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Timp Trail Half Marathon - Half Time Trial

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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

Wed, Apr 25, 2012

Race: Timp Trail Half Marathon - Half Time Trial (13.44 Miles) 01:51:31, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
13.44	0.00	13.44

Met Wes at Timp park to run the Timp trail half marathon course. We loafed along for awhile having a good time. After we hit the gun range park lot I started to pick up the pace a bit to see how I felt over the next 2.5 mile climb. I did stop to wait for Wes a few times so I wouldn't get too far ahead, but was with the compression sleeves on my calves felt so much better and different than usual when running the trails today. I hit the climbs at a pretty decent pace and at some point realized that if I picked up the pace I could break 2 hours on the training run. I haven't pushed hard on this course since I raced it 2 years ago. I hit the downhill miles under 6:30 pace, hoping to not tear up my quads too bad and things were feeling pretty good. I am loving the lone peaks, and loving them more with the compression sleeves on. Just wish they were a little lighter. The last half mile down the gravel road into timp park was at a 5:19 pace. This was a good confidence boost run. Looking at the trail marathon times from last year I was at least 6 minutes faster on the first 6 miles, which are the ones we were loafing on this morning. Ended the run 3 minutes faster than my race from 2 years ago with only going "race paceish" the last half of the run. Was an incredible morning for a trail run.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jun on Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:00:14 from 205.158.160.209

Nice run today. Yeah, the Lone Peaks could use some weight which I think will happen with the next iteration. Just wait.

From BrandonD on Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 21:57:48 from 166.250.163.197

Sweet! I am doing this in a couple weeks. Hopefully it is as fun as yours. Awesome effort for loafing part of it.

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