fritz and Jake handled it. To me it was like running uphill.

NICE miles on a Monday after an awesome weekend race! :)

Thank you Smooth!

Great run! I talked to Steve H. today and we agreed we are going to stick to the initial plan for the team.

With Sasha sponsoring us? Are we going to have team jerseys? Or whatever we have left of his old ones?

Or I'm confused. What do you mean?

Yeah, work is work...Some good training this week!

Thanks Steve!

Nice workout Walter. It was rough out there tonight. I've never been to the oval, but I think I'm going to head there tomorrow morning for my workout and get some fast miles in, instead of plodding through the snow.

Thanks Jake. I wished my daughter didnt hoard my computer. I wouldve ran with you in the morning.

Hey Walter, Are you still planning to do the emigration run? I am still up for it but I don't plan to be running it hard. I am open to another location too that is closer to you.

Slow is good it gives the body a break. Which I always have to learn that lesson myself. Great running Walter.

Fritz, just got this. Sorry. I am going to go at it alone tomorrow. I have to be to work at 7 am so ill get what I can in before and maybe after. Sorry. Last minute job that didnt get finished today.

Kory, Thanks. I didnt run at all today and feel great! lol

Fritz, my phone is 801-381-7089. Put that in your phone and you can call me anytime I can break free. Thanks

Nice long run!

Thanks for joining us Walter. You're looking pretty fit and ready to race.

Glad you were able to meet up w/ these guys Walter. Good run this morning. 5 weeks to go!

Rob, awesome time! Thanks for breakfast as well!

Jake thanks! Good luck tomorrow, kick some arse!

Solid run today Walter.

Have fun in Moab at the race!

Walter have fun in Moab this weekend. :) Are you pacing or racing?

Thanks Jeff!

Im racing Rachelle! Power to the old people!

nicely done, walter!

Sweet! Can't wait to hear the report!

Nice work Walter! I hope you guys had fun!!

Allie, thanks so much!

Tara, I got around to the report! :)

Rachelle, Im going to look at your report right now. Happy Birthday my dear friend!

Great report Walter. It was great to see you down there and be able to visit with you a few times (you'll notice I mention you a lot in my report). You're a great person and I've got tremendous respect for you as a racer. I hope we have many more opportunities in the future to rub shoulders at races.

Justin, i just read your report, perfect sentiments. We all felt that way throughout.

gotta love the wind!! seriously when else (except march and a few other months at times) can you get the resistant training??? seriously weight lifting and running you gotta feel good about the "workout". : D. Way to stay up there in front Walter as usual!! Top Ten is great.

It was that for sure Julie! Very resistant!

Great job today Walter. You are running awesome!

Nice!!! Sounds brutal. Way to hit it head on! :-)

Walter, can I just say ditto to everything you blogged about. That wind took everything out of me and I feel like I went into this race in really good shape. Nice job - way to hang in there and battle for a 1 placeAG finish!

Thanks Jake, I had a rough time.

TM, Thats my second time Ive ran that with horrid wind. Oh well. My pace group did outstanding so it made it fun!

Melody, I wished I could have met you! It was a difficult race. I have found in my age, races like this are toll taking. I really cant give my all the entire race. It seemed like I would get angered and would fight and only had a half mile in me to keep it going with the wind and would give up. Those younger guys kept catching me and then Id surge and then they'd catch me.

A good run in very tough conditions, nicely done.

Hope you can make it to Boston!

Good job Walt. I saw on facebook you went to the golf course. We usually stay in the condos right by the course. And I love that course too!

Great job! Especially considering the wind! It was rough out there-

Thanks Jeff!

Clyde, I wished I could've tried golfing but it was crappy weather. They were good condos.

Christi, we showed clout by pushing through it even though the times werent there. It's always a competitive race so placing in the top ten is always a good thing. I wished I had more strength like Justin had running in that head wind.

great run Walter!

Thanks Jake!

Next time you're going to rip your legs up Butterfield, I'm in Walter :)

I was going to run it Wednesday night 10 miles from the base up 5 and down. That's the hardest

Congrats on the win walter!!!

Great job Walter! So glad you had a good race on such a crappy weather day!

Your pacers are awesome if I do say so myself! We got so many compliments and thank yous. I love it! ;o)

Incredible! A huge congrats! Seriously, you killed it!!! Also, a huge thank you for coming to our booth and making me look so cool (because I personally knew the overall winner)!!!! :) :) :)

I definitely agree: your pacers are the BEST!!!! :) :) :)

Jake, thanks for letting me claim my humble local race. Always great to run with you.

