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St George Half

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Location:

Ogden,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jul 22, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

800: 1:52.23 (Track @ University of Utah)

1500: 3:44.52 (Track @ University of Stanford)

Mile: 4:03.01 @ Sea Level 4:04.67 in SLC

Steeplechase: 8:38.03 @ NCAA Championships (All-American)

8k: 23:57 Big Sky Conference Cross-Country in Portland

10k: 30:40 Regional Cross-Country in Ft Collins

1/2 Marathon: 1:09:34 Snow Canyon Half

Marathon: 2:36:40 Ogden Marathon 2014

Short-Term Running Goals:

Well I'm back. No real goals for the rest of 2016

sub 2:30 Marathon in 2017

Half Marathon PR in 2017

Long-Term Running Goals:

PR in all distances 5k and up. Run both road and trail races. Slowly build up my mileage (SLOWLY!!!!!!!) back up to 90-100 miles a week when my body is ready. Cut my weight back to 155 lbs (currently 165 lbs)

Personal:

Grew up in Colorado. Married to former Weber State runner Kayla Blackford and have a son Perrin born June 2016. Family of 2 cats and a dog in our quaint home on the Ogden Bench. Disc golf enthusist. Love camping and back packing. Snowshoeing in the winter. Love a good local beer after a long run

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Sat, Jan 18, 2014

Race: St George Half (10 Miles) 00:56:21

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.50	10.00	0.00	0.00	15.50

Met ben a the start for a warm up. Warmed up with Dave Holt and Clyde. Before the sun came up I was feeling ok just a bit cold. When the race started I tried to settle into about 5:30ish pace. Mile 1 was fine in 5:28 then miles 2-5 I hit 5:33 on every single mile felt ok just weezing a bit. Miles 6-7 were uphill and this is where my cold started wearing me down. Just felt weak. I was 5:50 and 5:51 on these two miles, but on mile 8 I was able to roll again in 5:27 so I got some confidence back. Had another 5:33 on mile 9, but on mile 10 something from my sinus dislodged (gross I know) and I had to step off the course because I was hacking trying to get this chunk up. Ran a total time of 6:02 on this mile with two coughing stops. I couldn't stop coughing on mile 11 and decided to step off the course and not do any more damage to my lungs. I coughed hard for another hour and a half after I stopped but I feel like it was the right decision. The run up to this race was rather discouraging between the injury and the cold, but the beautiful thing is there is another to train for and well my calf is healthy and my cold is on the downswing. Let's rock and roll, Pheonix Marathon I will see you in six weeks!

Skechers GoMeb Speed 2 Miles: 15.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Trevor Baker on Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 13:32:13 from 65.130.168.6

good plan just to tempo and not all out race this one. You're up for sub 230 easily in Phoenix! Keep it up.

From Jake K on Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 14:59:50 from 199.190.170.28

No glory in digging yourself in a big hole. Stay at it.

From Dave Olson on Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 09:17:19 from 66.87.113.119

Thanks for the encouragement guys. Feeling better this week already.

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