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Snow Canyon Half 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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Asics 2140 Lifetime Miles: 172.00
Asics 2140 2-17-09 Lifetime Miles: 36.00
Race: Snow Canyon Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:13:30, Place overall: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Great Race Today! New "Old Man PR".  Went up to the start with Bull, Mike, Scott and Winnie Poo (Art). It was a bit cold before the sun came up so we snuck into Steve Bingham's city vehicle and spent about 20 min. warming up before everyone lined up for the start.

At the line-up I did the usual look around and only saw Walter and Brad O. I thought I'll at least get third but, wasn't sure if we were going to have any surprises.  As the race started Walter and Brad took off and I didn't see anybody the rest of the race. Here's how it went down:

1. 5:27 - Decided during my warm-up that since I felt good I was just going to go for it from the beginning of the race. Brad O. and Walter took off quite a bit faster.  They must have hit the first mile in 5:10.

2. 5:34 - Started to get into a decent rhythm and new I was clicking today.

3. 5:25 - Going down around the valcano started picking up more speed.  I could tell Walter was going a bit faster and still slowly pulling away. Brad O. was gone by now.

4. 5:13

5. 5:10 - Looked like I was gaining ground on Walter.  Felt nice and relaxed.  Saw LaDawn taking pictures in the canyon right about here.

6. 5:08

7. 5:20

8. 5:57 - Going up behind the sand dunes I had a hard time shifting gears on the hills and rollers.  As I came up to the aid station I saw Walter pop out of the Porta-John.  I came up beside him and he was obviously having stomach problems but not bad enough to slow much.

9. 5:36 -I knew about here the I was probably going to hit my "old man pr" if I just kept solid.

10. 5:48 - Snow Canyon prkwy.

11. 6:04 - Entrada, felt like the hills were just eating me up. Lost form pretty bad through here.  I just felt like I was sucking so bad, no power.

12. 6:07

13. 5:53 - Had a little down-hill to give me a break and get the legs going until the end.

13.1 0:41 - 5:33 pace - Heard Kendra and the kids cheering and feeling pretty excited about the race.

 



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Comments
From West on Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 15:55:36 from 209.33.233.32

Saw the results with your time and finish. Great race! Congrats.

From Superfly on Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 16:25:40 from 74.211.21.81

Nice job Stephen! Way to push out a solid race at the end of a solid week of training.

From James on Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 19:09:51 from 71.213.52.182

Nice buddy! Good race.

From steve ash on Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 20:58:34 from 174.52.177.84

Very nice Steve:)

From MichelleL on Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 22:35:28 from 168.70.21.27

Hurrah for old man PR's! Nicely done. I wish my losing form pace were 6:04.

From Walter on Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 17:52:38 from 67.177.0.19

You are not old! I feel ancient when you say that and im only a couple years older. lol Ok that was a great race for you! I couldnt shake you off at all! I really painted a huge target on my jersey for you! But I still know I had no chance of beating Brad so hopefully I helped pull you to a PR. I wont take credit for your hard work though! You are awesome! Hope to see you out more. Ill be down for Painters as well.

From ben on Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 09:33:43 from 209.33.248.15

Nice race old man!!!

From Holt on Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 11:52:46 from 204.113.55.41

Great job Steven - good to see a nice time next to your face!

From Adam RW on Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 12:54:06 from 128.110.225.110

Way to "old man" PR! Nice running.

From Steve Hooper on Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:08:01 from 174.27.244.187

Thank you everyone!

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