Kelli, you are marvelous! Simply Marvelous!

TM, I should have tried to get in some work on my hips but I was literally running ragged after the race getting pacers in.

Congrats on a great win!

Nice work Walter! Congrats on the win! The course sounds pretty tough and rolling. Just think how good and how fast you're going to feel when you finally get a chance to do a race in good weather. You're going to smoke it! Have you decided on Boston yet?

Dan, thanks a lot. Justin, I decided at mile 11 that I'm not. But as I write this I am going to try and see if I can book a flight. It'll be harder now that I'm 2 weeks away. Will see.

Walter, you are just freaking amazing! Nice work out there today on that brutal course. I don't think people realize how hard those 3 miles into the headwind really are! I banked some time on the early miles to make up for it and was SO glad I did. Congrats on the wagon wheel and making all of US look so good to be with you!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE pacing, and if you ever need help, you know where to find me! I'm always available for a race and I'd like to try to take that candybar away from Bill!! :) I was Soooo close!

Rachel, .02 seconds is going to be hard to beat. Lol thank you for helping! Lisa Dudley was so thankful for our presence.

Congrats on another win! Hope you can join us in Boston for our Master's team!

Congrats and thanks for letting me pace, any time you need me let me know. You really have put together an amazing group!!!

It really is rewarding and fun!

Nice job Walter on a tough course. Good luck with the flight search.

Nice race in the conditions Walt!

Thanks Fritz.

James, it's good to see you out! Hope you keep hammering down now. I know your strength.

nice job, walter! as soon as you get your wagon built, you can bring it to des news.

I'll have to find some pioneer clothes as well Allie! You just gave me an idea for a 5k though! Lol

Nice win Walt! Hope to see ya somewhere this year.

Not to shabby for an old man. Congrats.

Awesome to hear you are coming to Boston! Are you staying with Rob and Steve? When do you get in?

Looking forward to running with you, Steve and Rob...let's work to get a good time (2:37ish?).

Call me to chat this week.

That's awesome guys. What a crew. I hope you guys tear it up.

Great time trial today! Glad you like the Kinvaras. Boston is so exciting!

Thanks Andrea! I came a long way in a short time but still have a long way to go before I go busting a 2:30. I love running with you guys. It really helps. Ill see you out there!

Great workout Walter! A week to go! :-)

One week to go! Am I nervous? Yeah im nervous. But my confidence is building. slowly. I will take it for all its worth. I will fight with all my might! :)

Way to go!! It sounds like the high temperature added a few minutes to everyone's times.

Walter, it was stinking hot out there today. Great job hanging in there and totally missing hb hill! I know you very easily could have hit a 245 or better with 2011 weather! Now relax and rest. And that drink was seriously disgusting. I took one sip and trashed it.

Yeah Susannah it slowed us down alright!

Melody, you just about nabbed me! Great time me lady! You are awesome.

Walt, It was HOT and HUMID.. You did great man:) Just enjoy and remember.

way to hang tough Walter. I followed you guys the whole way and felt your pain... sort of. hope to see you sometime soon, hang in there and congrats on toughing it out!

Way to stick it out. What doesn't kill you only makes your stronger, sort of. Enjoy the recovery.

Great race Walter! Your time is still faster than I have ever run Boston. Way to tough it out and I hope you are feeling back to normal.

300.00 dollars would be nice for anything :D Good job Walter. Sorry you veered off course. I know that section you went off-- I have run this race and they used to run that as part of the course--- it is dreadful coming back up that!! Oh well...bonus miles right? ; D

Nice job Walter! 300 bucks is always nice!

Yeah, I ran part of the course this morning and was really confused exactly where it went, the Police didn't seem to know either.

Nice job on the Masters win.

I love your comment about how easy you could turn this course into a spartan race! :-)

Great run this morning - and good job running Andrea down despite the detour! AKA BONUS MILES!

WHOA!!!! That is significant, but you still walked away with your goal, despite the time. Super fun to get money! Good for you Walter:)

"I saw Andrea and was barely ahead of her. lol " Thanks a lot.

Just kidding, I was very surprised to see you and knew something was up!

I thought it was quite entertaining to see in the results 4 1:10s and then 1:19.

Good job today - you shouldn't be disappointed. It's a solid race!

Great race, Walter. I loved your entertaining race report. Nice comeback from the detour! Enjoy the $$$.

Congrats again, Walter!! You ran really well despite all of the mishap.

Nice work Walt:) And the 300 bucks was nice I'm sure:)

Yes Julie, bonus miles! :)

Thanks Tom!

