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Location:

Springville,UT,United States

Member Since:

Jan 19, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

 

 

2:49:21 at 2009 St George Marathon

2:53 at 2009 Top of Utah Marathon

2:54 at St George Monsoon Marathon of 2008

2:58 at Top of Utah  in Logan

3:06 at Snickers Energy Bar Marathon in Albany, GA on March 1, 2008  PR by 23 minutes - Boston Qualified

3:01 at Utah Valley Marathon April 12, 2008 New PR by 5 minutes

3:10 at Ogden Marathon May 2008

3:24 at Deseret News Marathon July 2008

Short-Term Running Goals:

Finally Broke the 2:50 Barrier,  Now just to achieve the 2:45 goal.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run 50 Marathons before I turn 50 years old, keep times under 3 hours.  Dream of hitting 2:30-2:45 speed range.

Personal:

Happily married with 3 Boys (16, 13 & 7)

Update! New Arrival August 16, 2009

Boston -- Now 4 Boys!
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Sat, May 16, 2009
Race: Ogden Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:07:54, Place overall: 49, Place in age division: 8
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.0017.2026.20

I got carried away on the downhill start to the race and it carried me to about 10 when I started to weaken, by 13 my pace had slowed up the hill at 14 I maintained ok till the Dam and then I sped up for a couple of miles, I was fine until I hit the park out of the canyon when I started hurting.   I got a horrible side ache which brought me to walking a couple of times.   I have to figure out how to deal with a side-ache as I never have them in training.  I was at 2:40 with 3 to go and really fell apart including a 9:31 mile 26.   Overall,  I am very discouraged with this race.  I don't think it's a bad time I just have worked my butt off this spring and it didn't pay off today.  I do think that the Sun is always a difficult factor for me as I train so early in the morning.  I look forward to a 6am start at Utah Valley.

Weight: 169.00
Comments
From RivertonPaul on Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:24:31 from 67.42.27.114

We both need to work on our pacing. You are still so strong, we need to figure out how to hold back to finish strong.

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