Journey from 238.5 lbs to 2:38:30

Salt Lake City Marathon

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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 26, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Mt. Nebo Half 2011 - 1st Overall 1:10:17

St. George Marathon 2011 - 38th overall - 2:47:25

Speedy Spaniard 10k 2011 - 6th Overall - 35:55 6.1

Hale Freezes Over 10k 2011 - 3rd Overall - 35:56 5.97

St. George Marathon 2010 2:56:35

Hobble Creek Half 2010 4th in age 1:21:19

Highway to Hale 2010 3rd overall 37:25

5k in Lindon 2010 17:16

Utah Valley Marathon 2010, 3:01:26

Lehi 5k, 18:24

Timpanogos Half Marathon, 2010 1:54:29

Speedy Spaniard 10k (2009) 40:15

Hale Freezes Over 10k (2010) 40:16

Freedom 10k (2009) 41:34

Provo River Half (2009) 1:30:59

Symantec (Lindon) 5k (2009) 19:16

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 17: 5k, sub 36 10k, sub 1:15 half, sub 2:40 full

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a lot, stay healthy

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Brooks Cascadia Lifetime Miles:						114.00
Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles:						761.94
Five Fingers KSO Lifetime Miles:						14.00
Asics Nimbus 10 (13) Lifetime Miles:						496.00
Brooks Launch 2 Lifetime Miles:						33.00

Sat, Apr 21, 2012

Race: Salt Lake City Marathon (26.3 Miles) 03:14:51

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
28.00	0.00	28.00

Paced the marathon today at a 3:15 time. I had a nice group with me for the first 14-15 miles. Then it was just Dan and I for the most part until mile 25. He fell behind on the uphill on State Street. I had given myself an extra tenth, plus 30 seconds on time on my virtual partner as well as being about .15 ahead of that when I hit the finish chute. I was about a minute ahead of schedule so I did some slow motion running and when I got to the mat I stopped and waited to see if Dan would make it under 3:15 which was his goal time. He hit the chute in plenty of time and made it across with about 10 seconds to spare, then I crossed after him. Pacing was a blast and it was great to have company for almost the entire race. The knee went through periods of tightening and then feeling ok. The fact that I never had to push the pace really helped to minimize any further inflamation to the knee. It was great to hang out and chat with Fritz, Seth, Andrea and everyone else who had a great race today.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jun on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 13:47:58 from 174.23.185.94

Nice. That's a very successful pacing duty. Glad everything held up.

From Andrea on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 17:59:45 from 67.182.215.126

Nice work on the pacing! Glad that Dan made it in at his perfect time too. Good to talk to you after the race - hopefully we'll plan some long runs in the next few weeks and I'll use it as my workout to keep up :)

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