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Location:

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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Race: Pocatello Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:36:18, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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I peaked at the right time today and just had an awesome experience overall and won in 2:36:18 and second place was 2:38:47.  I was pushed at the top and was more aggressive than I planned.  I actually trusted my abilities and now know I don't have to be conservative.  I will post more later, but unfortunately I need to get out and mow the lawn.

Continued.......

Got sometime to do the full race report.

I got to bed last night at 8:30pm and really didn't sleep the greatest, because my wife was sick.  She kept getting up with a high fever, and had to vomit once.  Then my son woke us up around 12am, because he needed a glass of water. 

Finally, I just got up at 3:45 but I really wasn't tired because of all the rest I got for the whole week.  I was really energized and ready to roll, and was very anxious. I ate a bowl of oatmeal as soon as I got up to give it time to digest.  Then I got everything ready and headed up to the Red Lion Hotel at 5:25am to get on the 5:45am  bus.  The race starts at 6:30am so I warmed up a bit.  I don't know what it was but my legs were just on fire wanting to run.  I felt so much energy in my legs for the start of the race (I think the good taper really was the key). 

All try to give you some detail about this course layout.  This course is like the first half of TOU (Top Of Utah Marathon), but it's not all downhill for the first 13 miles like the elevation shows, and the first half is ougher than TOU .  You have a uphill for a half mile at the 6 1/2 mile mark, and a little uphill at miles 9 and 11.  The second half is by far tougher than TOU, because of the four rolling hills that are more so uphill than downhill.  I knew I had my work cut out for me to achieve a 2:40 and under.  The last 5 miles of the course is completely  flat.

Chuck Engle last night flew in to run this race, and he had set the course record at (2:41) two years ago.  I had no idea that he was running.  He called the race director and got into the race the night before the race.  I knew he would be pushing the pace so I really had to focus, and hopefully be able to stay with him. My plan was to stick at a 6 minute pace and some at 5:55 for the first 13 miles.  Well that changed when mister marathon junkie showed up.  One thing to mention is he's an awesome guy, and gives Glory to God in all his races.  He's a great friend that I've corresponded with over the years, and I really look up to his awesome running.

Start of Race::

First mile Chuck went out and I stayed right behind him staying at a 5:10 pace for the first half mile, and at that point we past a rabbit that went out way to fast (you have to have one in every marathon).  First mile we finished at 5:27 and I was right behind Chuck in second place.   The second mile and third mile I hit a 5:43 pace, and Chuck extended the lead a little.  He was probably running a 5:40 pace, and the lead was 3 seconds or so.  Then on the four mile it kind of flattens out from the three down hill miles, and I got a little aggressive and past Chuck at a 5:51 pace.  From that point I increased my lead with mile splits at 5 and  6 at 5:47, 5:51., and my legs were wanting to go faster but I knew that might be a mistake so early in the race.  Now, mile 7 is interesting this year, they changed the course where you turn left and go uphill for half a mile than you loop around and go downhill and follow the original course.  At this point it was nice that I could see how big of a lead I had which was probably 1 minute by then, because of the nice loop back.  Miles 7, 8, 9 (5:57, 5:59, 6:01) I was cruising along and increased my lead.  What's really nice about this marathon is they don't close the road so my wife drove down to mile 9 and handed me my own water and gel  which I took at that point. 

Side Note...

My wife is a hero today, because she had a 102 fever while doing this, and she went to the doctor after the marathon awards (when the temperature was in the 90's) and we found out she had strep throat and an ear infection.  Now I told her don't you come out to the race and drive the course with me if your sick before I left for the race, but she did it anyways.  She told me that she wouldn't miss the race for the world.  She took my grandparents with her and I was so excited to see my grandpa and grandma watch me run for the first time.  They pretty much followed me on the course from mile 9 to mile 23 giving me water, gels and sports beans.  My wife is the true marathon hero and  runner today being so sick.  I love you Honey!

Onward to the race again....

