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St. George Half Marathon

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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
87.25
Landreth Blue Miles: 7.00Kinvara Miles: 8.00NB 101 Miles: 6.00Hyper Speed 2 Miles: 14.50Stratus Black Miles: 6.00Ronin Miles: 7.00Oregon Miles: 5.00Kinvara3 Miles: 4.00Boston Miles: 7.00Barefoot '14 Miles: 1.00F50 Miles: 8.25Rocket 2 Miles: 13.50
Total Distance
15.00

AM - 7 Target.  Didn't feel too bad this morning.  Felt a little chilly out even thought the temps didn't say so.  (Landreth blue 1050.9)

afternoon - 8 2xharts. Ran the workout with some of the new varsity boys today. Did 3x1600 at 5:40. Just such a nice cruise along pace. For the most part the team did well - some ups and downs. Finished off with an 800 with the youngster girls - very strong crew coming along there (especially when we get all them out. Weights. Jeep passed inspection today... Always a sign of good things to come! (Kinvara 930.9)

Landreth Blue Miles: 7.00Kinvara Miles: 8.00
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Total Distance
20.50

AM - 14.5 tempo. Usual tempo run this morning. Never really felt good at all this morning. Stomach bugged, legs were tired, etc... Went 5:44, :45, :33, :39, :38, :33, :32, :30. So I tried to take the positive that for really feeling junk the times were okay. Just need to freshen up a bit I think. It's been a lot of miles and harder workouts lately. I wouldnt mind putting some money on Clyde running very well this weekend. (Hyper Speed 2 407)

afternoon - 6 Mustang Pass. Trail Tuesday gave an easy run up into Mustang pass area. Got home and ran another mile with Pyper. (NB101 668.75)

NB 101 Miles: 6.00Hyper Speed 2 Miles: 14.50
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Total Distance
13.00

AM - 6 GS.  Another morning another run.  Just a nice little jaunt up into Green Springs and back.  (Stratus black 1033.95)

afternoon - 7 PV Tempo. Ran the tempo with the girls at around 6:45 pace. They did a good job and are on their way to figuring these types of workouts out. It was fun to run with them and have them actually talk. Weights after. (Ronin 258)

Stratus Black Miles: 6.00Ronin Miles: 7.00
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Total Distance
9.00

AM - 4 AC.  Slept in a bit today and hit a mile before practice, then AC.  I've got a cold settled into my chest (cough) and am doing whatever I can to get rid of it.  (Kinvara3 559.5)

afternoon - 5 Old Mans. Team ran Old man hills but I just ran them easy and encouraged the kids. (Oregon 737)

Oregon Miles: 5.00Kinvara3 Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
8.00

afternoon - 8 Sandberg's. Ran around 3 miles on the track with a couple fartleks to get the legs moving. Then around the dirt at Sandberg's for practice (still looking for a donor to buy that land and make it a park before it gets developed - would be the greatest running/XC AC park ever). Finished up with 8xbarefoot striders and felt pretty good. Then a mile with Pyper. Have slept a little more the last couple days and tried to freshen up and heal up for tomorrow - we'll see. (Boston 1049.25)(Barefoot '14 8)

Boston Miles: 7.00Barefoot '14 Miles: 1.00
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Race: St. George Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:11:30, Place overall: 7
Total Distance
21.75

St. George Half. 1:11:30

morning - 21.75. Not going to label this a great race, or even a good one, but I won't beat myself up about it. I never had my head in it (a constant mental battle for me) and my body wasn't in it either. Warmed up just under 6 with Clyde and pretty much all rest of the good guys. I was just hoping my cough wouldn't act up, and I had really been trying to convince myself that it was only a cough and not in the rest of the body. I'll put today's split and commentary and then last year's and the total time difference for my own analysis. 1-5:13, pretty much always feel fine at first, and I did. No big deal. (5:17, -4). 2-5:24, just kind of let it relax a little and Clyde and I ran pretty tight together. (5:18, +2). 3-5:17, so I've managed to go out just a little slower than last year hoping to have a little stronger legs on the hills. (5:10, +9). 4-5:17, I've led our chase pack for the last two (although we weren't chasing Bryant, just letting him do his thing) and now Ben caught back up after a shoelace issue and Mike went with him. (5:15, +11). 5-5:22, I grabbed my drink that I had stashed on a wall at the beginning of this mile, but could barely get a couple gulps down. I had hoped that taking something around here would help me in the final miles, but it is just so tough to get something and hold it down in a half. Clyde passed me in here and I wanted to go with him. I knew I needed to be stronger on the hills, but my mind was struggling. (5:26, +7). 6-5:38, kept with Clyde for the most part on this mile and it was a little quicker than last year, so I tried to use that little victory. (5:42, +3). 7-5:36, again a touch better than last year, but Clyde regapped me and I should have gone with him. (5:42, -3). 8-5:13, knew I needed to push down the hill better than last year, and I did, but did Steve S. He must have had a killer split here. Note to self... The first part of this mile finishes up the hill for just a little, but that is why it isn't as fast as you want. (5:21, -11). 9-5:25, so I am just a little up on last year and in good position to go under 1:11, but getting back on the trail I was suddenly dead. I guess I would say that the cold just caught up to me here. The legs were dead and I just tried to keep pushing hoping I could make it through it. (5:15, -1). 10-5:33, just tired, really tired. (5:27, +4). 11-5:43, made it up to the bridge and the gaps between Ben to Steve to Mike to Clyde to me really hadn't grown that much, but I was hanging on by a thread as obvious by the slowing times. I had notice Matt gaining. But I really didn't care, I just wanted to be done. (5:38, +9). 12-5:37, knowing that I hadn't finished great last year, I thought I might still have a chance at sub 1:11, but my legs were really gone and mentally I knew it was over as well. (5:34, +12). 13-5:39, Matt got me on the final mile and I felt as flat as I ever remember. Just so tired and mentally hazy. (5:28, +23), 13.1- 5:57 pace, probably a little quicker since I stopped the watch late as I trotted across the line. My arms were so sore; that drained and painful feeling from being sick. Then my legs started feeling it big time. Then my cough went crazy and I haven't stopped. Cooled with Clyde for three and now plan on sleeping for the rest of the day...I am so tired. Wish I would have been feeling stronger 'cause I think I ran a little smarter this year and was ready to break 1:11, which would have made me pretty happy. A lot of good running today by everyone, though. That was one cool thing, having that big race atmosphere with all the good racers, just too bad I couldn't be in the mix the last 4-5. (F50 618)(Rocket 2 73.75)

Obviously with the cold/cough and the race not being the best, the week was just kind of blah.

Goals for next week: biggest thing is to get feeling better. I can't let this hang out in my lungs forever and get into something big.

F50 Miles: 8.25Rocket 2 Miles: 13.50
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Total Distance
87.25
Landreth Blue Miles: 7.00Kinvara Miles: 8.00NB 101 Miles: 6.00Hyper Speed 2 Miles: 14.50Stratus Black Miles: 6.00Ronin Miles: 7.00Oregon Miles: 5.00Kinvara3 Miles: 4.00Boston Miles: 7.00Barefoot '14 Miles: 1.00F50 Miles: 8.25Rocket 2 Miles: 13.50
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