Rob, yes very confusing!

Jake, it was super fun otherwise.

Tara, true that! I set out to win Masters.e Goal achieved.

Andrea, I will have a very hard time accepting the getting chicked by Andrea. I'm kidding. It was all fun. I'm not that obstanent. You did great. I really wanted the goblet! Lol

Run after babies, I have forgotten your name already. Part of these code names. Sorry. It was good to meet you.

Thanks msimona

Nice work out there Walter. Running an extra .4 and still reaching your goal! If I'd have done that I probably would've just gotten to the dead end and sat down and cried :)

It was great to see you this morning and CONGRATS on a great win and some fab money to keep it ALL going!

Thanks Rachel. It was good to see you as well.

Walter that was really fun to see you and Misty and Boston. It was totally unexpected! Despite that extra half mile, you are still running strong as ever. I am impressed and amazed with you even still. Nice nice job!

Thanks Lily! I have to talk to you about your caffeine pills you gave me. How to take them.

OK. Do you have my number still? Just text me! :)

I think I do. I'll try in a sec.

Awesome. I saw Jake's route post...so simple to follow! $300 bucks! Forget the house payment...keep up the running.

Walter here is some info on the caffeine bites

http://www.amway.com/Shop/Product/Product.aspx/NUTRILITE-Endurance-Cubes-Berry-Flavor?itemno=109168

CONGRATZ on the Masrer win and $$$$ depite the "oops"! You are INCREDIBLE!!! GOOD JOB Walter!

Mark, funny course. There's nO way I could try and figure it out from a map.

Lily, thanks for that.

Smooth, lucky number 11 comes through even with my bonus miles.

Congrats! Nice race!

Steve, hope you're enjoying France fancy Pants!

nice job and good to get some good cash. looks like a good race

Walter, I feel so bad about you going off course. I take the course marking very seriously and personally in that I personally marked the course, checked it and rechecked it. At the end of the day, that IS my job. I tried to eliminate any possibility of going off piste but obviously I need to tighten it up. I'll do better.

It's a crazy adventurous run only explained by running it. I hope the "Masters" win helped take off some of the sting.

Congrats on a great run and a fast time despite the additional miles.

Kendall, I had an absolute blast! That course is so crazy! I had a laugh when I actually looked at it on a map. Those two cones messed me up on the circle. I should've used my instincts better. But I had a fun day and enjoyed hanging out with friends on a great day. No snow! Lol perfect running conditions though. Thanks for a great race and it's always a bonus to go home with cash!

Good job Walt! Way to bring home the bacon.

Good run!

Yes that course seems ridiculous! You know it must be steep when the splits are almost 20 min apart!

Andrea, They are claiming it as the fastest course in Utah but it is the worst first 8 miles, worse then Des News course. I was thinking if I ran it would bank my time from the first 8. But I would be walking at mile 18 if I did. I didnt have a point going down where I could feel my legs trying to work. They were just slapping.

What race is this? Sounds harmful!:) oh and clean up your language before I report you to Sasha. Thanks.

Tara its the Herriman half, full and trail run. On the 19th of may. I was just starting to get comfortable about talking more on here. Lol

Oh, that's the one you were talking about. Well, you probably shouldn't get too comfortable. Geeze, I'm a brat:)

Good to have some competition and keep me on my toes!

Tara, leave Walter alone. Keep picking on Burt, though.

Kam, you're not supposed to be reading this. As far as you know, I am nice. I'd like to keep it that way. Where is burt anyway? I hate him.

Sorry. I'll stay off Walter's blog from now on. True story: I ran into Walter leaving the expo in Boston this year. We were waiting on a shuttle bus, and I saw a skinny guy with a Bryce Canyon Half Marathon shirt and backpack. I had my daughter yell "Walter!" while we watched said skinny guy to see if he flinched. He did. It's a small world after all.

Thanks Kam.

Tara, you shouldn't harbor negative feelings toward others. We don't use the H word in our home. Lol

Kam- lolol!

Walter- sorry. I Have Hard feelings against Him. Lots of H words.

Kam. I told my wife about that and Kim, my neighbor who I was hanging out with was telling her parents how no matter where we were everyone knew me. Then all of the sudden I here someone yelling my name on a bus. Funny.

Hi Walter.

Why hello Tara! What up with thee?

Not telling.

Don't make me run it out of ya!

I'd like to see that happen, mostly because I've never witnessed that before! Sounds hard.

I'm so tired from long work days it would only end up being a few miles and I'd drop off.

