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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) 00:03:30
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
26.200.000.000.000.000.000.0026.20

Here is my race report for the St. George   Marathon.    It was a mild cold day at the start of the race.  People were running all over the place trying to stay warm.  Music was blasting and I was stoked just to be a part of it.   I stayed with Dustin at his cabin in Pine valley the night before the great Race.   I picked up Steve from the Expo and drove up around 10 pm.      As usual we were pretty much up and down all night.  We got up at 6 am and drove over to the marathon!    The gun sounded and off we went.  Mile one I was having a sharp pain coming from my lower back.   I tried to stretch it out. I was maintaining a 6:40 pace as planned.  I stopped at the first aid station and had a guy give me a bear hug to see if he could pop it.   I stopped at several aid stations and had them try to pop my back but each time with no success.  I tried sports cream.  My left leg was going numb.  My form and stride was completely out of wack.   I managaged to hold a 6:50 pace the first half but after that my pace and time quickly deterated.  My calf’s felt like exploding and I knew at this point my goal of under 3 hours was dashed.    I observed the ambulance go bye several times and thought about having a DNF on my record.  I decided that I was going to finish. I was not going to let this win.   I run many races each year and i realize   I  will have a bad race once in awhile.  This was one of those.  Finished around 3:30.  Just behind grandpa and walker brigade!  

Thinking back J this may be the cause of my problem at this marathon.

  1. I hurt my calf two weeks before Marathon.   Tapered more then I should have. To recover from injury.  Body did not respond well to running again? 
  2. I had a full body massage (Deep Tissue) Weds first massage I have ever had. 
  3. It was colder then normal. I was not use to the cold! 
  4. Back was simply out and it made the difference.

 

I would like to say I loved this experience. But it was the most painful Marathon I have ever Ran thus far. #4.     I am looking forward to another race at another date. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From Superfly on Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 18:18:15

Bill sorry to hear about all the bad issues you were having. I hope you can get in a race soon and just go out and kick some butt.

Your back could have been sore from sleeping in a different bed the night before. You may just want to stay at home in the future.

I hope your recovery is fast. I guess you may not be as jacked up as normal.

Keep at it and you'll get that sub 3 hour marathon. Just need to work on a few things. Good job on finishing!

From Dave Holt on Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 18:25:07

Too bad things didn't go as planned. But still not as bad as my Personal Worst. See you Thursday?

From Lulu on Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 21:13:21

Sorry to hear you had a bad race. I had back issues once at the Disney Marathon. With back spasms and pain radiating down my left leg, it wasn't the Happiest Place on Earth. I did enjoy the marathon but it was my PW until this weekend. Read about my Chicago fiasco, and it might make you feel better. I really hope you get that back issue sorted out. Are you sure that "calf injury" isn't all coming from your back?

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