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Bryce Canyon Half

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Location:

South Jordan,UT,United States

Member Since:

Feb 04, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

2010 Ogden Half Marathon 1st overall

2010 Bryce Canyon Half 2nd overall 1:12

2010 St. George Marathon 10th overall

2011 American Fork Half marathon 1st overall New PR 1:10:37

2012-Mt. Nebo Half 1:08:00

2009 St. George Marathon 11th overall 2:31:43

2009 Ogden Marathon 4th place overall

2008 St. George Marathon 2:40:46 18th overall

2008 Tou Half 1:14:35 7th overall

2008 Bear Lake Half marathon 1st place Win. Set Course record.

2008 Provo river Half PR 1:13:28

2008 Boston Marathon 2:49--Beat Lance Armstrong by 2 minutes.

2008 Ogden Marathon 10th overall.

Ragnar Relay Del Sol 2008--1st Place Team Overall. Set new course record! 17 hours 4 minutes 5.38 average pace per mile!

Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back 2008--2nd Place Team overall. 17 hours 54 minutes.

2007 Top of Utah 1/2 Marathon 1:14 4th overall

2007 Wasatch Back Relay 3rd team overall---Very Fun!

Boston, Rock & Roll Arizona, Carlsbad are my favorite marathons.

2007 St. George Marathon 2:40 with puking!39th overall

Short-Term Running Goals:

My short term goals are to stick to a good regime.

~~To bring my marathon pr down in mid 2:30's~~

World Championship Maters Marathon July 17, 2011

USATFLDR Competition Series: Stiders Half, Salt Lake Half, Hobblecreek Half, Heart of Holiday 5k, Running with Leopards 5k, Draper Days 5k, Minuteman 5k, Top of Utah Half.

Great Potato Half marathon--Boise

Running with Ed 41 mile relay. Team Probar

St. George Marathon 2011

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Long-Term Running Goals:

~~My long term goals are to beat sasha~~.

To get my marathon time to 2:20's

Personal:

I have three girls-Sarah, Brooke, and Bailey and a baby boy born in Jan. 2010 named Boston. I own a Concrete Construction company called Quality Footings and Foundations. If any of my fellow bloggers are in need of concrete work just drop me a line or call 801-381-7089 I'll give you the friendly runner discount. Its hard work thats why between work and running I maintain my girlish figure! I own the American Flyers Race Pacers which is on Facebook to join. www.americanflyersracepacers.com

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Sat, Jul 14, 2012

Race: Bryce Canyon Half (13.1 Miles) 01:12:08, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

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Ok Im home so I can do a quick write up. I went into this race with one goal and that was to beat the natorious Pepe Peterson. I had a strategy from running this race and that was to go as hard as I could out and let the steep downhill at mile two push me to a 5 or faster pace mile. I started and was running side by side to Pepe and he dropped back after a half mile and I was all alone besides a younger guy who got behind me about mile 1 to draft from the head wind we got. Once I hit mile 2 it was where I wanted to be. Hitting 4:58-5:08 pace till mile 6. I didnt hear anyone behind me at all. At mile 7 I counted to 28 seconds until some bystanders clapped for me till they clapped again. Kind of tricky in my book. I was a bit worried at that point. I was fading to a 5:40 pace and couldnt seem to go any faster even with the down hill parts that came up. At mile 9 I was down to about 10 seconds ahead of Pepe. This worried me as I was having stomach issues. I almost had to stop at mile ten because it was burning. I knew if I stopped Id lose the race so I kept on pushing. Mile 11 and 12 were both 5:40 pace and I knew I had to push a 5:30 or better on my last mile so I gave it all I got. At mile 12.6 I turned around and saw that I had about .10 mile lead on Pepe but knew he was a strong finisher so I set it in my head to push as hard as possible on the last turn in and stayed ahead of him. He pushed me hard! I finished about 20 seconds ahead of him. He is quite the competitor. I talked to him for a while afterward and he wants a showdown in SGM. I will have to see. I really want to do the Twin Cities so either race will be competition. I ended up with $500.00 bucks which is about 2-3 days of concrete work so I will take it!

My pacers did an amazingly great job helping 10 pace times and tons of compliments were given which is what I live for! Its so fun!

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Comments

From Holt on Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 17:26:11 from 67.2.240.4

Congrats Walter!

From Tom on Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 19:14:02 from 67.199.179.59

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

From Jake K on Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 20:06:46 from 67.177.11.154

Big win - nice job!

From jtshad on Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 20:44:38 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on the win!

From Lily on Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 21:39:23 from 198.228.217.159

Woot woot! Proud of you

From prlman on Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 21:50:06 from 24.2.66.149

Once again a fantastic race Walter

From James on Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 22:52:23 from 97.117.92.183

Good man!

From runningafterbabies on Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 08:52:05 from 71.195.219.247

Great job. First place!

From Walter on Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 17:35:54 from 24.2.69.110

@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!

From Scott Ensign on Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 18:19:18 from 71.35.225.245

congrats on the win and the big money!

From JamesH on Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 18:20:39 from 208.117.127.7

Good job taking it to Pepe!

From Walter on Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 18:23:34 from 24.2.69.110

@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!

From Superfly on Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 20:53:09 from 74.211.21.81

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

From Walter on Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 20:57:52 from 97.148.246.39

@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

From Maurine/Miles on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 08:40:19 from 63.255.172.2

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

From Walter on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:17:40 from 97.148.246.39

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

From Burt on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 13:02:00 from 72.223.80.161

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.

From Steve on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 15:40:07 from 66.87.66.154

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

The old man

From Walter on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 15:42:02 from 97.36.148.7

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.

From MarkP on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 17:23:49 from 75.162.122.164

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

From Holt on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 17:32:55 from 67.2.240.4

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

From Walter on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 17:38:08 from 24.2.69.110

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.

From Walter on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 17:41:13 from 24.2.69.110

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.

From MarkP on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 17:43:20 from 75.162.122.164

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

From Steve on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 17:55:29 from 66.87.66.154

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.

From Walter on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 18:01:04 from 24.2.69.110

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

From RileyCook on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 18:13:05 from 96.41.211.97

Congrats on the win Walter and on the $500!

From Walter on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 18:14:38 from 24.2.69.110

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

From RileyCook on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 18:31:23 from 96.41.211.97

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.

From Steve on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 18:32:57 from 66.87.66.154

:-) 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.

From Walter on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 18:49:57 from 24.2.69.110

@ 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. :)

From jtshad on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 21:50:28 from 69.20.183.178

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.

From josse on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 22:16:00 from 70.196.202.103

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

From JPark on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 23:18:07 from 174.52.34.169

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

From Walter on Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 23:24:29 from 97.36.148.7

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.

From msimona on Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:37:08 from 65.130.152.55

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

From Walter on Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:51:38 from 97.37.87.211

Thanks Michelle! Congrats on your win yesterday as well!

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