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Provo River Half

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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: Provo River Half (13.1 Miles) 01:22:00, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 1

I had a lot of fun and managed to achieve a new half pr!  It helped having Mary Ann, Terry & Jeff to pace with throughout the race.  We traded places a few times, so it was anyone's race near the end.  I feel like I'm getting a better rhythm and my training runs have been more productive lately.  I used today as a speed work/semi-distance run in preparing for Park City next weekend.  My splits were:

Split Split

Hour:Minute:Second Time

Miles Distance

Minutes per Mile Avg Pace

Summary

01:21:58

13.13

06:14

1

6:07

1.01

6:03

2

5:51

0.98

5:58

3

6:02

1.01

5:57

4

6:11

1.02

6:05

5

6:11

0.97

6:25

6

6:18

1.02

6:09

7

6:49

0.98

6:55

8

6:42

1.00

6:44

9

7:04

1.12

6:17

10

5:43

0.95

6:03

11

5:48

0.94

6:09

12

6:27

1.03

6:17

13

6:40

1.11

6:00

Comments
From allie on Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 01:38:49 from 24.10.191.18

awesome race. that is a great time! best of luck to you at park city next weekend.

From Seth on Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 11:13:22 from 67.177.36.242

Great job on the PR and good luck next weekend.

From TBean on Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 19:01:58 from 75.169.133.1

Great race. I should have challenged you near the end but I must be getting to old because I convinced myself that you were younger than me so it didn't matter if you beat me and if I did try you'd just kick in to another gear. Good luck next week.

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