The next mile is flat with some downhill and I don't know why I hit this split so good, (maybe seeing my wife) but I ran 5:40 and it felt really easy.  I hit the 10th mile at 58 minutes and that was very inspiring, because I felt that I had lost any steam in my legs and I felt so good.  Mile 11 is flat with a uphill  of only .2 in the mile and I ran that in a 5:48.  Mile 12 is a downhill and I hit that split at 5:43, and was increasing my lead by over a minute and 30 seconds.  Being in the lead was so weird because I just felt I had to keep focusing on me and not what was behind, and at the same time be aggressive.  The breathing , the fresh energized legs, and being aggressive was giving me confidence. After this mile you turn in the housing section of Inkom on (guess what) Inkom Rd.  This mile as a small .1 meter uphill that isn't very hard but for some reason every time I run this I slow down to almost like a crawl it feels (maybe it's do to the turning).  But after going over it I always can continue at my original pace. What's funny is the little mole hill is the easiest on the course.  I finished the 13th mile at 6:04 still being aggressive just feeling I need to push the pace.  I felt really good and the pace felt great and the effort felt easy and I hit the half way point at 1:16:38

Start of the second  half:

With a fast first half where I was originally planning on a 1:19 or 1:20 I was hoping I could keep up a decent pace the second half to achieve my goal of 2:40.  I was hoping that I didn't burn myself out and regret it later at (you know) the wonderful last 6 mile stage.  Mile 14 (5:57) the aid station was screaming out my name, because all of the locals were cheering for me so much that I had great crowd support.  Here's where the race begans.  The nice 4 rolling hills with the last one being the hardest at the 21st mile up the gap to Century High School.  At mile 15 my wife handed me my second 8oz water bottle and gel  (yes I carried a water bottle pretty much from mile 9 to mile 25).  This gel upset my stomach and I really needed to take a dump.  The mile 15 split was 6:07, but it should have been faster, but my stomach slowed me down.  At mile 16 my stomach felt worst, and my split was 6:27 (ugh), so I knew I had to do something, because Chuck Engle was gaining on me a bit according to my wife.. Finally at mile 17 I had to take a dump so out in the open I bared all and let it fly  (I pulled a Sasha).  It probably took me 20 seconds. Chuck Engle saw this and he told me later (that you probably felt lighter), and he said that he felt he could caught me between miles 14 thru 20.  I finished mile 17 at 6:27.  After that I felt like a new man and started to pick it up again and finished mile 18 at 5:59.  Then mile 19 split  5:53 pace which is mostly flat with a little down hill to start the mile.  Mile 20, my wife said I had increased my lead again.  Here's where the biggest hill of the course is and I nailed it perfect I didn't push too hard, but enough to be aggressive and finished the mile at 6:01. 

 

Mile 21 and the rest is completely flat.   My original goal was to hit these miles between a 5:50 and 6:00 pace, but I also wasn't planning on starting out so aggressive.  I was very interested to see how my fitness level and abilities would handle this knowing that this is where you make it or break it.  I finished  mile 21 at 5:52 even more increasing my lead.  Now at this point my wife missed the hand-off to give me my sports beans  (I like these the last 6 miles, because for some reason they just energize me) and this is the only mile that I kind of felt weak and dropped my pace to a 6:16 on mile 22.  At the mile 22 marker my wife stopped and handed me the sport beans and water.  I dropped the whole bag in my mouth and just slowly sucked on them for two miles while drinking water.  Mile 23  split was 6:04 (still trying to be aggressive).  By Mile 24 the water station said I had blown away everyone and they couldn't see the next person in site on the straight away.  I looked at my watch and knew I was going to win, but now I wanted to still be aggressive and figured if I can average around a 6 minute pace the next two miles I would be around a 2:36.  Mile 25 split 5:59 and Mile 26 split 6:09, and that made that happen.

After the race Chuck Engle told me I was too strong and he couldn't keep the pace with me between 14 to 20 and by mile 20 knew that I was looking to good and he said he had no chance.  But who knows if we ran next week he could have won.  I guess it just involves who peaks at the right time and if your aggressive pace works or not.  The aggressive pace certainly worked today.


