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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 Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:05:00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Woke-up feeling pretty stressed about how tight I still was from the expo but, tried to ignore how I felt due to not being able to do much about it.  I kept telling myself I have had many runs in the past that turned out great where I started off feeling like crap. 

Met everyone in the front of the Rec Center and drove up on the bus together. Once we got up to the start I left Kendra and went into the elite coral, went to the bathroom, warmed-up and chatted with everyone. I felt like I was in a daze, I just kept thinking about how jacked I felt and was trying to ignore it.

My goal was to just take it easy as possible and see if I could work through it - it didn't really work out too well.

So here's the breakdown of the race:

1. 6:06

2. 6:11

3. 5:57

4. 5:50

5. 5:51

6. 5:48

7. 5:50

8. 6:57 - Going up Veyo I really felt like I was feeling beat-up already.

9. 6:35 - Cresting the hill was the beginning of the end. Everything was feeling forced.

10. 6:20 - Started running with this guy from SLC and couldn't hold onto him.

11. 6:31 - Just couldn't get myself going. My legs just felt trashed.

12. 6:18 - Started pumping my arms more just to get my legs going.

13. 5:58 - Got to the Half Mark 20 seconds slower than last year, except I knew I was in trouble by how hard I was having to work.

14. 6:06 - Started feeling crampy in my calves which made me even more stressed.

15. 5:57

16. 5:53

17. 6:05 - Hami froze up on me and stopped me in my tracks but kept pushing as much as I could.

18. 6:22

19. 7:11

20. 8:22 - More Cramping, tried to get going after I worked it out but, as soon as I started going it would seize-up again. So, I had to just shut it down and get it done.  I was pretty pissed at the time. But I knew I was having problems from the beginning. Oh, well.

21. 9:31

22. 9:21

23. 9:42

24. 9:38

25. 9:50

26. 9:06

26.1. 8:00 - My sprint to the finish.


Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From josse on Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:51:01 from 70.196.201.150

You need to get someone else to do the expo so you can kill this course. Sorry the body didn't cooperate, but good job non the less:) such a tricky distance.

From AngieB on Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 14:35:18 from 159.212.71.199

So sorry about tired legs. It is so true about resting and not working that day before my work doesnt get that concept. The nice thing about this running thing is there is always another race to run to redeem for the last. Better luck next race for sure and rest up!!

From West on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 09:11:01 from 64.255.85.44

Sorry it didn't go as planned. You've done a lot of good stuff this year and will get that big break through soon!

From Steve Hooper on Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 09:40:14 from 174.23.187.208

Thanks guys. I think next year, I'm just going to not mess with the expo and have employees help out more. AngieB is right, there is always another race!!

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