Well if we're being honest... You'd take me because you are faster than me and because I'm not running right now. Send flowers and balloons with a get well card. That would suffice.

No skip the gifts, that would be weird. I'll take straight up sympathy.

I obviously am not up on the frb. What happened?

Oh nothing too serious. Just a back strain and hammy issues. Getting better though. I was being a little facetious:) looks like your going to the wedding bells 5k too. Sounds fun huh! It will be good to put faces with names from the blog.

I just realized I'm going to be pacing the American Fork half that morning. I will be missing out on that for sure!

So now your summer beach body is ripped and ready to go? :-)

Yes Jake, I did the two week extreme concrete ab ripper!

haha that will give you rock (or concrete) hard abs!

where've you been? didn't you just win the masters at UVM?

"To Masters!!"

Great job! Way to represent us old guys!

To Masters Tom!

Thanks Jeff!

That moment coming down the canyon when we dropped all those young guys was one of the coolest running moments Ive had. good times! And for the record, I didn't run off course. :-) You are running on a main street and the course takes a 90 and is not coned off? i'm never running in front again..

Steve Prefontaine Anderson, you dominated the canyon. I'm calling it Steve's canyon from now on.

Sheesh! Running off course has been a curse lately. Good thing you stayed on today. Poor Steve. Nice work Walter! Okay, where or what is Zermatt?

Zermatt is a quaint euro style village up near Heber. It's really nice and a good getaway.

Way to go Walter!

Great race, Walter! I contemplated running up the canyon from my home to watch you go blazing by. I bet it felt so cool for you and Steve to watch the young bucks fade out.

Thanks Jake!

Scott, you totally shouldve! Steve may not have fallen from the course if you did.

Nice job Walt. That's smokin!

Thanks Clyde! It's a great course.

That's probably about enough comments about off course running

Steve, I guarantee if you ran this last year we both would've broke the 1:10 mark. The conditions were better last year and I didn't have anyone to push me hard like this year.

Great job Walter. I'm glad Steve threw you a bone!

Mark, that's twice in a row he has and once for Dennis Simonitis

Good job old man.

Nice win! Paul is the guy I know who would have stopped and waited!:)

James H, those are fighting words! If Steve can still run that fast than so can I. Funny thing he told me after the race that he thought if I could run this fast than so could he. Lol

James, Paul's UVM finish was my first thought that came into my head if the Utah State runners weren't behind me I would've. He actually started catching me even after he turned around and came back.

Good race. Let me know if you need another pacer.

Matt, I need a 1:35 pacer for TOU Half on aug. 25th. I need two pacers for 1:40 in Bryce Half on July 14th. And two pacers for 3:00 in Bryce half as well.

I would love to be a pacer, but my wife will be receiving her black belt on July 14th, and I am planning on racing TOU Half. It would be bad if I missed watching my wife get her black belt.

Matt, if you miss your wife's black belt, she will kick your white arse!

You are a beast among men. Congrats on the win.

Fast pace, like the usual. Great job on your win. I haven't commented on your blog in forever!

You're busy now with married life. Wait till you have kids. It's nice to stop and smell the roses though!

Congrats on the win!

Thanks Jeff!

Thanks Justin.

Congrats Walter!

Great job Walter. You're tearing it up this year!

Big win - nice job!

Congrats on the win!

Woot woot! Proud of you

Once again a fantastic race Walter

Good man!

Great job. First place!

@Holt-You are kicking yourself right now for not coming I know it! :)

@Tom-Thank you, I am gearing up for these younger guys that will be in the Masters.

@Jake-Hey, I beat your time and I dont care if I had 1800' of drop vs. your incline. a race is a race. lol

@Jeff- Thanks big guy! Now to get my marathon to coincide with my halfs.

@Lily- Thanks Cher!

@Prlman- Thank you! Was that your first time there?

@James- Thanks! Youll have to come try that one after your high altitude training at the cabin!

@runningafterbabies- Good thing all the fast guys went and ran the Lavender half! lol A win is a win though! Fun to take first!

congrats on the win and the big money!

Good job taking it to Pepe!

@Scott, its always good to come home with more money then you left. lol

@JamesH, He was pretty upset. He told me after that "when you win you learn nothing. When you lose you learn a lot and today I learned a lot and wont let it happen again." Yikes! I think I stirred up the bees nest!

Walter Brown in the house my nizzal. Congrats on a nice win!

@Clyde, I was talking to Steve afterward and told him how I'll bet you and Dave and Logan were kicking yourselves. I guess we will have to wait another day for our showdown. Lol

Congratulations on the win, Walter. Jenn got some great photos of you running past the hotel. I had fun with your daughter and niece.

