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Salt Lake Track Club 10k

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Location:

SLC,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Jul 31, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

It was an evening in November 2005 that I'll never forget...I was nearing the end of a long term relationship when I needed to unleash some pent-up anger.  I was driving past a baseball park near my house, when something told me to park my car, and just RUN!!  It wasn't long before I moved on with my life and continued running for new reasons.  I now run because I am truly obsessed!  It is a way of life, and I feel incomplete without my weekly runs.  I have completed 28 half marathons, 78 marathons, 7 ultramarathons, and a few other distance runs.

Pr's:

5k:  18:37 Willow Canyon Fun Run  2010

10k:   39:26 Salt Lake Track Club Winter Series 2012

10 Miles:  1:02:15 Emigration 10 Miler 2014

Half Marathon:  1:22:01 Provo Canyon Half  2011

Marathon:  2:56:52  2017 Utah Valley Marathon

50 Miles:  9:22:03 Antelope Island Buffalo Run 2011

100 Miles: 30:40:28 Wasatch 100 2013

Short-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for Boston

Run 100 mile ultramarathon

Sub 3 hour marathon

Beat my old pr's

Long-Term Running Goals:

A marathon in each state, a few ultramarathons....

Personal:

I have a wonderful wife, Melissa, who does not understand why I would want to punish my body with running marathons, but she is very supportive.  She patiently awaits my arrival at the finish line of most of them.  I slipped on a shirt at the last mile of the Ogden Marathon in 2008, that asked: "Melissa, will you Marry Me?"  It was a wonderful moment!

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Race: Salt Lake Track Club 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:39:26, Place overall: 12, Place in age division: 3

The majority of races I have entered have been half marathon distance or longer.  On a normal running day, it takes me 3-4 miles before I begin to feel warmed up and in a good rhythm.  I am definitely not a sprinter!  I figured this would be a good opportunity to challenge myself to a race distance that I'm lacking experience in.  I set out with a goal to finish under 40 minutes, as I have been doing a 9 mile loop from my house with some of the pacing coming in under 6:30/mile.

The first 5k was aided by a tailwind, but the second 5k had a not so pleasant headwind.  The course is an out and back on a fairly flat frontage road, with no more than 100ft. of overall elevation deviation.  I was delighted to see the finish and managed to meet my time goal, while becoming better acquainted with the 10k distance.

 

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