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Sand Hallow Marathon

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Location:

St George,UT,

Member Since:

Feb 07, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run below 2:30 in the Marathon.

Personal:

I currenty live in Southern Utah. My wife Kendra and I have 4 children and no pets. We also own/operate the St. George Running Center a specialty running shoe store in St. George UT.  We also head-up the St. George Running Club.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Asics 2140 Lifetime Miles: 172.00
Asics 2140 2-17-09 Lifetime Miles: 36.00
Race: Sand Hallow Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:55:00, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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What a fun morning. I wanted to do this race as a training run for UV Marathon in June. I decided to not use any Gu, just drink water and not use my Garmin (I forgot it) for this race and just run off of feel. I also happened to pick up mismatched shoes as well this morning in the dark - Type A on the left foot and DS Trainer on the right foot. So I had an interesting morning of not being totally connected with my brain. It ended up being a great way to work my right hip a little more and gave me the opportunity of running 16 miles lopsided. Luckily Kendra brought me my other shoe about mile 16- 17 to help level me out a bit more.

I didn't have a Garmin so I have no idea what my splits were. I just tried to keep a nice stead pace and everything felt pretty good except for the HUGE hill leaving Sand Hallow and the last 4 miles. My feet started feeling a little beat up and I think the lack of carbs was getting the best of me.

The whole race I ran by myself except for the first 4 miles or so I ran with TyAnn. So, when I came across the finish line I was honestly surprised with the time. I'm glad I didn't have the Garmin for this run due to me just wanting to use it as training. It was nice not getting caught up on time and pace while I was out there.

Overall I'm really happy about the run. I'm hoping it will help me be stronger the last 6 of UV marathon.

 

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Comments
From steve ash on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 15:23:07 from 76.23.2.151

Good experiment Steve. I think that an early marathon is always a good strength building tool.

From Predog on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 15:28:17 from 75.162.210.84

Solid run for a "training run" Steve. Haha. It was nice to see you and the other guys. Nice work! I think this is a great run and perfectly timed as a good training/barometer marathon. Hopefully it gets bigger!

From Tom on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 16:22:20 from 67.199.180.90

Nice job Steve. Pretty dang good for a lopsided, no watch, no GU, training run!

From Jon on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 18:33:32 from 74.177.118.65

Nice job on a "training run" Steve- second place.

From scotthughes on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 18:33:58 from 209.33.211.3

Training run for Steve= AWESOME! I love the lets be totally out of whack running with mismatched shoes etc.no GU, no Garmin etc....I hope you remembered shorts!

From JamesH on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 22:15:06 from 208.117.127.7

Steve we all know you put on mismatched shoes just to get attention. Nice work out there today dispite the shoes.

From Walter on Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 02:21:12 from 24.10.169.110

Steve, OMG youve got me straight tripin' boo! I cant believe that! 16 miles in 2 different shoes! You are some kind of freaky! What a great race report and what a great wife for getting you dressed right! ha Keep it up!

From daceg on Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 20:10:42 from 74.211.28.51

Great run. Whats up with grabbing different shoes and no Garmin though?!;) With all that going on, and still running that time, you will rock the UV race.

From Superfly on Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 20:49:51 from 74.211.21.81

"Hooped"!

Good job man

From Predog on Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 01:31:29 from 24.10.142.244

@ scott

Steve did remember his shorts. I can vouch for him on that one. I would have remembered if he hadn't.

From jtshad on Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 08:44:43 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on a solid time and great race. Looking good for UVM, see you there!

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