Thanks for helping. I love that pic of you three with the cop behind you. :)

Awesome Walter! I like how most everybody that comments on your blog only leaves a one-line comment. Except for Maurine. She's awesome, too.

Cool talking to you about this one. You are the man this summer!

The old man

Tell me and can't beat you and I will. Show me I can beat you and I'll be unstoppable. Or something clever like that.

Great job, but Pepe owns SGM. It would be a tough race!

There might be a little of that! Especially since my watch died and I could have used some $ to get a new one.

Mark, too right you are! Or are you coercing me into beating him? :) here is the scenario, I do SGM and go for the Masters win to Japan, or I go to Twin Cities which had similar time as Pepe except a tougher course for the Masters $10,000 dollar win. I think my odds are SGM. Lol I at least got into his head and believe you me, you don't have to better your time if they think you can beat them. You just have to stay in their mind and let them conform to you. I have to get that marathon length out of my head. If I can run a 1:10-1:12 half on these downhill courses I should be able to break that 2:30 marathon mark. Can I do it? Yes! I know I can.

Dave, I really thought you'd be there. It would have been fun. The last half I ran with you was Bryce a few years ago.

Pepe is your new arch nemesis since you have defeated He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. LOL!

You'll need 2:20 for Twin, that's what Mbarack is running this year. Lokken is 2:23. Times are changing for masters. SGM is a great race, but Twin is where the competition will be.

Mark, I hope Im wearing White! I dont mind being the Dark Horse though.

Steve, I thought it was a 2:27. That scares the sweet shitake out of me! There are 40+ year olds that can do that? :) We need to run more. Quit our jobs, get serious. lol

Congrats on the win Walter and on the $500!

Thanks Riley. Was that you I was talking to at the first few miles of UVM?

No that was Bryant Jensen. I was the one in red just in front of you two. Then Bryant worked up to me by five or so and we started working together.

:-) They are the new targets, the ones that motivate my running right now. Read Jake's race report on the US Half Marathon Championships. Kevin beat him (barely, I think Jake's a stronger runner) with around a 65 half. On an honest course. His 10k is near a 28. Lokken works full time as a roofer. Any real half win will take a 66 nationally as a Master and a full is coming close to 2:19. Just means it's time to start thinking like an athlete and not Master. I for one, think you have it in you to run the same speed. I don't give a $%&@ about numbers predicting future performance.

@ Riley ok I gotcha.

@ Steve, when my numbers hit on that powrrball I swear to you that we can run full time and let the world see what we've got. :)

TCM is a way different course than SGM and the competitors there are tough. Tracy is very talented, along with some of the other top old guys. When I ran it in 2008, Dennis won it with a 2:27ish in some of the worst running conditions I have ever been in (similar to SGM that year...but worse!). Getting to that next level...hmmm.

Way to use your "focus" powers, I'm still trying to figure that out:) great job Walter!

Terrific race Walter!...Looks like you've really got your mojo flowing right now? Are you doing Timp 1/2 this year?

Josse, yes! Just like we talked in practice. :)

Justin, Rumor has it. I can honestly say that race director is pretty far out there asking People to fill out a survey to see how they will be assigned a bus time. I'm not going to even respond to that one. He's a froot loop.

A little late to the party, but Congrats on your win Walter!!

Thanks Michelle! Congrats on your win yesterday as well!

Nice job venting your anger by the means of bodily release! You crack me up! Impressive race and masters win!

Either way, that's a great time Walter. Good race.

Comes out to 33:08 for 10k.

That sounds about right Rob.

cheaters never win...lol-nice job!

Well rob came the same way as me so what should I do with the money?

Tithing or beer...your choice.

Omg funny! I will lose some serious points if I don't give a little tithing. Especially on a Mormon Holliday. The beer thing is just between us.

Pay your tithing first and then buy Rob a beer with the rest.

Ok Rob,I owe you a beer! A tall boy! Or whatever you call it. I wouldn't know right?

I thought it was a State of Utah holiday. Or is it the same thing?

great race, walter!

Rockstar!

totally a bummer to go off course...so what's the news on placement...or farting causing any harm to an officer??

Congratulations on a great race! And you should totally find that officer andplease keep your language cleanat him.

Rob, you're the history teacher! I was amazed listening to you in Boston. Who needs a tour guide?

Allie, you did great as well! It was a muggy day.

Msimona, thank you! I appreciate that.

Julie, I'm sure they would find some ticket to give me in salt lake city for farting on a cop. They need money to keep up with Mayor Becker.

