Terry's Running Blog

SOJO 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
Race: SOJO Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:25:09, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.7013.100.000.0013.80

I was thought I was excited to run this race and ready to preform close to last years time.  I thought I did everything well, eating, sleeping etc...  I had a .7 mile warm up and was ready to go.  For some reason last week on my 5K I didn't have that mental toughness and the fighting desire.  This week not to many miles into the run I could tell I didn't have it again.  It's like I'm missing my normal fight/desire.  Chemical imbalance?  Depressed?  Maybe I needed to watch Rocky or something before the race.

The race started off with the temp about 59' according to the car.  I don't think it warmed up at all during the race.  The wind was a blowing pretty good. but not enough to effect the race as much as my time comparing to last year. 

After the first mile I was in 11th place.  After 2nd mile I was in 9th.  I moved to 8th and 7th and 6th during miles 3-11.  Then I got passed during mile 12.  My left quad started showing signs of cramping up with about 1.5 to go but not a problem because not enough miles left for it to cramp up hard.  I had 3 guys in my site in front of me the last 2 miles and didn't have the desire to get them???  My last years time would have got me a 3rd place.

See miles below:

YR2010 YR2011 YR2012
6:58 6:19 6:10
6:52 6:17 6:26
6:56 6:02 6:08
6:56 6:34 6:50
7:03 6:10 6:40
7:22 6:12 6:25
7:15 6:40 6:47
7:03 6:08 6:20
7:02 6:10 6:15
7:03 6:03 6:23
7:00 5:56 6:18
6:34 6:36 6:53
6:43 6:50 6:53
0:44 0:48 0:41
1:31.31 1:22.45 1:25.09

Comments
From Mikal Epperson on Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 18:04:58 from 67.169.243.100

That's an awesome race, especially with your lack of mental drive. Congrats on your A.G. win. I suppose you'll cash in your free entry next year?!

From Tom on Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 08:06:09 from 67.199.179.59

Terry you still had a pretty dandy race even with the off day mentally. I've been trying to figure out for years what makes for a great vs not-so-great race and I still have no clue. Congrats on still getting the 1st AD now just take it easy for a few weeks and I'm sure the mojo will come back!

From Camillo on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 14:43:47 from 79.35.213.207

Terry,

I feel your disappointment, but it was a good race at the end of the season.

Congratulations on the 7th position overall and on the AG win!!!

From NatalieK on Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 14:51:02 from 24.2.101.184

Congrats on the race. Sorry about the mental struggle. I can understand that, sometimes its hard when you're mind just isn't in it. You ran really well despite not having your normal fire.

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