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Riverton Half Marathon

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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

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

To get my marathon time to 2:20's

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Sat, Mar 26, 2011

Race: Riverton Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:18:17, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
15.00	0.00	0.00

It was bitter cold this morning and pretty windy. I started out more conservative than last year but the tail wind and slight downhill gave me a push. There are some nasty steep pieces of hill in this race one right after mile 3 and one at 7 and one at 10. I had an extremely tough time with the wind. It was slowing me to a 6:15 pace. Once I had the tail wind to my back I felt better. Mile 11 was my gut check though. I had a hard time from there on as my legs tightened up. I pushed as hard as I could to get it done though. I had a runner trailing me and I noticed he gained on me on the up hill stretches and wind which made me nervous. It was a good check on my progress for the year which im a bit behind but I will try getting back to it hard. I have some issues with my periformis that got worked on after the race and I wished I had more time because it felt good and then when he was done, it tightened back up. I saw a lot of friends and family at the race and its put on very well by Lisa Dudley and Riverton City. They gave out a really cool wagon wheel trophy that is massive! I love it though. I also got a money gift card for first. The course is a good gut check for those that arent used to any downhill.

1:5:17, 2:5:39, 3:5:47, 4:6:12, 5:6:03, 6:5:48, 7:6:18, 8:6:20, 9:6:21, 10:5:53, 11:6:13, 12:5:55, 13:5:46, .1:.44, 1:18:17

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From Bec on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 16:36:10 from 173.79.188.226

Yahoo! Didn't even know you raced. Great to see you are still owning your title.

From Nancy on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 17:05:01 from 76.27.19.206

Great race Walter. Congratulations!! I love the trophies also.

From Steve on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 17:09:17 from 75.169.187.47

Nice race! It was cold this morning in salt lake. Everybody needs a wagonwheel..

From Carina on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 17:42:57 from 204.15.86.83

Nice Racing!!

From Rye on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 20:46:18 from 174.27.121.86

Super race! I am amazed how fast you recovered from your illness and right back on track. Good luck the rest of the year.

From Smooth on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 21:53:06 from 67.2.100.119

CONGRATZ Walter on the win! NICELY done! Glad you didn't get blown away! LOL

From Teena Marie on Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 00:30:50 from 67.2.71.182

Another win???? This is getting old hat for you!!! :)

Congrats!!!

(Btw, my kids love the piriformis massages as well. They call it the "butt massage." They are my guinea pigs and let me practice the stuff I learn on them. :))

From Walter on Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 01:33:25 from 24.10.169.110

Bec, Im back and working hard to get at it.

Nancy, it was good seeing you today on this cold windy day.

Steve, I can usually do good in cold but not wind.

Carina, Thanks, I hope to get back to full strength soon.

Rye, I wished it was faster recovery. I ran a 1:11 in October and im back to the drawing board. It is frustrating.

Smooth, I really despise wind. I can tolerate anything else.

TM, I need a lot more work. That guy was really good. I wished I had money to dish out every week for an hour of that. If you want to practice, ill be your guinnea pig! That guy was freakin' standing on me! lol I have some serious issues going on that I need to concentrate on.

From steve ash on Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 09:28:32 from 76.23.2.151

Ditto on that wind Walter. You did awesome this morning man. I was kind of torn about whether to run that race or the 5k today especially since Lisa puts it on. Glad you had a good day in spite of the wind and a win to boot!

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 11:14:02 from 24.10.248.6

Congratulations on the win Walter.

Now that I know that you're not quite 40 yet, I wouldn't mind seeing you at a race - :)

From allie on Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 14:23:22 from 174.23.241.50

good show, walter! i've heard about that riverton wind -- way to fight it off and come out with the win.

wagon wheel!

From Kelli on Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 15:32:10 from 71.219.97.85

NICE!!!!!

From Rossy on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:45:37 from 167.138.234.16

1:18 is really impressive, excellent race Walter!

From Mattrow on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 14:42:21 from 192.107.247.6

Nice win. The wind was just getting you ready for the striders Half.

From Walter on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 20:25:48 from 24.10.169.110

Steve, you know we dont have an advantage with wind. I almost got caught on the long stretch into the wind. Im glad I had a tail wind the last 3 miles to help me put a gap on the other runners, I wouldve been in trouble for sure.

Rob, I turn on the 18th of April and Im after blood! lol I can tell you all are fearing me because im reading some amazing times from you and the rest of the old farts. lol

Allie, let the Wagon Wheel roll, let the wagon wheel roll! Thats a song from the 70's and now im really showing my age. ugh.

Kelli, Thanks! I heard you did pretty good yourself there! You are crazy! Thats what I like about you! haha

Rossy, I am not a hill course runner and definitely not a head wind runner. I hate to put my weaknesses out there so now Im going to have to perfect them.

Matt, I have battled long and hard and came to the conclusion im not going to run Striders this year. I am trying to get the nerve to do SLC if I can still.

From jtshad on Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 10:28:49 from 204.134.132.225

Nicely done, congrats on a solid rac and the win.

It was great talking with you on Sunday. Looking forward to seeing you soon. Maybe in IF or Boise in May?

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