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Sandy 4th of July 5K

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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

 

 

 

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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: Sandy 4th of July 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:18:33, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 1
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Sandy 4th of July 5K.  Sunny, no wind, temp. 65'

A very nice morning for the 4th of July.  Last year there were over 30 of the top 50 at the High School age.  Kind of like a high school cross country race that lets the community run with them.  This year at the starting line there were quite a few cross country runners from different schools.  My son Dallas had on his Bingham high running outfit along with 2 other Bingham runners.  There were probably about 500 runners at the starting line. 

The race took off and the youngsters took the lead.  I was probably in 30th place after a quarter mile.  I was laboring really hard just to stay at a 5:55 pace.  I should have warmed up more.  The old body didn't want to kick in.  (Next 5k warm up better).  Then all of a sudden at the half mile mark the pace felt just fine and my body decided it was ready to run.  I was very relieved and was ready to RACE!  Soon after I passed Dallas and another one of the Bingham runners.  Now the race is getting fun.  I continued to pass runners the entire way unitl the finish when I came in 7th place. 

Miles 1-5:55,  Mile 2-6:04, Mile 3-5:58

Dallas got a side ache after mile one and slowed down a bit and got a 19:23.  He thinks he could have beat me if he wouldn't have got the side ache.  Who knows.  I just know that none of my kids have beat me yet!

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 10:45:35 from 24.10.249.165

Not a bad time yourself! Nice job on that sub-6 third mile.

From Tom on Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 09:44:14 from 137.65.56.2

Nice job Old Bean! Sounds like a fun race, always fun to see how many young, fast sometimes dumb teenagers you can beat as an older, slowing, but race-savvy seasoned runner.

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