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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: St. George Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:17:55, Place overall: 14, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.0013.100.0015.10

Great morning for a race - good weather 41 F at 9am with no wind. Here's the splits:

1st - 5:55

2nd - 5:58

3rd - 5:48

4th - 5:45

5th - 5:55

6th - 6:02

7th - 5:51

8th - 6:03

9th - 6:09

10th - 5:57

11th - 6:01

12th - 6:03

13th - 5:55

13.1th - ?

I was really happy about this race. I struggled a bit more than I thought I was going to the last 6 miles. Going around the second loop past the Dixie Center I had to keep telling myself to push out of my comfort zone and not just set back and cruise. I haven't done any tempo workouts past 4 miles since September so my body and brain weren't liking the discomfort. I was shooting to go under 1:18 and I made it - by only 5 seconds, but I made it. 

It was great to see Paul, Michelle, Jeff and others from out of town. Almost everyone had a pretty good race. I really think it's going to be a great year of racing for the group.

Moving Forward:  My next race is the DogTown Half Marathon in Washington, UT the end of Feb. I'm going to drop a few more lbs. in the next month. I'm still at 170lb - my best race weight is 155 - 160. I'm hoping that will help a bit. Also, I'm planning on bumping the weekly miles up from 50-60'ish to the 70's for the next month as well and continue with the Tues & Thurs speed and tempo workouts.

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Comments
From steve ash on Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 11:21:23 from 64.134.224.97

Steve,

Looks good to me. No tempo runs over 4 miles now just means more in the tank for later this year I think.

Reading these reports makes me miss running with you guys.

From JamesH on Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:04:36 from 74.211.22.194

Good job Steve. Your on track for a great year.

From Paul on Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 15:19:09 from 174.27.207.154

Great job Steve, solid splits. It was great seeing you again.

From Superfly on Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 15:28:46 from 208.117.127.110

Great job Stephen! Really glad to see you push through and hit your goal.

From Walter on Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 21:35:38 from 24.10.169.110

Steve, Steve, Steve! Thanks for not smacking my butt as you passed me and congrats to pushing strong on the second loop. Thanks for the shoes and I hope to kick this crap I have and get back into shape. Always great to see you guys and the teams progress. Thanks for everything!

From Scott Ensign on Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 23:14:34 from 65.100.210.17

nice job Steve, awesome time, looks like a fun race. it was fun to see you on our way to California in December. good luck in your next race.

From TylerS on Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 23:58:31 from 63.248.32.71

Steve I was so excited that you ran a great race. You have worked hard and you deserve it...you do a lot for a lot of runners so you deserve the great race that you had...awesome!

From Dave S on Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 15:22:23 from 4.254.230.181

Congrats on a great race. I like the shoes.

From Bill on Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 20:19:25 from 168.179.180.76

steve your runing better every time i see you. your hard work is showing! i see big things this year.

From Brent on Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 22:39:39 from 66.7.127.219

Hoop, very good race, look out dog town, the dogs will be let out. 300 commando points for the placing and hard effort.

Stay Kool, B of BS rools out

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