Mile Splits

Mile 1:  5:27

Mile 2 : 5:43

Mile 3  5:43

Mile 4:  5:51

Mile 5  5:47

Mile 6  5:51

Mile 7  5:57

Mile 8  5:59

Mile 9  6:01

Mile 10  5:40

Mile 11  5:48

Mile 12  5:43

Mile 13  6:04

Mile 14  5:57

Mile 15  6:06

Mile 16  6:12

Mile 17  6:27

Mile 18  5:59

Mile 19  5:53

Mile 20  6:01

Mile 21  5:52

Mile 22  6:16

Mile 23  6:04

Mile 24  5:56

Mile 25  5:59

Mile 26  6:09

Jeff Shadley did a nice job on the half today and would have finished first around a 1:15 if it wasn't for Idaho State Universities best XC runner doing the half marathon.  Jeff accomplished an awesome hard tempo and could have pushed harder, but he didn't need to in his training with the TCM approaching.  Nice Job Jeff!  Sorry didn't hook up and talk as much.  My kids all ran and I had to keep up with them.

 My 12 year old daughter finished first in the 18 year and younger 1.5 mile with a 7:55 average and finished at 11:53 minutes.  My 9 year old daughter finished at 15:05  minutes in the same race and she looked so good coming in.  She averaged a 10:03 pace.  Then I ran the Kids 1k with my 3 year old son and he did awesome.

I made a lot of contacts to join our blog and think I've got a couple to join.

 

(Ohana Asics Racers #2  - 81 miles).

 


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Comments
From Jon on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 15:50:45

A huge PR and a win! Can't beat that! Congrats, Kory.

From Scott Zincone on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 15:55:56

BIG CONGRATS TO YOU KORY !!!

I believe I "discovered" your blog just as Winter began last year. All the tough runs in 30+ mph headwinds, rain, sleet, snow, and ice have paid off. I am glad you are seeing the benefits and reaping the rewards from your hard training.

From JimF on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 16:02:11

Congratulations! All of your hard work sure paid off today.

From Dustin on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 16:12:53

Congrats on a great race, two years in a row. What a way to celebrate mowing the lawn, I love it.

From josse on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 16:18:34

Big huge congats!! And a huge improvement over last year and a pr, great job.

From Tom on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 16:36:30

Congrats on the huge PR effort and 1st place finish! Very, very impressive.

From Paul Ivory on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 17:17:48

Kory, you are a proven fine tuned machine, and you didn't mention any injuries which is tremendous. Watch out St. George!!

From cody on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 17:30:12

Sweetness! Nice race Kory!

From MichelleL on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 17:37:35

Let me add my virtual high five! Mowing the lawn will be good for you, moving your legs and all.

I am concerned about running aggressive marathons so I look forward to your full report so I can learn from your race experience.

From rockness18 on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 17:54:30

Absolutely fantastic! I keep an eye on your training regiment and was curious as to how you would do...your efforts certainly paid off!

From Dave S on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 18:57:01

Kory, great job on the win and the pr. It sounds like you had more competition this year too. I wish I could have been there again this year. That is a course record isn't it?

From jtshad on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 23:19:22

Kory, awesome race today! New course record, PR (2 minutes faster than SGM!), beating Chuck Engle and looking fresh at the end. You did fantastic, I am very proud of you. You pushed yourself harder in the first half and it really paid off.

From Chad on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 23:36:48

Super job, Kory.

From Superfly on Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:13:22

All your hard work paid off. Great job! Enjoy this one for a while.

From dave holt on Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:55:09

Way to go Kory!

From JohnK on Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:26:41

Kory, congrats on a super performance. So impressive! You've worked extremely hard and it has really paid off. I wish I had your ability to push hard when the going gets tough. Congrats also to your daughters -- you must be proud!

From wheakory on Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 16:30:38

Paul Ivory - thanks is was humbling and it was all God. I was thinking if I didn't have to take a dump I would have done a 2:35. St. George I'm not sure I'm going, but I thinking I should now.

