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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
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26.5028.700.000.0055.20
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AM -6 miles easy.

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AM - 9 miles, w/ 2.5 miles at marathon pace.

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AM- 6 miles easy

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AM - 6 miles easy w/ 8x100m strides.

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No run. Worked expo for 3 hrs.

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Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:39:34, Place overall: 22, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.0026.200.000.0028.20

I can't believe the day has come and gone. I can't tell you how many times this year I thought about the race.  From the time of getting up this morning to the time I finished, I felt like I was in "robot mode".  Luckily I had Logan helping keep me focused, calm and on track. I really don't think I could have pulled off my time without his help, especially at the end of the race.

Based on my 1/2 marathon times this year and training times I was shooting to break my PR of 2:37:47 that has been standing since I was 25. I really felt like it was going to be a push, but wasn't unrealistic. My second goal, if the first wasn't working out, was to break the 2:40 mark. I was pretty confident about this goal and would have really been disappointed if I didn't hit it. Luckily I did!

Here's the race:

2 mile warm-up

1. 6:12 - I told Logan I wanted to start off nice and relaxed and just ease into it.

2. 6:13 - Still just nice and relaxed with a little hill.

3. 5:57 - Started picking it up a bit with a slight down. Ended up running the next few miles with Jody Benson and Aaron's friend (1st girl at the time) from TN.

4. 5:56

5. 6:02 - Little hill through Brookside.

6. 5:53 - picked it up a little going down into Veyo.

7. 5:53 - Logan was playing water boy and grabbed some Ultima from Kendra.

8. 6:46 - Took it really easy on Veyo Hill - so much so I remember thinking it was taking way to long to get up the dang thing. Let Jody go.

9. 6:25 - Kinda struggled for about 1/4 mile transitioning from the hill. I have the leg turnover, but no power.

10. 6:18 - Still not able to get the pace much lower and not very happy about it. Started the climb out of Dammeron.

11. 6:30 - Didn't look at the watch much through here - Luckily.  Logan was shooting threats to me for looking at my watch.

12. 6:05 - Got over the top of Dammeron and was able to get the legs going again. I think Logan was getting a little nervous about how long the last 4 miles had taken. I know I was going to be slow on mile 11 and had prepared for it.

13. 5:55 (1:20:11) - Starting to get going again. The amazing thing about this 13 mile time was - I was only 5 seconds off my projection: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArWxFDW4lD9EdE9LN1pxcUVEY2gxMDlUelVNNEFWZXc&hl=en_US

14. 5:58

15. 5:50

16. 5:48 -  Logan had to go pee, pulled off 4:50 pace to catch up and still grabbed water out of the ice chest!

17. 5:51

18. 5:51

19. 6:21 - Winchester! Got a good cramp on the inside of the leg and started to FREAK!!!

20. 5:55 - Was able to relax the legs a bit - no cramping. Logan just kept filling me up with Ultima.

21. 5:48 - Really started to feel good, but I was still nervous about the possibility of more cramps.

22. 6:06 - Started cramping more - really good in my R. Ham.

23. 6:02 - Trying to keep it under control and relax. Logan seriously was just dumping water and ultima on me like crazy - I think I just about drowned through here. Luckily he did - I had so much Ultima in me my stomach was just sloshing.  Looking back, If he wouldn't have forced me to down so much through here I would have been done for the last 2 miles.

24. 6:29 - Cramping so bad in the hams that it stopped me in my tracks. I was seriously so frustrated, I realized I had no way of hitting the 2:37. Logan kept yelling at me to start running.

25. 6:09 Legs started to relax a little more. However, my right arm (weird) was cramped so bad I had to let it drop limp or it would tighten up against my biceps. I think the only reason why I was able to get going again was the Ultima at mile 23.

26. 5:53 - Just started pushing as hard as I could. I was so tight and thought I was going to cramp up into a little ball at any second. I was also nervous I wasn't going to hit under 2:40. Logan just kept pushing me  - I can't remember what he was saying but I remember hearing him (Logan - The Running Whisper). I was so pumped that last mile.

26.2 - 5:21 - Sprinting - At least that's what it felt like.  I saw the video of me finishing and I wasn't going very fast and defanatly didn't look strong. But I did it! 2:39:34

 

 

 

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