Catherine, I ran back on the course and asked a few of them which one it was. Lol

Great race, Walter! It is always good to see you.

I apologize for not taking a closer look at the course map before running--it would have saved a whole slew of runners from going off course.

Nice job Walter!

Sorry about your tummy! Maybe payback for "releasing your gasses" in the direction of Mr. Friendly on Tuesday?

You are awesome!!! You are juggling everything so well. Seriously ... AMAZING!!! :)

Nice race (again!) Walter!

Well, she maybe weighs 80 pounds...she is like an elf.

Great day today Walter. I think the stress of getting the pacers out there would be about all I could handle!

A good race for you and an even better race report. I liked your comments about being psyched out by Lindsey's pink shoes :-) She has blown my doors off before as well--very humbling. You're a class act. I am with you on Steve, "What the H...?"

Thanks for all the kinds words! Great job to you today...if I had done des news on tuesday like most of you, I would have not been where I was today. So props to you and the others for a crazy hard double. Good job!!

I thought for sure you were going to PR that race since it was a much better start. I predict TOU Half will be your best time on that course this year.

Why haven't you ever made comments about MY whisper quiet stride behind you?

And I know you just gave me this one cause Kristi was up here this weekend. Thanks!

TM, I'm glad it was only gasses.

Jake-thanks!...again.

Kelli, it was extremely stressful to try and concentrate on racing when I was worried weather my 3 late pacers were going to show up. Next time I will ask for help.

Lindsey, I was able to stay close to the two fast runners I coached at Herriman HS in the Des News 10k. I wished I could recover as fast as they do! Great running with you as always!

Steve, your stride is long and awkward. Sorry but I am amazed at your running ability. Ias I passed two marathoners, they were commenting on your long stride. I guess I noticed it after they said that. You amaze me and yes I want Kristi to come with us to Powell so I figured I'd help the situation with you two out. Just between us aight?

Solid race Walt. I'm excited to see what your fitness will bring for the fall marathon. Should be a good one!

3 fractured ribs?????? Oh man ...

Nicely done on the race, my friend!!!

CRAY CRAY ... but stellar!

Congrats. :)

great race Walter, that is a 3 fractured rib PR I am sure. nice feature on your pacers in the local paper including a pic of Allie and Chad. you are a great role model and inspiration for me, thanks!!

Thanks Teena!

Scott can u see if there is a on line link to the herold journal on those articles and send me the link thanks

Great job Walter. I banged up some ribs skiing a few years ago and couldn't move faster than walking for about 3 weeks, so pretty solid to still run 1:17 despite the injury.

The pacers appeared to be a hit!

Jake, they did a write up of us in the Herald Journal which I posted on Facebook. It has A pic of Andrea from last year. But it was nice to get some attention. They even put us on the back of the race event shirts. Great run to you! I was bugged knowing I couldn't go full threshold but felt ok being able to average under 6 pace. It opened my eyes to wanting to push harder and seeing how long I can stay at threshold.

You are definitely tougher than me! Fractured ribs! Ouch! Congrats on a good performance under the conditions, and nice job with the pacers.

Thanks Scott! I admire your progress this year as well! I'm amazed at the talent level in Utah. We are a force to be reckoned with.

Not bad for an old crippled guy...Well done!

Cody, I forgot to mention you in my report! Thank you so much for running with me for a bit. You helped me to a pr before in the freedom run. :) great seeing you out!

here's the article about your pacers. I can probably get an extra hard copy from a neighbor if you want it. I gave our copy to Andrea.

http://news.hjnews.com/sports/article_e3f15560-eda8-11e1-8773-0019bb2963f4.html

Good job running on broken ribs. I can't believe it. Good job.

Awesome run! Nice to have the shirts appreciated once in a while! There was another article today in the sports section write up that had great stuff about the pacers!

masters are just tougher...pain is normal over 40!! you are my inspiration if I ever decide to wake board, at least I know I can still run if I fracture three or less ribs!! :D

Thanks Matt!

Steve, we were a hit there for sure! I love Logan and that race.

Julie, done! We will have pacer party up at DeerCreek. I'll teach you how to waKeboard.

Good to see ya up there Walt. Wish we could have ran it healthy and at full steam. Oh well. Maybe next year.

Wow, fractured ribs and still racing...great job!

Walter, I'm sorry for your injury. It was nice running with you if even for only two miles. When that "other guy" passed me near the mouth of the canyon I really thought it was going to be you. Stay away from those other sports so hopefully we can be running together legitimately next race...

