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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 Lifetime Miles: 172.00
Asics 2140 2-17-09 Lifetime Miles: 36.00
Race: Hurrican River Run (4 Miles) 00:24:42, Place overall: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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AM - Dave H., Finch, James H. and I ran the Hurricane River 4 mile trail race this morning. We arrived a little early and did a 4 mile warm-up along the course, hit the bathrooms and got registered.  I was kind of excited to see how my time would compare to last years.  I really haven't done any races this year that I could compare with my fitness from last year. So, I have been curious about how I would do.

For the first mile of the race Dave H., Finch, Nephi and I were all together. I'm not sure what our splits were because I didn't wear the watch. As we came down onto the gravel Nephi started to drop a bit and Dave, Finch and I picked up the pace. I had been nervous during the warm-up about wearing my Type A's on the lava rock, but luckily I didn't notice the rocks at all, except as we took our first sharp turn down the hill I went wide to take the turn fast and almost slid out - luckily I caught myself. As we got on the single track I just stayed right behind Dave and Finch through about mile 2.5 - when we hit the hills I started getting eaten up a bit and fell off pretty good. I could see Finch up ahead "goating" up the hill like a teenager should but, it still bugged the heck out of me. Anyways, as we got back on the road I was able to pick the pace up a bit and had a good push to the finish. 24:42

Overall, I'm really happy with my time. Dave did really well also, considering he's been off for the last couple weeks and was watching out for his leg.  Last year I did a 25:44 on the exact same course.  I still struggled a bit on the hills, but I knew that's where I was going to have problems.  I can't complain too much about a 15 sec increase per mile since last year. Next weekend if I can take 15 seconds off per mile from my time last year at Bryce,  I'll be a pretty happy, we'll see.

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Comments
From JamesH on Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 10:10:18 from 208.117.127.7

Yeay Steve!!

From Holt on Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 10:37:18 from 67.2.240.4

Looked great... Running wasn't bad either.

From West on Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 15:12:05 from 209.33.233.38

Nice to hear of the solid improvement from last year. James was commenting on Wednesday about how you're in the best shape of your life. You've got good things to come.

From Michael Finch on Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 15:47:53 from 75.169.199.137

Thats a great improvement. too bad you caught yourselt at that turn, it would have been a cool wipe out to witness. thanks for pushing me

From Superfly on Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 13:38:24 from 74.211.21.81

Solid improvement. Try some 200 repeats on the track all out then walk a mile.

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