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Pocatello Half Marathon

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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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7.3 miles this morning with Barry at a 7:49 pace.  Going to run 7 for the next couple of days then Thursday and Friday just 4 miles to be fresher for the Half on Saturday.

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Barry and I did two hill repeats around Olympus to get the uphill and the downhill.  I wanted to run some uphill today just as a confidence builder for the race.  Roller's are good to run when your running somewhat of the same on race day.  We did 8.11 miles at an overall 7:39 pace in 1:02.  Trying to get as much endurance for the race as well.

Spilts:
8:35, 8:34, 7:39, 7:45, 7:14, 7:14, 7:03, 7:14

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Ran with Barry this morning who wasn't feeling very good so we took it easy.  I was sluggish as well but the funny thing is we averaged 7:58 for the overall pace and none of it was downhill for the 6.1 miles.  

 I'm blessed for this what God has done.  Saturday will all be for him no matter what I run.  It will just be for fun. I'll start out in the high 7 pace area than decrease it per mile.  I would really love to nail the last three miles somewhere in the high 6 minute pace range.  But I don't know what my body will be capable of doing Saturday.

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4.2 easy taper miles

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Ran three easy shake-out miles before Saturday with Barry.  Don't know whats going to happen.

Just for reference... because it worked.

Breakfast:

Oatmeal

Lunch

Pizza veggie pattie with yogurt

 Dinner

Bagel with chicken, rice and onions and mushrooms and also a tortilla with the samething.

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Race: Pocatello Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:34:59, Place overall: 17, Place in age division: 3
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9.354.100.000.0013.45

 

Sorry for the delayed full report I've been busy with some other things in my life that have occupied my time quite a bit. 

 First off I want to give God the glory.  I ran this race for God today because of the miracle he did for me.  I've been able to comeback from this injury and run a good smart race with new bionic hardware in my leg.  Thank you Lord! 

 I felt wonderful for the Pocatello Half Marathon and ran better than I expected.  Finishing at 1:34:59 when I was shooting just for a 1:40. That's what my expectations were for the rehab on the titanium leg.

Quite Note on friends results: 

Jeff did excellent after running a marathon last week what potential he will have for STG marathon.

Bill Mandler did awesome fighting through his soreness and coming out with a great time.

First off I got up at 5:30am because the race started at 8am.  I ate 1/2 cup of  oatmeal with some coffee and drink a glass of water.   Then went a couple times to the bathroom to get the pipes clean.  My wife was taking me to the bus' so she got up and we did our morning spiritual devotion together and prayed.

My strategy was to have not strategy for this race.  I was  running for the Lord and knew I wanted to take it easy.  To just be careful the first few miles just to see how I felt then decide what to do from there.  To be completely honest with you... this was so easy I could have kept going and believe I could have finished under a 1:30.  I'm so humbled by that.  I can't think of one mile the whole race I struggled not even up Century Hill near the Gap area around mile 8. I was passing Half Marathon runners right-and-left who barreled out from the start.  

Okay one strategy I thought of before the race really was what happened.  If I felt good I wanted to try and run the last 3 miles at around a six something minute pace.  Didn't matter what exact pace just in the 6 minute range.  Well that's exactly what happened expect it was the last four miles I did that.  

While I ran the course runners and spectators recognized me and cheered me on.  I even slowed down to shake hands.  I gave my son high-fives three times during the course as my wife drove to three different points during the race along with my wonderful friend Ken Cush. 

I believe just running so easy in the beginning allowed me to really pick it up.   At mile 9 I could have ran those last four miles faster if I knew what my ability was.  I really was going into this race not knowing what I could do .  My longest run up to that point was one 10 mile run.  Being cautious and taking it easy was a very smart approach, and I'm glad I didn't try to do anything else. 

One thing that was interesting I never warmed up the whole race I was cold the whole time.  I only drank at two aid stations and only sipped on a little bit of  GU.  Only about 1/4 of the package. 

 Splits:

7:44  -  Just taking it easy on a slight downhill.   Felt cold at the start.

7:51  -  Same as the course goes flat and still cold.

7:30 -  Enter into the town of Inkom I see my wife and my buddy Ken Cush who came up just to watch me.  What a great guy.  (still cold and probably close to 60 degrees).

7:41 -  First little hill...  I ran passed my dentist who's a runner.  He was doing the full marathon so I slowed down a bit and encouraged him. (The full marathon starts at 6:15 and the cours is the same last half as the half marathon which starts at 8:00am)

7:17 -  Feeling great and left my dentist friend and decided to pick it up.

7:16  -  Same... feeling really good and no struggles.  Still feeling somewhat cold.

7:14  -  Really feeling in control and started passing Marathoner's and Half Marathoner's

7:39 -  Century Hill which goes up for a half mile to a flat straightway the rest of the course.  This was so easy, and I passed a lot of runners.  I was feeling like the old Kory again.  I remember thanking the Lord and praying at this point for what he has done in my life.

7:16 -  Feeling good with the crowd cheering me on and me thanking them.

6:57 -  Took a sip of GU and through the rest of it away.  I didn't need it.  Started to think it's time to turn it on a bit in the legs.

6:46  -  Passed my daughter at the Poky High School aid station that she was volunteering for at mile 23 of the course.  I was really feeling good at this point and was motivated to keep it going.  This really is my favorite part of the course when I ran the full marathon in the years passed.

6:38 -  More of the same trying to lower the pace even more and the titanium leg seemed to feel fine.  I felt my mechanics and stride were all good going faster.  That's something I can build upon now.

 

6:14  -  Here's where I let my emotions go I had so many people cheering me I just started crying this whole mile.  The last year of emotions just poured out while I was running.  It felt so easy and fun.

 

When I crossed the finishing line my daughter's ran with me, and Jeff Shadley  was there as well.  I gave him a big hug and just started crying.  What a great friend.  All my emotion were built up and I just let them go, because I enjoy doing what I like and that's just running.

 Thank you all for your wonderful support and great comments. 

 

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