WildBull

St. George Marathon

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Location:

st george,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Feb 08, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

St.George 05 first marathon. 3.00 hrs. 2010 in  3:02,   2012 in 3:00      Ran Boston 3 X    ,   PR half 1:22 in 08.  10 k   35.28 min  PR 5 k 18 min:

Short-Term Running Goals:

Utah Summer games 10 k 

Drop 13

Enterprise 10 K     

Cottonwood Marathon    

 

Run every day.  Work on flexibility,

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running and stay healthy

Personal:

 53 years old. Been Sruggling with a Knee injury.  Trying to get back into running shape after 8 months of weight gain.  

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Kinvara 7 Lifetime Miles: 124.00
Launch 3 Lifetime Miles: 220.30
Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:02:48, Place overall: 143, Place in age division: 17
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
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Here is my racing report.  It was a warm morning on the hill near central.  All the stars were there and the Big guns lined up. Dave, Aaron, Clyde, James, Steve, Logan. Mike and I Agreed to go out together  and take it easy until after Veyo.  1. 6.52  2. 6.44 3. 6.38 4. 6.27 5. 6.29 6. 6.24 7.6.26 8. 7.26  feeling tired.  9. 7.11 pushing up incline 10.7.05 11. 7.22 12. 7.06 13.6.50 14. 7.02 15. 6.50 16.6.29 17.6.48  18.  6.57 19. 7.16  20. 7.16       21. 6.40 22. 7.15  23.6.59  24. 7.08 25. 7.25  26.7.58. 

Looking at this  I lost concentration the last 5 miles.   And this is where I missed my sub three.  

I was  feeling good and let Mike go  around mile 8. I should of stayed with him. he was about 200 yards ahead of me  but I decided to stay behind.  I seen Logan and I wanted to stop and make sure he was ok.  But it looked like he was being taken care of.   Then I ran into Dustin  about a mile before the ledges.  He ran with me for a while until the ledges.  Mike was not to far ahead.    I caught up to Mike on the corner of the Diagonal  He was in pain and was limping!   I felt pretty bad.  I did not want to leave him.  At this point I knew the Sub three was out of range  so I slowed down a little and coasted in.   This is the best time I have had for a couple of years  so I am not to disappointed.  I still think that sub three is in reach.   Thanks to the cheering crowd and my friends.  Mike would have had a 2:57  or less if it were not for his injury.    The man can flat out fly and I am at aw when I think of how much pain he went through to just finish this marathon. 

 

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Comments
From Tom on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 11:44:42 from 137.65.56.16

I think you had a great race Bill. Worth a sub-3 on any normal year, that heat was BRUTAL!! Great job on a great running year, hope next year goes at least as well and the sub-3 will be yours easily. And hope maybe I can get there as well.

From Dustin on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 11:46:56 from 204.113.48.131

Once again nice job on the race Wildbull. You own me now. You are in my head. I can't beat the Bull..anymore.

Actually, you ran a great race and should feel good about your training and this race, even though you didn't get the sub 3 you still had a good day, when many people didn't.

I'm looking forward to getting back to training and racing more. I need to get out more with you guys this next year.

I'm not so sure what my future will be with marathons, thinking I might focus on the half marathon distance a little more.

From Superfly on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 14:28:51 from 208.117.127.110

Nice job Billy. Even though this isn't a sub 3 I think it may be your best marathon ever under the circumstances. You were so close on such a hard day... with good conditions you would have nailed it. It sucks to say lets go get it next year... it's like a broken record.Maybe mix it up a little and find something new to run in the meantime.

From JamesH on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 16:23:44 from 74.211.22.194

Nice run Bill. No magic words from me, lets just keep at it and hope the next one pays off better.

From TylerS on Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 00:13:20 from 63.248.32.71

That is a great time Bill for the conditions that we had to run in..Keep up the good work and you will get that sub 3 for sure!

From Mike Warren on Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 00:17:27 from 74.211.6.113

Wild Bull, you are flat out the man! You ran a great race. I had so much fun training and running with you. I can't tell you how much you have helped my running. I appreciate all your kind comments after the race and making me feel better about a tough day. We will get the sub 3 one day my friend.

From Burt on Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 02:15:13 from 68.225.214.248

Great job.

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