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St. George 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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Ohana Racers Pair #1 Lifetime Miles: 405.46
Asics Banditos Lifetime Miles: 134.54
Brooks Adrenaline 8 Lifetime Miles: 552.43
Mizuno Idaten Lifetime Miles: 201.92
Saucony Grid Trigon 4 Lifetime Miles: 690.83
Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Lifetime Miles: 456.43
Mizuno Elixir 4 Lifetime Miles: 429.04
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Lifetime Miles: 418.94
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Lifetime Miles: 348.05
Brooks Axiom 2 Lifetime Miles: 522.89
Avia Lites II Lifetime Miles: 365.36
Brooks Axiom 3 Lifetime Miles: 450.58
Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles: 24.41
Brooks Ghost Lifetime Miles: 3.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
30.2832.200.000.0062.48
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.820.000.000.008.82

Long weekend it seemed.  I worked Saturday from 8:30pm to 11pm to shut down all our systems in our two data centers, because of a structural power upgrade that needed to be done.  Then came back in Sunday morning at 4am to turn everything back on which took till 9:30am, because we had a few issues to resolve.  I was pretty much beat after that and tried to get some sleep, but it was daylight and I couldn't.  I almost thought to go late to church but I didn't.

 Last night I went to bed early and got 10 hours of sleep.  I felt really fresh this morning and ran 8:32 miles at an overall 7:19 pace in 1:01.  Since I'm running SGM I want to get a massage and a haircut before the event.  It should be a lot of fun and I have no expectation going into the run, because I've already accomplished what I wanted to this year. 

(Saucony Tangent # 3  342 miles)

Evening

Ran at my daugther's soccer game around the field and other area's just half mile.

Note

Today I haven't felt very good.  I've had a headache and cold chills and wanted to sleep all day.  I know that God can give me strength to get over this.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments(7)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.715.000.000.009.71

Last night I went to bed not feeling very well and this has continued since Sunday.  This morning I got 8 hours of sleep, but I woke up feeling nauseous.  This all seem to start after the lack of sleep because of the work weekend.

I was debating whether to run this morning or not, but I really wanted to get the last MP miles in before SGM.  Only a two mile MP workout.  Now if I can't shake this feeling there's no way I'm coming to SGM.   Anyway, I warmed up a couple of miles feeling okay, but my stomach was rumbling and not feeling the best. I finished the first mile (flat course) 5:47, then I wanted to pick the next one up just a little more 5:42 (flat).  I then did a couple tinman tempo miles 6:37, 6:38, then I decided durning the current mile to average a 5:ish pace again.  I did a 5:54 again on a flat section not really trying to hit the same time as the first two miles.  Then a couple cool-down miles. 

Good run for not feeling the best and the effort wasn't too hard.  Totals 9.41 miles at an overall 6:40 pace in 1:02.  No more intensity runs just easy runs till Saturday.  I hope I shake this thing that I got.  My stomach as I blog this is just feeling awful.  I'm very surprised how well I ran today knowing how I feel.  God's developed a strong core in my body and I just need to trust in him. 

Point for the day  "Everything we do or say must point to Jesus". 

(Asics Trainers 13  -  433.4 Miles)

Run on my daughter XC course as she was coming in.  She finished three place for the city of 7th graders.  She was only 5 seconds behind the winner that's how close it was. She did the first mile at 6:39.  Probably .3 of a mile.

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Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.120.000.000.007.12

Got 8 hours of sleep last night.  My stomach is feeling a little better today, some rumbling and discomfort inside, but at this point I can't focus and worry about that.

 I ran 3.5 miles up and 3.5 miles down going up Satterfield Rd.  Very easy run just focusing on good easy control.  Totals 7.12 miles at an overall 7:28 pace in 53.15 minutes .

 I formed rolled last night to loosen up the legs, and I 'm also getting a deep massage tonight.  I hope this doesn't make me sore for a couple of days, but it will get the blood loosened up in any of the tight muscle.  This race is going to be fun!!!!!!!!

(Saucony Grid Trigon 4  -  645 miles)  These shoes are still going thanks to Jeff Shadley's advice to purchase them.  Thanks Jeff they've been awesome shoes.

 I really like the Sacuony shoes and would like to get a racing flat lighter than my Sacucony Tangent 3 shoes

Lunches - Evening

500 sit-ups and 200 push-ups  Cancelled deep massage didn't want to do it two days before a marathon and end up feeling sore on Saturday.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments(7)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.020.000.000.004.02

Great night of sleep 9 Hours!  Ran 4.02 miles this morning at a 7:30 pace.  Easy run to get ready for SGM.  Go Dodgers! They played great last night, but the Cubs are still going to be tough for them to finish off.  Will see how the series continues tonight.

(Saucony Tangent 3  -  346 miles)

Lunch

100 push-ups and 300 sit-ups.  I don't want to do too many more the rest of the week... in fact I'll probably not do anymore till after the race to rest the body.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.611.000.000.004.61

Ran 4.5 miles with sasha. He wanted me to run a mp pickup mile and I got carried away and run it I 5:25. Again no expectation for SGM just have and be confident.

