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Thanksgiving Point 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

Get Sponsors and make money in Masters.

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, Apr 28, 2012

Race: Thanksgiving Point Half (13.1 Miles) 01:19:33, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
15.50	0.00	0.00

Ok, so I went into this race wanting a Masters Win and trying to stay with the leaders as long as my legs would allow. The race started and we were off. I pushed a little fast as always down the first stretch and knew I shouldnt be leading this race with Jake, Jon and the others that are so fast. I stayed in the front but let them slow me down thank goodness, I wouldve felt it harder in the end miles. My competition in the Masters was Dennis and a few others I saw before the race start. At mile 2 I think it was, the pack came up along me, then pushed to a lead. Scott Keate followed after and looked really strong with them and I stayed behind them 25 feet or so. Mile 2 had some down to get me going again and I found myself alone at this point with Dennis on heels. I got to about mile 5 I think and there was a turnaround but I saw arrows pointing at a direction to go around the round about clockwise so I did and I saw two cones that were on a trail so I took the trail and went down a steep section and found myself at a dead end! I turned around and went up the steep part figuring I was the only one that went that way but saw Dennis and told him it was a dead end. He was pretty mad as I was also. Then I saw Matt Poulsen and Scott Keate follow after me. I am so sorry I drew you guys off. It really got in my head and I knew it did the others as well. By the time I came back onto the course I added .4 miles! ugh! I saw Andrea and was barely ahead of her. lol I tightened up as well and every little up steep part burned my legs bad. Then on the downhill parts I could get going again. Oh well. I got passed by Matt on mile 9 and just tried to keep with him but there were too many up pieces and I kept fading away from him. I got to mile 12 and saw Matt go straight on a part thats supposed to turn left and the guy over the turn told me he told him to turn but he must not have heard me. I yelled his name and he later realized it and added anouther extra half mile onto the mix. Oh my gosh I was so disappointed with my time but I really hit a 1:17 ish at the 13.1 mark. I feel a little guilt knowing I messed up and caused 3 guys behind me to add. My overall time was 9 full minutes behind 4th place. lol Oh lovely. Its a very scenic course and challenging and dangerous in some parts if your running next to someone. It could easily be turned into the Spartan race if you wanted to push your opponent into a hanging bush. lol I got 1st overall for Masters and $300.00 bucks to keep my hobby going or my house payment. :) Good to see everyone out and enjoy a chilly morning together. :)

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

Comments

From JulieC on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:34:14 from 67.41.189.12

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

From Tom on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:38:42 from 67.199.179.59

Nice job Walter! 300 bucks is always nice!

From Rob on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 12:29:37 from 204.15.86.95

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.

From Jake K on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 13:04:53 from 67.182.215.126

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!

From Tara on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 13:53:29 from 75.169.138.91

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

From Andrea on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 14:12:19 from 67.182.215.126

"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!

From runningafterbabies on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 14:19:39 from 71.195.219.247

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

From msimona on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 15:06:28 from 75.162.88.11

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

From steve ash on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 15:12:02 from 50.8.121.33

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

From Walter on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 15:15:08 from 97.162.218.99

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

From RAD on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 19:36:02 from 98.202.23.178

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!

From Walter on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 19:38:17 from 97.162.218.99

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

From Lily on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 21:40:54 from 67.199.178.210

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!

From Walter on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 21:44:00 from 24.2.69.110

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

From Lily on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 21:45:46 from 67.199.178.210

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

From Walter on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 21:47:44 from 24.2.69.110

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

From MarkP on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 21:48:59 from 75.162.235.23

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

From Lily on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 22:29:39 from 67.199.178.210

Walter here is some info on the caffeine bites

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

From Smooth on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 22:40:25 from 174.27.212.157

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

From Walter on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 23:13:00 from 24.2.69.110

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.

From Steve on Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:53:14 from 90.46.72.181

Congrats! Nice race!

From Walter on Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:56:52 from 97.49.150.27

Steve, hope you're enjoying France fancy Pants!

From Scott Ensign on Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 14:12:11 from 70.58.98.172

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

From Kendall on Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 21:05:46 from 65.100.247.159

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.

From Walter on Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 21:53:31 from 97.49.150.27

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!

From Superfly on Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 16:49:44 from 74.211.21.81

Good job Walt! Way to bring home the bacon.

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