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SOJO Marathon

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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, Oct 20, 2012

Race: SOJO Marathon (20 Miles) 02:10:00

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I decided late Thursday night after some talk with Josse about switching from the Half to the full marathon as I thought even being able to run nice and easy I could take top three and some cash home. I met Josse going up on the bus. We had a good pep talk and she even wrote Focus on my hand to help me stay in the game. The race started and I didnt push to hard at the start to see who would go and try and take the lead. Nobody would. My first mile was 6 even so I decided to try and stay at 5:45 pace. It wasnt hard to do as its mostly downhill the first 3-4. Then you get the dreaded hill that gets pretty steep in parts all the way to mile 7. I really didnt push it at all and fell to about a 7:30 pace. I felt this would give me more leg at the end. At mile 10 I really started feeling my calves a bit and my time stayed at about 6:10 pace with a slight downhill. I figured I was doomed at this point because we had some serious head wind on all the uphill parts! go figure. So Mile 16 came and this was my breaking point. I could not get my body to push up this last hill with wind. I got to mile 18 and saw the 2nd place guy closing in on me. He caught me right at mile 19 and I was fading fast. I had to do a potty stop and came out and saw no one behind for a mile! I tried to get going but could only get to a run for 20 seconds at a time and I had to stop. I walked a bit and tried to change my running style a bit. I was done. It hurt to walk and run. I saw Erica, Josse's sister at mile 20 and agreed to get a ride with her after she saw Josse come through. She was the 3rd women at this point. I really think Erica and Josse are a class act! They are a great family! Thanks for saving me at that point. I went home after watching Josse come in. Then got ready to go to moab to pace the half.

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