Congrats Walter! Smokin time on that course. Hopefully your quads will like you tomorrow. By your description the guy you ran with was David Taylor :).

Amazing job, not running for a while and then running a spectacular time.

Great race Walter, you kept me motivated but every time I tried to close the gap faster somebody turned up the gravity :)

Brandon, I'm not going to lie, I had a rough night. It pounds you into submission.

Conner, completely opposite how I would train going into a PR. Sometimes it's good to give your body it's rest.

Dave,that was one fast course for sure! I've never hit a 4:37 mile on any course at mile 4 in my life.

Nice.. I think 4:37 is pretty cool even for downhill Walter. Another win also.

Great work man:)

Great win Walter!

Nice run Walter! That 4:37 is what caught my eye too... That's moving!

Great job Walter!! Glad the ribs didn't slow you down too much!

Nice job Walter! I really hope your recover from this race better than I did last year. Take a few days off for sure!!

@Steve, if my body wasn't so beat up I know I could've stayed under 5 minutes the whole race. It's that fast.

@mark, thanks!

@jake, I can't Imagine running on a technical course that fast!

@andrea, Thank you! The flats and upholds got my ribs hurting a bit. I hate having to take time off to heal.

Rachelle, it beat my body up a bit. No doubt.

Nice job Walter!

Dude I can barely walk today. Hobble Creek messed with my calves just a little bit but this is a whole new level of pain (just like last year)

holy. crap. you're. fast!

congrats Walter!

Sick Walt!

Stop Walter. I will get the Pre-ish shirts made-up.

@james, thanks. I wished I could run a flat course like this!

@dave, yes my body is tight! Im glad my job doing concrete keeps my body moving all day.

@jd, thanks.

@clyde, I was sick. Imagine if I was well. Lol kidding. If you want to blast your PR by 5 minutes do it next year!

Adam, definitely a dark horse moment for me.

CONGRATZ on another win! you are awesome! you will do fantastic at SG! :)

Nice job, I kept thinking you'd come run the marathon course backwards but never saw you.

I wish I could run a 1:09 and win a half off of "my pathetic training schedule"... Nice going!

Great race and great job with the pacers! Good to see you up there!

Congratulations on the win Walter! Wow, terrific time too. You're going to be dangerous at St. George!

Very nice Walter! I can't imagine running 5 minute miles during a half, or at all:) Great job!

Very nice! You are looking great for SGM

Great race, Watler! You are looking very strong for STG in two weeks. I look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you all for your comments! It was a very scenic course and I was surprised I could push myself as much as I did without anyone around me. St. George will be fun.

Congrats on your win!

Thank you Ericka!

Another great half Walt. Looks like your gonna kill STG.

Wow that elevation profile looks like Nebo! You were holding back :)

Maybe I should have come run with you instead of chasing antelope around Parker Mountain all day...

Another solid race! Good luck at the SGM.

Clyde, I hope the heat stays at bay. Cold weather seams to be my help lately.

Dave, I did hold back once I realized no one was there to push me. You would have killed me for SGM. Lol

Tbean, thank you. I will taper and start eating for 2 now.

Congrats Walter!! See you on Saturday

Are you running sojo marathon?

No. I'm doing the SoJo half. Then I'm pacing the Moab half the next day. :)

Great job! See you in AZ!

Good job Walter!

Nice job Walter. No more broken ribs this fall and you'll be good to go in January!

Thanks Burt. Are you running it? I'm bringing Steve Anderson with me to push me!

Ericka, thanks! In didn't have an official photographer this year. :(

Jake, no snow skiing this winter. Just buckle down with my training! :)

Way to make the best out of it this year Walter. You'll tear up Arizona!

You are crazy!!!! Who runs so stinkin' fast under those conditions? :)

You are incredible!

I won't be doing RnR, but I might do the Phoenix Marathon, which, by the way, is not in Phoenix. It's in Mesa :)

Kicked my trash, good work yesterday! Get ready to look at my butt for 26 miles on the next one.

Money! Nice job.

You're still a super star to me. Nice job on so-so training :)

Nice job Walter. I felt like I was in mud as well at 24. Keep the passport dusted off as I may need a partner.

Way to slug out another marathon. You had a great performance considering the crazy training and racing you've had the last two months. You're a great runner. We'll need to organize a few fun long Saturday runs over the winter to keep the running community connected.

Nice race Walter! I figured we would have a second to chat, but it didn't happen. Keep up the great work, nothing is slowing you down.

