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Canyonlands half marathon

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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

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

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Sat, Mar 17, 2012

Race: Canyonlands half marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:18:50, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 1

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Ok I finally got a computer access at the condo we are at. I got up to the start and organized my pacers for the race and then I shedded my clothes and did a mile warmup. The wind came straight up the canyon and when I turned around and went back up to the starting line, I found it easier to run up the canyon. It was a warmer start despite the wind. We started on time and immediately, no one would go out because it would be suicide. We were running single file and I stayed about 8th overall behind BJ the windbreaker! He was a good sport for letting me stay behind for the first few miles. The group really didnt surge until mile 3 or so when we went from a head wind to a cross wind. Then it opened up and started to spread out. BJ started working on the main pack and I couldnt stay with him and found myself by myself and whenever there was a head wind it just made me fall back even more. I Passed a few guys which put me into 5th overall and that dreaded last hill at mile 9 brought me to my knees. I got passed immediately by 3 guys and when it went downhill I passsed 2 back. When we got out of the canyon Justin Park was running by himself ahead of us three and one of the guys surged and then the other and I followed suit but only had enough gusto to pass one at mile 12. The wind was so hard on us that I hit a 6:46 and knew I was way off. I worked harder in this race than any other half Ive run and my time doesnt show for it which is disheartening. But like many races Ive done before, I feel I showed better clout with this obstacle as Im sure the leaders would have been out of my site by mile 6 and this race they werent. I could see them all the way to the bottom of the canyon. Hopefully this race will help me get some PRs this year because if I worked like this on my last PR course Im sure I couldve hit a 1:08. Which was American Fork half. I felt like I coasted that race for the most part and had to try and push hard the last 5 to hang on to a win. I love this canyon and the drummers at the bottom and a nice warm getaway in March.

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Comments

From allie on Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 18:26:46 from 97.126.223.167

nicely done, walter!

From Tara on Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 19:10:52 from 75.169.142.43

Sweet! Can't wait to hear the report!

From Rachelle on Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 20:32:29 from 66.7.127.115

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

From Walter on Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 22:20:54 from 74.38.117.46

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!

From JPark on Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 02:56:54 from 174.52.34.169

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.

From Walter on Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 06:54:46 from 97.185.111.66

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

From JulieC on Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 08:58:35 from 70.56.110.150

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.

From Walter on Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 09:14:08 from 97.48.168.31

It was that for sure Julie! Very resistant!

From Jake K on Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 09:27:47 from 67.177.21.60

Great job today Walter. You are running awesome!

From Teena Marie on Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 12:27:40 from 174.255.157.112

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

From runningafterbabies on Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 19:46:27 from 71.195.219.247

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!

From Walter on Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 20:49:19 from 24.2.69.110

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.

From jtshad on Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 05:51:07 from 69.20.183.178

A good run in very tough conditions, nicely done.

Hope you can make it to Boston!

From Superfly on Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 16:36:50 from 74.211.21.81

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!

From Christi on Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 17:18:47 from 174.56.35.183

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

From Walter on Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 21:36:51 from 24.2.69.110

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.

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