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Comments(1)
Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:44:51, Place overall: 29, Place in age division: 6
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.0026.200.000.0028.20

Intro:

The St. George Marathon Event for me had one weird event after another. The night before the race I never ate dinner until 9pm and I believe that caused one of my issues on race day. Not doing my normal routine really does have an affect going into race day. Sasha, Jeff (his wife), my daughter and me stayed at Steve Hooper’s vacant house which was very nice, but I didn’t sleep at all very much. When we got to the start Sasha, Jeff and I did a warm-up mile and a bathroom stop in the woods.

Weather:

Like everyone in their race report will mention there was a nasty headwind along with a decent rain the whole race so in the beginning I definitely threw out the strategy of a 2:30. As miserable as the race conditions were at the start I just wanted to finish. I ran Boston’s 2007 marathon and I thought this was worst than those conditions.

Start:

The start for me was awful… when the horn blew to start one of the runners behind me clipped my heel and knocked me to the asphalt. I scrapped my hand and knee and someone stepped on my garmin and cracked it (but it works now if I keep it dry). After I got up I got knocked down again on the asphalt on my right hip and right shoulder. When I started getting up again I got knocked down again and landed on my right hip and right shoulder again (KO 3 times). Finally, I was able to get up and start going, but instantly I had a major pain in my right hip/buttocks area and it bothered me the whole race especially when I picked up the pace.

First mile was 6:06 (awful) and I was bleeding all over my hands, and knee and my hip wasn’t being pleasant. But I knew since I wasn’t going to PR because of the weather I might as well just try and finish with a decent time. Mile two 6:05 I was trying to make my way back up to Walter and Jon which was going to take a lot of effort since I was clothes lined three times at the start. Mile 3, 4, 5, I’ll I remember is the pain in my hip from preventing me gong any faster (5:52, 5:51, 5:56). If I dropped my pace it wasn’t as bad. Mile 6 (5:30) I finally caught Jon, and I told him that my hip and shoulder was hurting and had discomfort and I was thinking about dropping out. He gave me some encouragement so I kept going. Mile 7 (5:42) and Veyo hill Mile 8 (7:00). Going up the hill really really hurt in the hip and buttocks area, in fact any hill I went up I had to slow down or the pain was extreme. Probably because the muscles I fell on were being used more. Miles 9, 10, 11 the wind and rain seemed to pick up more and the pace really wasn’t good (6:51, 6:54, 6:51). After mile 11 my stomach was killing and I needed to go deposit un-wanted goods (brown code). I took a honey stinger gel at mile 10, but I think my meal preparations the night before caused issue because of eating so late. I also vomited up yellow stuff 5 times. The bathroom break took over two minutes and I was now way behind the FRB pack (Jon, Walter, Cody James etc). The bad part of the bathroom break left me alone with no one to pace with and the wind to push alone with. I really didn’t feel bad in the race as far as being fatigue or hitting a wall; my biggest problem was the hip/buttocks and shoulder not allowing me to really hit the uphill’s good or anything else.

I decided the second half of the race (Miles 14, 15, 6:09, 5:45) that I needed to see if I could at least attempt a second half of good luck, but events happened that caused me to lose more minutes. Miles 16, 17, 18 the wind just felt like you couldn’t push the downhill (5:40, 6:11, 6:06) and the hip/buttocks was really starting to become more of a frustration than anything. Mile 19 (7:05) and Mile 20 was a disaster first the wind blew my hat off so I had to run back and grab it. Then I had to stop and tie my shoe that came undone. Mile 20 I dropped my sports bean back that I was trying to open and take. I had to run back and grab the packet. This really cost precious time and was frustrating because my legs felt good other than the throbbing in my hip buttocks and shoulder so I knew I could finish strong. Miles 20 thru 26 I was going to push with what the pain In my hip/buttocks and shoulder would allow (6:27, 6:13, 6:44 (had to tie my shoe), 6:ll, 6:02). I was just glad to be done and see my daughter cheer me at the finish line. I really didn’t care about the time anymore, because I only came here to PR and anything higher than a 2:36 didn’t have any importance to me.

Overall performance:

I felt I could have done easily a 2:39 if I didn't have the brown code the weird knock start and all the miscues of tying my shoe, going back to drop my hat, dropping my sports beans. But almost is not good enough. What I really take out of this is I didn't feel fatigued I felt strong in the end with what the weather would allow. But the hip really hindered the time.

Good year. Not sure what’s left for the year. It was nice to see the bloggers get awards. When mother nature decides to ruin a day there’s really not much you can do to alter and try to get the same performance that you’ve trained so hard for.

The best part of this trip was spending first of all time with my 12 year old daughter and also with Sasha, Jeff and his wife.

Mile 1: 6:06

Mile2 6:05

Mile 3: 5:52

Mile 4: 5:51

Mile 5: 5:56

Mile 6: 5:30

Mile 7: 5:42

Mile 8: 7:00

Mile 9: 6:51

Mile 10: 6:51

Mile: 11: 6:54

Mile 12: 6:25

Mile 13: 7:23

Mile 14: 6:09

Mile 15: 5:45

Mile 16: 5:40

Mile 17: 6:11

Mile 18: 6:06

Mile 19: 7:05

Mile 20: 6;27

Mile 21: 6:13

Mile 22: 6:44

Mile 23: 6:11

Mile 24: 6:08

Mile 25: 6:18

Mile 26: 6:02

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments(22)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
30.2832.200.000.0062.48
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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