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Location:

Dogtown,Ut,

Member Since:

Jan 02, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs: 2:26:29 marathon @ St.George '14; 1:09:55 1/2 mar. '08; 31:00 10k '07

Short-Term Running Goals:

Love running now.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Love running forever!

Personal:

My perfect day would include a run through the desert, time with my wife and girls, tasty homemade meals, and a nice nap in the middle.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Adios Lifetime Miles: 512.25
Rocket 2 Lifetime Miles: 109.00
Kinvara Grey Lifetime Miles: 222.00
Vazee Pace Lifetime Miles: 437.75
Pace Blue Lifetime Miles: 231.75
Boston Lifetime Miles: 520.25
Peg Green Lifetime Miles: 544.00
Speedgoat Lifetime Miles: 325.00
Peg Purple Lifetime Miles: 509.50
Ravenna Lifetime Miles: 525.50
Barefoot '18 Lifetime Miles: 6.75
Levitate Lifetime Miles: 419.50
Peg NOP Lifetime Miles: 380.00
Peg Blue34 Lifetime Miles: 408.25
Solar Glide Lifetime Miles: 210.00
Levitate Black Lifetime Miles: 83.75
Total Distance
26.00

afternoon - 26 Leeds.  What the crap... is all I can say about this run.  Started off without a plan really, just a water bottle and some Cliff Shots.  So I headed out past the Junction and down the hill toward Quail.  I thought I might push out to anywhere from 20-30 just depending on how I felt.  I was pretty warm out and I drank my water much quicker than I thought, but refilled when I hit the Leeds park for a short pit stop.  I never felt very good, but was moving along pretty decent and hit just barely over 7 min ave. on the way out (15 miles) even with all the hills (3 big climbs over bluffs and the continuous uphill).  But the last two out past Leeds - Leeds was at mile 13 - were a little struggle and I started to feel crappy.  Turning around, I told myself just to relax and remember that there are ups and downs in a run - especially one this long.  I took my second gel at the 18 mile mark, but it immediately started disagreeing with me.  I got to the overlook at Quail and decided to just sit.  I even thought about calling Ally from someone's cell phone, but thought that I would just push on through.  But then I had to walk a bit along the lake - I just felt horrible, legs were gone and stomach was trashed.  Got down to where there are a couple businesses and wanted to use the phone, but everything was closed for New Year's.  So I started up the hill and thought I would call home from the gas station at the Junction.  Ran about half a mile and had to stop again and start walking.  I figured this was a pretty interesting site for people - a guy walking up this big hill clear out from any part of town and then add to it my puking.  Eventually I got to the phone, but no one answered at home.  So I had 5 miles to get home.  I just started jog/walking as much as I could and hoped my wife would check the messages.  Eventually she pulls up.  Luckily she had checked the message and came and got me or it would have been a horrible 4 more miles.  Just over 1:47 for the 15 out, but 2:15 for the 11 back (including the walking and breaks).  A perfect storm hit me: hotter than usual (for this time of year), sick the last few days (up a lot the night before with stomach pains, but no throwing up), not hydrating enough (on the run and the days before the run), long fast the day before, crappy shoes (I'm not a huge fan of these Neos anyway, but the wrong sizing makes them fit very weird).  (Neo 39) 

Neo Miles: 26.00
Comments
From Jake K on Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 17:13:38 from 155.100.226.54

Sounds like a really nice 15 miler... and then an epic death march. That perfect storm doesn't sound too fun.

Look on the bright side, at least you got in a 26 miler to start the week!

From Vis on Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 17:21:11 from 204.113.55.59

Everyone should rock a 4-hour marathon once or twice in life. It'll be good to get back into some kind of routine I'm sure.

From Superfly on Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 20:14:41 from 74.211.21.81

Ewe...

Are we running in the morning?

From Logan Fielding on Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 20:39:07 from 74.211.12.125

Yes,

We are running in the morning at 5:30am.

From Holt on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 10:46:05 from 204.113.55.41

Jake, that is exactly what it was!

Vis, I've run enough of that crap already - I don't need anymore.

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