Thanks Jon, Cody, Chad, Tom, Josse, Jim F

Superfly - The hard work running the course really did pay-off like it will for you at St. George.

Michelle L - I think being aggressive is good and you still have to be wise. If you know in your training that you hammered some great runs way not do it in the marathon/race. I was confident when I was clipping off the miles, and didn't feel like the pace would hurt me later on because I felt my fitness level was high to be aggressive.

jtshad - thanks you did an awesome job really pushing what you wanted to achieve on a hot day.

John K - Thanks... You definitely have the ability to push hard. I've see your training.

From paul on Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 18:12:00

Awesome job Kory, way to nail it!

From Dale on Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 19:13:52

Heck of a race and quite the improvement over last year!

From MichelleL on Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 21:47:10

What an inspiring race report. Congratulations again. You were so strong.

From Adam RW on Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 01:00:19

WOW! WOW! WOW!

Kory, I am so happy for you. I'm glad you just put it all on the line and that it paid off. All you needed was confidence in yourself and today you found it. That is a great time and A WIN!!! That is awesome that you can now say you've won a marathon. So now the big question is what is that Oct marathon going to be... Just kidding focus on the moment take some time to soak in this win and really enjoy every second of it. Also, take some time to take that wonderful wife of yours out to a nice dinner! I really enjoyed the report and look forward to the next marathon we get to run together, if I can keep up!!!

From wheakory on Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 01:45:45

Adam - Thanks. the comment you made earlier this week in my blog about knowing I can do it and going in with confidence really stuck to me, and energized me. Thanks

October: One of my fellow runners here in Pocatello is going to St. George and he said I could ride up and back with them, but I would need a place to stay for two nights so I don't know what I'll do. I know all the Hotels are booked. I would like to go to St. George.

From MichelleL on Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 07:45:32

You know someone'll shack you up. (Ahem St. G folk)

From Andy on Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 10:30:46

Nice job Kory. A PR, a win and course record. What an amazing day. Glad to see your hard work pay off.

From wheakory on Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 14:01:42

Andy - Thanks for your great comments. God is good and I'm very humbled and try to keep my faith that I can do well. Good luck in TOU.

Well if someone can get me a place to stay in St. George I'll be there.

Thanks again everyone for your comments, and don't forget to see how wonderful Jeff Shadley did in the Half.

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 13:20:39

Kory - this is great! Major breakthrough. You are now famous. From MarathonGuide.Com front page today:

For the Labor Day weekend, Engle decided to try a "triple" - three marathons in three days - with plans to win all three. At the first race of the weekend - Pocatello, where he was the 2006 champion - Engle had to settle for the runner-up spot despite running a time (2:38:40) that was two minutes faster than the previous course record as local runner Kory Wheatley turned spoiler by setting a huge personal best to beat Engle. That fast pace undoubtedly affected Engle's strength for the next two days...

This reminds me of a Russian song about a goalie that is so good the other team can never score. The photographer behind his goal keeps complaining that he is ruining his pictures. You were like that goalie in this race. Kory the spoiler :-)

From wheakory on Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 13:55:53

Thanks Sasha. Spoiler I guess isn't a bad thing. But I'm very humble and give God the Glory. I also mentioned our site but none of that was published which was a bummer. Because the site deserves this too with the training help and advice.

From walter on Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 15:14:47

Very nice run Kory. I felt that stomach IBS on TOU half. Its not fun and you just hold out as long as you can. It definitely slows you down though. Its good to see your strong finish! Very nice. Youve done something I havnt and thats a Marathon Win. Great JOB!

From Sean Sundwall on Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 00:23:08

Congrats on spoiling Chuck's race. With all due respect, I am not a fan of his or the others like Karnazas who try and run a bazillion marathons a year. To each their own, but I find it silly. So congrats on a good time and for winning the whole thing.

From wheakory on Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 16:40:41

Thanks Sean... I know Chuck personally and he tries to pick the ones around the country that he thinks he can win. I'm glad that God gave me strength enough to win. Although, Chuck is a very nice guy and does show respect to winners.

But I'm like you that quality marathon's is better than quantity.

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