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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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Asics 2140 2-17-09 Lifetime Miles: 36.00
Race: DogTown Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:16:57, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1
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AM - Met with Dave & Clyde up at the Harley Shop to do a little warm-up.  5 miles. Then went down to Mindy's and got my socks that Kendra has brought because I drop them on myu way out of the house. 1 mile.

Dog Town Half Marathon:

I have been using my new Timex GPS and I still haven't figured out how to have it take "auto splits" so I don't have a break-down of my mile splits.  The first 5 miles of the race was a pretty good down hill from the top of Coral Canyon to the Virgin River.  I stayed about 10 meters behind Tyson and averaged about 5:35 pace until we hit the river bottom.  Once we hit the slight uphill to the bridge my pace dropped to about 5:51 and Tyson began to drop me.  I could still see Dave and Clyde up ahead  as well and crossing the bridge right before I hit the dirt.  Once I crossed the bridge and started going up Dam Rd I really started dropping off the back of Tyson.  My pace really slowed, I think I was about 6:25 going up the hill.  After cresting the hill and heading down towards Washington Fields Rd. I  was back to a 5:51 ave, but couldn't seem to get myself below 4:45 pace.  This is about when I started getting really pissed at myself for being such a baby. From there it was all the same - me just getting upset with sucking so bad.  Going up Majestic I hit an amazing high speed of 7:50 pace at one point and started looking back to make sure no one was coming.  After hitting the top of the hill I was able to get rolling a bit more and got my pace back down to 5:45-5:50 pace to the finish.

I really wasn't too happy about this race. I think I should have been about 1 min faster. Once I started having to work hard I got a bad attitude and It was all downhill for me from there.  Part of my problem could have been having a 10 hr non-stop day at the store on Friday.  I never really do well if I'm working on my feet all day before a race.  Although, I think most of it had to do with my attitude.  Live and Learn!

For anyone thinking about doing this race, I highly suggest it.  It was well organized and a good course.

 

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Comments
From Superfly on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:00:05 from 74.211.21.81

I think you ran a pretty good race considering your winter training so far. A 1:16 isn't bad on this course. True it was a little short but it's a harder course than Bryce or Hobble. I couldn't get myself below 4:45 pace either:)

From Holt on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:13:58 from 204.113.55.41

I don't want to brag, but... I was able to bring it under 4:45 but only for a second or two!

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