OK, so this being my first marathon and all, I am feeling pretty good today and wondering when I should get back in it. Walter, what are you planning for your workouts this week?

Nice race Walter! I have a friend who did the same thing you did with his ribs the last two years before St. George. I don't recommend that as a good part of a good training plan.

Great race, especially considering all you've gone through!

Nice race, Walter! You have had a great year of racing.

Awesome race, Walter. Just seeing your report...very impressive running after a challenging training schedule.

Walter

I ran the Half and struggled myself, not sure if it was the wind or just to soon after Saint George, Did Justin Park call you?

Yes I got him set up to Pace your time On saturday.

Too bad about this one Walter. Sometimes I think a bad race day is just a collection of things that didn't line up. Run it the day after and it could have been a different race. Looking forward to running with you next year!

That's just pennies and change:) So didn't you run a race the day before or something?

I attempted a marathon and actually lead to my breaking point of mile 20. Yes I'm crazy.

Oh good! I wont feel bad I missed my pace by 30 seconds.

That's nuts. I think all of us have burnt out this year. We all need to stop running for a while and take a boating trip to somewhere in Mexico.

Good run BTW!

Saw you finish but yelled out the wrong name. Must have been the wind blowing clear thoughts out of my head. My wife ended up going out with your 1:40 guy but fell off when the hills started. The early splits were a bit fast for even effort but I guess the goal was to get some extra time in the bank before the hills and wind.

If you could hold the 1:30 pace I am glad I didn't sign up for leading the 1:30 pace group. Things happen, sounds like it was a tough day.

I got to the busses to get my pacers their gear and realized I forgot two of my pacers bibs and chips. I had my wife drive back to the condo and get them. Then I had a runner forget her shoes and I gave her an extra pair that I had. Crazy morning. We got to the start and it was probably low 40's and nippy. The race started and I was off. I wanted to race this like I did Bryce half so I took off as hard as I could to see who the fast guys were to challenge me and I had one on my heals to mile 1. It was 5:07. We hadn't hit the steep yet. He then pushed the pace and I held back to mile 2 5:23 was my mile 2 time and then the steep drop came which for me was go time. Mile 3 was 5:21, 4 was 4:58, 5 was 4:50, 6 was 5:00 and 7 was 5:23. At this point my stomach had issues and I was behind 37 seconds from 1st place. I stopped at the portapotti and spent 1minute and 30 seconds in it. Very long! When I came out I felt a lot better but #3 guy, Steve Hooper was right there. He asked me if I was alright and I told him my issues and tried to get my leg speed back to where it was. Mile 8 was 6:45 due to the stop. Then mile 9 was 5:40. 10 was 5:37. I knew trying to push away from Steve would be hard because I made myself a huge target for him to push his pace. Everytime I had a turn to see he was right there! No mercy! No slacking! Mile 11 was 6:05 with some hill that got me pretty good. Mile 12 was 5:58, and mile 13 was 5:49. I finished 2nd over all just ahead of Steve and felt good for my mishap. No more Costa Vida the night before a race! Bad! lol The race was very well organized and had a great volunteer help working it. I Absofreakinlutely loved the course and scenery! A must race for all those thinking about a late fall half marathon. My pacers had a blast helping those around them out! A very great day!

A great run Walter, sounds like it was just a blast also.

Excellent race Walter! Sorry about the pop stop, losing time on those is never fun. You can have yummy Costa Vida, just take two immodium 30ish min before you start the race :)

Steve, it will be on my to do list for a fall half. Rachel, we got Jorge's discount and couldn't resist.

yes avoid cafe rio!! great speed!! i can't believe how many of these fast runs you can hammer out!! Congrats on a top finish!!

Thanks Julie.

Awesome morning for the Brown family! Your daughter is freaking fast, that is just incredible.

Are your kids running the Thanksgiving point race? I hope not, or my kids in trouble.

Nice race, fun day.

Good race! Your kids are so awesome! I need mine to come run a race with them

Rachelle, thanks. She is fast. She was so determined to beat my 17 year olds record of 6:20. So close!

Rob, they are headed up to Logan Wednesday night. So your safe this time. :) but ill be there racing the half.

Steve, I wished I could go with you all to Moab. It sounds so fun. Next time for sure!

Good run Walter. Nice seeing you this morning!

Thanks Jake!! Keep me in the loop. Ill keep coming out as much as I can. I'm going to sign up for the series as well. Thanks for helping it continue!

Very nice to run with you today Walter :).

You as well Brandon! Very fun day!

So was Devra the only woman there? I thought about coming until I realized I would be out of town. It was probably a good thing!