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Location:

UT,USA

Member Since:

Feb 27, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

(2008) 5k Magna Classic (15:18)

(2007) Ogden Marathon (2:29:31)

(2007) St George Marathon (2:25:18)

 

 


Masters PRs:

17:09-2nd place Masters-

    Draper Days 5k (2013)

 

1:16:58-2nd place Masters-

    Utah Valley Half Marathon (2013)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 2:40 at Deseret News Marathon. Never quite conquered that beast yet.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a good marathon again in the future.

Personal:

 

    
 

 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 177.20 Year: 404.70
Brooks T-7 Lifetime Miles: 1193.31
Brooks T-7 Lifetime Miles: 1031.20
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Skechers Go Run Lifetime Miles: 496.50
Saucony Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles: 816.50
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Race: Thanksgiving Point Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:19:06, Place overall: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.007.006.000.0016.00

Yowza! Thats like the worst time I have run in a long while! LOL!   I won't make excuses, all I will say is I didn't feel good to start this morning and the course was very honest.  I went out with with Mike Vick  for the first while and kept each other company but I could tell it just wasn't going to be my day. I came in behind him about 2.5 min or so, not sure what his exact time was as he told me it was 1:16 and change.   Backed off for the rest of the race and held 6/min-6:20 pace or so until the end.   I know where I am going wrong with the training I think and have already changed some things, including slowing down my daily runs.  I'm just not getting full recovery from them.   

On a more positive note though I was pretty impressed with the size and organization of the event, good logistics, food was good and plentiful and was just overall well organized especially for it's size and being in it's first year too.  It was a nice charity event to help support the recently constructed prehistoric museum.  Another big plus was the 250 clams I got for second place, that definitely helps things right now.   Anyway I'm feeling a bit bummed about the time I got so I'm going to stop writing now, take a nap and then hopefully study for a bit later.  Darkhorse out..

 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Paul on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 16:14:14 from 174.27.225.89

Was the course hilly? $250 ain't bad.

From steve ash on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 16:14:58 from 174.52.96.106

Umm.. Yeah a bit:)

From steve ash on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 16:20:43 from 174.52.96.106

Lots of little steep hills and switchbacks on the first leg, and then lots of switchbacks, some grades on the river trail. I can't make heads or tails of how much it slowed down things though. Hard to say.

I am naturally a rhythm runner anyway so it really was not suited for my style.

From Paul on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 16:28:39 from 174.27.225.89

Yeah, Mike Vick is normally a sub 1:10 guy, so if he's running 1:16...

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 20:37:25 from 98.202.182.29

Don't worry so much about the time Steve. Maybe a little race rusty? Anyway, you'll get a good training effect from a 1:19 and you'll be better later on for having done it.

From Steve on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 22:55:55 from 64.134.158.81

Nice race. Have not heard of that one. Is it new?

From steve ash on Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:42:22 from 64.134.237.197

Thanks Rob, I agree with you I'm not going to think about it much any longer. No race this weekend?

Steve- It is in it's first year. Did you decide to bag the 30k this time? I wanted to go and race the 30k but this was a good way for me to pick up some extra cash for bills. Can you blame me?

From MichelleL on Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 15:25:03 from 67.41.226.109

From the course map I saw, it looked like a beast of a course because of the switchbacks and grade changes. Being behind Vick by just that much shows you did well.

From steve ash on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 19:36:22 from 174.52.96.106

Thanks Michelle, It definitely was challenging..:)

From Barry on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 22:13:41 from 67.61.235.198

Steve,

Great job on the race and the extra money always helps.

From Kory on Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 18:12:50 from 134.50.89.3

Great job Buddy! You are an awesome runner and you will have some better races to your standards in the future. But second place you really can't be that. Plus you've been so busy with other things. You have to take that into account.

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