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Boston Marathon

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Glendale,AZ,United States

Member Since:

Dec 16, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

Pocatello Just Be Cuz Half Marathon 2008 - 1:14:40

4 mile race 2008 - 23:22

5k PR 2008 - 15:52

Pocatello Marathon 2008 PR 2:36:18 - I won the Race

Pocatello Half Marathon 2011 1:34:59 -A year recovery with the new titanium rod first race back.

Short-Term Running Goals:

May 5, 2012 Law Day 10K 38:39 4th Place

May 19, 2012 Tommy Vaughn Half Marathon 1:26:34 3rd Place

Marathon Debut form my accident some date (unknown)

September 1, 2012 Pocatello Marathon 2:54:57 6th overall

November 3, 2012 Just Cuz Half Marathon 1:19:04 second place overall. (what a difference a year makes)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Worship the Lord and praying early in the mornibgs and keep doing that. Staying humble and desperate for the Lord and praying for end-time revival for America.

My Long Term goal is to just run whatever I can.

^{Hebrews 4:16} So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

Personal:

Married, three kids all grown up... now four grandkids and two living with us

Psalm 119:105 NKJV Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

The sound of God is a travelling wave that never stops. It knows no time nor is there any substance it can't penetrate.

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Mon, Apr 16, 2007

Race: Boston Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:57:32, Place overall: 730, Place in age division: 541

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.20	24.00	0.00	0.00	26.20

Boston Marathon

The race was fun and I enjoyed every minute of the experience. I felt I could have run a lot faster but I played it conservative, because of what the weather was suppose to be like. But I really don't contribute the weather to my time it was my own fault. Mile 9 I had to brown code in the porter potty and that cost me two minutes. This has never happened and I can only contribute this to the change in the time of eating for a run. Then I lost a couple minutes in the beginning because of the bunched runners where I couldn't weave in and out of traffic. I was really conservative before the hills, because I wanted to make sure the wind would not affect my approach up the hills. But I felt I was too conservative. The hills were easy... Heartbreak Hill was a piece of cake. The last five miles of the race were the fastest miles in the race I felt I could have kept going and wasn't sore after the race so that tells me I was lazy and didn't push hard enough. Even though I did PR I'm disappointed. Like I said the weather wasn't a factor it was my own fault. Robert Cherulyot was 7 minutes slower this year than when he won it last year. This was also the case with the women's winner. I really didn't think though the weather was a factor other than the heavy wind gusts at times would knock you off your pace (36mph).

One probelm I had is I listened to other runners that have ran Boston before giving me advice that I would never get under 3 hours in this weather and wouldn't PR in these conditions (this was before the race). Instead I should have trusted my own training and abilities. But I do know now that whatever one I run next I will PR and not be conservative. Maybe Ogden or Deseret News marathon next. I think I'm capable in the future of getting under a 2:50.

I couldn't sleep last night because I was so mad at myself being so conservative in the race. My strategy ran through my mind over and over again. Even though my goal was to be under 3 hours I guess why I'm so disappointed is I felt too fresh in the end and should have pushed harder. But it does make me hungry to run another marathon soon to see what I can really do and just go for it.

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Comments

From Andy on Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 13:21:41

Kory,

I had a similar experience in that I ran too conservatively early on and felt that I could have kept going for quite awhile after I finished. Don't beat yourself up too much. You met your goal and had a great experience. I can't imagine why other runners would tell you that you wouldn't PR when they don't know anything about you or your training. Looking at how hard you worked and improved through the winter, there was no doubt in my mind that you would do great (regardless of the weather).

From ArmyRunner on Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 19:03:14

Kory,

Come run Ogden. There are several blog runners running Ogden and I am sure we could get a good group to run together in the 2:45-50 range. I am considering it right now and if I do deciede to run it am thinking 2:45-50 range as well. I still think you can run sub 2:45 based on your training.

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 19:12:15

Congratulations on a PR. In Ogden the bathroom stop will take a lot less. For me, the probability of having to stop during a marathon is about 50% no matter how careful I am with scheduling meals and how many times I go before the race. For a regular training run it is very close to 100%.

From wheakory on Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 19:45:06

Thanks Ted, Sahsa and Andy.

The potty stop really did mess things up, but what do you do.

I good love to run in Ogden, and I know I can do a 2:50 or lower. I just need to check my work schedule, because one weekend next month were doing a system conversion and I can't remember what Saturday it's on.

What type of training would I do up to that point?

From Cody on Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 21:06:38

Kory,

You ran well and should be proud. A sign of a good race is one that leaves you hungry for more. I hope you can do Ogden and pull me along. I plan on running right about 2:50 and there are lots of others in that range (just as Ted said). Good Job

From Mike K on Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 08:24:31

Nice job in Boston!

You have posted a good time in a hard marathon by being conservative. Once in a while you need to hang it out there and race without caring about pace. Take a risk at Ogden if you have fully recovered. You may have a horrific crash and burn marathon or you may PR again by a lot.

From Mike K on Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 09:41:39

Nice job in Boston!

From wheakory on Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 13:03:02

With all you guys running Ogden I know it would push me along to keep a good pace and Get another PR.

From Dave Holt on Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 14:00:15

Good work. I had some of the same fears as you. I'm glad I took a shot and even though I struggled at the end, I had no regrets. But you can never be disappointed with a PR. Just go out even harder next time. Great Job.

From Mike K on Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 15:34:04

Nice job in Boston!

From wheakory on Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 15:35:28

I've got to run Ogden to prove myself and how the training has really benefited me over the last four months. If not than this hungry to do better will eat me up.

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