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Sandy Firestation Half Marathon

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Location:

South Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 09, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

 

All Time
2001 Provo River Half 1:18:25
2000 St. George Marathon 2:46:53
 
45-49 AD
2012 5K - Sandy July 4th 18:33

2011 10K - Des News 36:12,

2011 Provo River Half 1:22:10
2010 UVM 2:58:42

50-54 AD

2015 Scandinavian 10K 42:52,  2015 SLC Haunted 1/2 1:26:14, 2015 SGM 3:06:56

 

 

 

Other
I've run 30 marathons.
Ran Boston in 2003

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

5/25/19 - Scandinavian Days 5K - 20:01

6/8/19 - CornerCanyon Half
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run to stay healthy and happy.

Personal:

Married to a beautiful woman. We have 5 great kids.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 67.80 Year: 252.35
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
153.6026.605.500.00185.70
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.100.000.000.0013.10

5AM morning run, cloudy, rainy, temp. 65'

It rained the first 3-4 miles then it let up most the rest of the way.  I was hoping to push a little harder today but the darkness and the rain took the fun out of it.

Time 1:36:53,  Mile avg. - 7:24

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.650.001.000.004.65

Morning run, Temp. 60'

Me and Dallas ran a short course and we decided to do the last mile fast.  The last mile was about a 75 foot drop in elevation so it could be a really fast mile.  I did it in 5:10 and Dallas beat me by a few seconds.  No way I can out sprint the youngster.

Time 34:17,  Mile avg. - 7:22

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.002.000.000.006.00

Evening in Buffalo NY Hotel fitness room.

I don't like treadmills. It seemed like a long time running nowhere.

Time 42:18,  Mile avg. - 7:03

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.200.000.000.006.20

Evening run, cloudy, temp. 80'

Ran a couple miles on a high school track and the rest on grass around the rest of the highschool fields in NY.

Time 45:55,  Mile avg. - 7:25

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.455.000.000.0013.45

5AM run, Temp. 55'

Finally got light for the last 4 miles.  Darn early morning soccer games.  Pushed pretty hard today since I didn't run Thursday or Friday.

Time 1:36:18,  Mile avg. - 7:10

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.300.000.000.008.30

Noon run, cloudy, temp. 80'

A few sprinkles along the way.  My legs were still a little trashed from Saturdays run.  Probably should have taken it a little slower.

Time 64:08,  Mile avg. - 7:44

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.900.000.800.008.70

Noon run, partly cloudy, Temp. low 70's

Did some strides.

Time 63:58,  Mile avg. - 7:21

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.300.000.000.008.30

Noon run, blue sky, temp. 70'

What a nice day.

Time 66:03,  Mile avg. - 7:58

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.203.501.000.008.70

Noon run, Very Sunny, Temp. low 70's

I ran mile 3 fast in 5:40 and the last 3.5 at marathon pace or faster.

Time 61:28,  Mile avg. - 7:04

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.300.000.000.008.30

Noon run, sunnnnny, temp. Mid 70's

Nice jog on the river path.

Time 67:53,  Mile avg. - 8:11

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.500.000.000.0014.50

Morning run, Temp. 60'

Very nice morning, beautiful sun rise.  Sun came out for the last 5 miles of the run. 

Most miles in a week this year.  Legs feeling a little tired but good.

Time 1:52:36,  Mile avg. - 7:46

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.300.000.000.008.30

Noon, sunny, temp. low 70's

Liking these lunchtime temperatures in September.

Time 65:45,  Mile avg. - 7:55

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.703.002.000.008.70

Noon run, sunny, temp. upper 70's

Ran the 3rd & 4th miles fast in 5:57 & 5:58 and then ran the last 3 miles at marathon pace or a little faster.

Time 61:08,  Mile avg. - 7:02

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Noon run, sunny, temp. mid 70's

Nice recovery run

Time 49:36,  Mile avg. - 8:16

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Noon run, sunny, temp. mid 70's

Time 47:04,  Mile avg. - 7:51

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Race: Sandy Firestation Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:25:59, Place overall: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.9013.100.000.0014.00

A very nice morning for a race.  Temperatures around 60-65. 

I'd like to thank all those fast runners on the blog that could have easily won this race for not showing up and letting me have the glory. 

This is a very small race of about 50-60 people. It has kind of the small town feel to it where they do not block of any of the roads you are racing on. 

The race started just after 8am.  After a half a mile there were four of us in the front pack.  One guy had some kind of device that was blaring heavy metal music.  I was hoping he would fade.  After a mile and a half a younger guy (highschool/college age) with long hair and myself left the other two guys and the heavy metal slowly faded away.  Ah, just the joy of running near the mountains with the hopes of winning a race.  I thought this long haired guy would fade after a few miles but no luck.  So I thought my only chance was to push the pace as hard as I could and see if he could endure 13.1 miles.  He usually ran ahead of me by a step or two.  He didn't want me to take the lead or even run side by side.  Miles 10 and 11 are uphill with about 300 feet of elevation.  A tough section of the race.  I thought that if he stayed ahead of me through that stretch he'd probably win. With about a quarter to a half a mile left on the last uphill part of mile 11 he started fading and I of course pushed extra hard when I saw him fading and took the lead for the 1st time. 

I kept pushing the last two miles and he gave up and I won by about a minute.  It was a fun race and I was mentally prepared for the course after running it last year.  However, those last two miles really hurt.  I really don't enjoy that much pain but I did want to win and it was worth it.

YR2011 YR2012
1 6:17 6:13
2 6:55 6:45
3 7:28 7:28
4 6:27 6:25
5 6:25 6:12
6 6:32 6:18
7 6:46 6:40
8 6:47 6:30
9 6:30 6:22
10 7:03 7:03
11 7:44 7:31
12 6:36 6:26
13 5:45 5:36
13.1 0:32 0:30
1:27.47 1:25.59

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Noon run, cloudy, temp. 65'

Legs still feeling it from Saturday's half.  Probably should keep taking it easy for a couple more days.

Time 50:10,  Mile avg. - 8:22

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Noon run, cloudy, upper 50's

A little low on energy. 

Time 47:20,  Mile avg. - 7:54

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.300.000.000.008.30

Noon run, sunny, temp. 65'

My legs are starting to feel better every day.  Those half marathons can kind of take it out of you for a few days.

Time 65:40,  Mile avg. - 7:55

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.700.008.70

Noon run, sunny, Temp. 70'

Legs felt pretty good after I did a couple of strides.  8 strides in all.

Time 64:10,  Mile avg. - 7:23

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.500.000.000.0013.50

Morning run in St. George, Temp. lower 60's.

Staying at Pleasant Palms with Tom.  The new carpet is nice.

My good friend Tom and I left at 6am and ran half the run in the dark.  I nice warm up for Tom for next weeks marathon.

Time 1:50:28,  Mile avg. - 8:11

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
153.6026.605.500.00185.70
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