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SLCTC 15K

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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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Sponsors so far:

Probar, St. George Running Center

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, Feb 25, 2012

Race: SLCTC 15K (9.3 Miles) 00:54:00, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
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I got out to Saltair and it was borderline turning my car around and going home from the wind gusting at gruesome proportions! It was nasty nasty! I saw Josse right away and she said it was super nice by her house. Lucky! I got my number and did a 3 mile warmup and ran into Jake and Rob. It was blowing so hard that we found we had to run side by side because it was a crosswind and it would literally push you off of a straight line. We went inside and waited for the start and then when we went out the wind subsided a bit. Much better. We started and we had a tail-crosswind pushing us out. Then coming back it was in our faces. Im really not good at pushing in a race when I have to contend with that. It feels like im going no where and overworking myself to try and hit a 6 pace. It frustrates me. My times were 1. 5:21, 2: 5:40, 3. 5:38, 4. 5:34, 5. 5:38, 6. 6:09, 7. 6:14, 8. 5:55, 9. 5:47. I was able to muster up some push for those last two. I then did a 4 mile cool down with Fritz, Jake, Rob, Andrea, Josse, Bill. I won $50.00 for first in Masters which I wasnt expecting so it made toughing it out even better.

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Comments

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 13:19:22 from 76.27.122.13

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.

From Adam RW on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 13:54:49 from 67.182.248.141

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...

From Tara on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 14:08:12 from 75.169.153.171

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

From James on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 14:22:27 from 174.23.146.70

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

From Walter on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 15:01:39 from 97.162.75.140

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!

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 15:12:57 from 67.177.21.60

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!

From Dan Varga on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 15:58:27 from 174.27.226.24

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

From jtshad on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 17:51:49 from 69.20.183.178

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

From Smooth on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 18:55:07 from 174.27.219.252

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

From Andrea on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 19:36:53 from 67.177.21.60

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

From Walter on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 19:43:31 from 24.2.69.110

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!

From JulieC on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 19:43:38 from 168.103.185.248

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.

From Walter on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 19:58:42 from 24.2.69.110

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

From Steve on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 21:20:37 from 66.87.64.97

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

From JD on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 21:31:55 from 71.213.33.129

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!

From Superfly on Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:36:24 from 74.211.21.81

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

From Walter on Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 19:12:21 from 24.2.69.110

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.

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