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Dogtown,Ut,

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Jan 02, 2006

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Male

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Other

Running Accomplishments:

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

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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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Race: Sandy Classic 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:16:27, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
14.00

Sandy Classic 5K 16:27

AM - 14 Sandy. Ran down to the race about 4.5 miles and then a little more warm up with Ry. The last time I ran this race was when I was just getting into running again, and I got thrown down on by a 15 or so year old kid. I advised him that he was pretty dang decent and should stick with this running thing. Luckily he turned out to be Kyle Perry, national champ for BYU, so I don't look too bad now! Anyway... The course was much different this time with a figure 8 kind of thing that had some rolling hills and a decent wind going on for a bit. Started off and let all the Youngbloods take off like usual. By mile 1 I had worked up through them all and was working on the lead pack of 3. Went through the mile at 5:12. I was much too comfortable for a 5K - that was the main reason for running this, trying to make myself hurt a bit. On the 2nd mile, we were working back in to the wind the whole time. I worked to get up to the lead group so I wouldn't have to break the wind on my own. When I finally caught them (on the parkway thing there by the mall), I was feeling decent and had a decision to make. I decided to sit with them for a minute and regain some strength before a push in the final mile. Unfortunately this slowed me down and I couldn't sit in there with them comfortably. And after clipping each of them a couple times and trying to find a good spot, I just decided it was better to break out and take over the race. Mile 2 was 5:27 on my watch (and a little far gps-wise). I think between trying to sit back for a few hundred meters and then the wind on my own, I lost about 15 seconds on this mile. Thinking back, I should have just flat blasted by them. In the third mile, we circled around the mall, so there was a little hilly climb on the south side of the mall and a little drop back to the parkway. I gave a couple quick glances to make sure I was okay and pushed pretty good. Didn't have a 3rd mile marker, but based on finish time (the course measure a good 5K distance of 3.15 on watch) was probably through mile 3 around 5:10'ish. Felt pretty good about it. Didn't really tap into a higher end gear like you need to to tear up a 5K, so hopefully this will get me ready for the next one in just over a week. Ran back and helped Rylee finish. She did well and kicked to 5th woman and 1st in her age. Then we ran back to Ally who ran well and took 4th in her age. The younger girls did well also - Pyper won the 1 mile race in a 6:30 or so (everything in the kids race was kind of messed up, so she was a bit frustrated). Some kids took an early turn, so they finished before her and took the glory out of her win! One of those was Laney. So she probably ran about a 3/4 mile and took 2nd there - getting out leaned by a boy at the end! After regrouping, I ran back up to the in-laws via Sego Lily. Lots of comments and looks for the flag shorts. (Rocket 2 87.75)

Rocket 2 Miles: 14.00
Comments
From Superfly on Fri, Jul 04, 2014 at 10:32:18 from 64.255.82.18

Good job bra. Solid race with the big miles in the legs.

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Jul 04, 2014 at 12:44:14 from 192.168.1.1

Congratulations on the win and a solid time.

From JamesH on Fri, Jul 04, 2014 at 15:07:32 from 208.117.127.7

Thumbs up!

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