Rich's Running Blog

St George Marathon

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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, Oct 04, 2008

Race: St George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:54:29, Place overall: 54, Place in age division: 9

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	21.20	26.20

I am very excited about this marathon finish and to set another PR. One of my main goals was to finish under 2 hours in my last 2 marathons of the Grand Slam (done). I really did have to slow down a lot on the hills resulting in 5 miles 7 plus minute miles. I was happy though that I was able to have a negative split time by 2 minutes. I just wish I could have pushed a little harder in the 1st half. The weather was a challenge and I didn't know how it would be. I wore a garbage bag for the 1st 8 miles and then took it off and finally ditched my hat and gloves at mile 18. Overall what a great year of running though, it will be fun to go into a different age division next time I race and see how I compare.

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Comments

From Tom on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 10:06:25

Congrats Rich on an awesome time in very slow conditions. You have been running so well as of late and you are going to do very very well in the Masters AD. Too bad for me I'm in the same AD and have to compete with guys like you!

From RivertonPaul on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 11:46:21

Stud. I have enjoyed getting to know you. You really did well, and we can now say (using Tom's terms) we ran the St. George Monsoon Marathon of 2008. Keep running along!

From Richard on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 14:50:03

Thanks, it went pretty well, the weather certainly wasn't ideal but much better than extreme heat for me.

From Andy on Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 23:23:18

Great way to wrap up an outstanding year of running. Glad to see you move into another age division. I always seem to be a couple of minutes behind you.

From mattk on Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 13:03:17

Wow! Great race! Awesome progression this year!

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