Every Race is an Adventure!

May 12, 2024

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 03, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

HS/COLLEGE:
mile: 4:56, 2 mile: 10:21 (1978)
marathon: 2:52 (St. George 1982)
OLD MAN (20+ years later):
5K: 19:53 (Nestle/Art City Days 5K 2007)
10K: 39:55 (Spectrum 10K 2008)
half marathon: 1:26 (Hobble Creek 2008)
marathon: 3:07 (St. George 2007)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back to a BQ marathon time (currently 3:40).

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun running, keep fit, and fight middle age spread. Run consistently and injury free. Maintain a healthy balance between running and other life priorities. Encourage my ever-aging running buddies to keep running so we can continue to share runs on the trail instead of rocking chairs.

Personal:

Blessed to be married to Karen for 30 years. We have six children (4 daughters/2 sons) ages 16 to 30, and one wonderful granddaughter.

Favorite Blogs:

Click to donate

to Ukraine's Armed Forces

Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Altra Instinct 1.5 Lifetime Miles:						83.50
Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Lifetime Miles:						21.80
Saucony Guide 7 Blue 2 Lifetime Miles:						376.95
Saucony Fastwitch 6 Lifetime Miles:						200.05
Saucony Guide 7 Black 1 Lifetime Miles:						271.15

Tue, Aug 05, 2008

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
3.40	0.70	0.00	0.00	2.00	6.10

I ran the Tuesday 2000 N route with Larry and Wayne this morning. I pushed pretty hard up the 2nd half of the uphill. On the downhill, with an eye towards the Provo River Half this Saturday, I decided to run what felt like 1/2 marathon effort. It ended up being 5:56/mi pace for the 3/4 of a mile. The rest of the run was just at an easy pace, except for a brief sprint when I raced Hal Henderson in his truck as he passed us. I need to be more prudent about those sudden sprints. Shortly after racing Hal I felt a little cramping in my right thigh and my calf felt pretty tight. I certainly don't want an injury from being foolish.

Comments

From Tom on Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 10:51:50

So Paul are you going to run Provo River 1/2 at 5:56 pace?

Hey be careful chasing down trucks, especially when Hal H is driving :)

From Paul T on Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 12:32:10

No, I'm not going to run the Provo River 1/2 at 5:56 pace. This was just training today, I figure come race day I'll be able to run a 5:30-5:40 pace...as long as I can get Hal to drive his truck just in front of me for motivation. :)

Seriously, I'll leave the sub-6:00 pace to you on Saturday. Not knowing the exact course, my rough plan is to try to run paces similar to what I did at Hobble Creek last year, basically 6:20/mi on good downhill sections and relatively faster/slower on steeper/flatter sections early in the race, and then just try to hang on. I'd like to break 1:30 (6:52/mi), but it remains to be seen if that's in the cards. Another race, another adventure!

Add Your Comment.

Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.

Debt Reduction Calculator

Featured Announcements

Most Recent Entries:

New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):

Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):