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Hobble Creek Half 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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Race: Hobble Creek Half Marathon (12.87 Miles) 01:15:31, Place overall: 12, Place in age division: 1
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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Ran the Hobble creek half marathon today.  After last weeks tempo run of provo river half I knew I could still put up a decent time even with all the hip issues I have had recently, if I could get the sacrum back where it is supposed to go beforehand so the muscles wouldn't all lock up during the race.  If I can get this thing figured out, eventually, I will be a much happier runner.  

Caught a ride with Scott Keate, Matt Poulsen and his wife Elaina, to the buses.  Scott and I caught a bus and did a warm up from where the buses dropped us of up to the start.  I could tell the hip would probably hold up during the race, but not sure after.  We did another mile or so warm up, and hung out with a bunch of friends at the start.  It was great to see a lot of my early morning running friends all gathered for one race.  I saw David Taylor whom I have beat in a couple of races this past year, Nebo and Timp Trail half, and knew he would probably be my biggest competition for winning masters, either him or Curtis Eppley.  With my lack of base I was pretty sure I wouldn't have the stamina towards the end of the race, but nothing like running the race to find out.  The race actually started on time, which was really nice, and we took off down the canyon.

  David took off to a screaming start the first mile, I think he said it was like a 4:55 mile, with Scott on his heels.  My first mile was a 5:19 and felt pretty good.  I had bought some new Kinvara 3's the night before that I was wearing, hoping to find a replacement shoe before the end of the year and my launches are discontinued. They performed great through the downhill and the race.  My heart rate through the race never got too crazy, but I also didn't feel like I could push it any faster either.  I usually gu before the race and  halfway through a half marathon but elected not to take one half way through this time and see what happens.  I think I would rather have taken one so the last couple of miles may have felt a bit better.  

I kept David in sight most of the race, though probably at least a minute behind him.  Matt passed me at mile 7, Toni passed me a couple of times, he had to stop to retie his shoe after his chip started falling off.  Brandon blew by me around 11 or so.  I got chicked with .5 to go, but just had nothing left in the tank to do anything about it.  I ran a few miles with Curtis who caught up to me during the middle miles.  After pushing through the hilly trail miles he had to slow down for a little recovery and never caught back up.  We had reeled David in a little bit here and there, but eventually we had nothing left to catch him.  It was fun to see our early morning running group take 5 of the top 12 spots.  

The hip really tightened up the last mile or so as the energy waned, and after I crossed the line I was in full limp mode with the tight psoas, or maybe illiacus. I eventually got it stretched out so I could walk normally again.  Will be fun to see how things go if I can get the body to hold up for longer periods of time.  Since David won masters I got the 40-44 age group award.  

 1 5:19 157 avg. HR

2 5:30 168

3 5:39 167

4 5:38 168

5 5:40 170

6 5:42 172

7 6:00 173

8 5:50 173

9 6:06 174

 10 6:06 175

11 6:14 175

12 6:10 175

.87 5:32 176 

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kendall on Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 22:20:22 from 208.54.4.253

Nice race Dan. Well done! Congrats on the AD award and 2nd place Master's.

From Chad Robinson on Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 22:30:48 from 75.162.250.201

Nice job Dan! It sounds like Hobble Creek was a blast. You definitely have a lot of potential if you can get your body to turn around.

From JPark on Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 13:24:57 from 174.52.34.169

Solid race Dan. I'm impressed with how you're able to stick with it and stay focused so well despite being injured. I hope Rawlin is able to get you all straighter-out soon so you can go knock STG out of the park. Great talking with you at the race.

From Jake K on Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 22:45:08 from 97.126.131.66

Nice job Dan. I agree.. If your body will just cooperate for a little while, you're going to have a huge breakthrough.

From Brandon on Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 06:49:27 from 67.214.231.170

You ran an awesome race considering. The only good part about your injuries is that I can keep up with you. I'm looking forward to staring at the back of your shirt from a distance after you're all healed up. Thanks for pushing me!

From Andrea on Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:04:47 from 72.37.171.52

Well despite all the injury issues, you are still in great shape. I can't wait to see you healthy again!

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:06:35 from 66.232.64.4

Nice race Dan. Yeah, get healthy and you are going to do amazing things.

From Dan Varga on Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 17:14:55 from 65.44.116.4

Thanks everyone! I hope that one day the pains will all be gone and I can actually train properly again. Hobble was a great time. Justin, 24 hours after another visit, the hip flextor seems to be doing much better, but the issue has migrated onto the outside of the hip. If it isn't one thing, it is a few others. I wouldn't wish these non-stop muscle pains on anyone.

From scottkeate on Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 04:49:33 from 71.199.4.146

Great race my friend! I know as well as anybody how hard you've worked to get through these injuries. Can't wait to see what a healthy Dan can do on some of these courses.

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