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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.

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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

Sat, Aug 26, 2006

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
0.40	0.00	13.10	0.00	0.00	13.50

Today was the Hobble Creek 1/2 marathon. I don't know official results yet, but according to my watch my time was 1:32:40. I'm very satisfied with that time, especially since I wasn't sure if I would be able to run at all because of my calf strain injury. I wore the calf sleeve and my calf didn't bother me during the race. It was a little tight after the race, but feels pretty good.

I felt really good the first half of the race. I started feeling tired about halfway. I stopped to relieve my bladder and took an eGel and felt quite a bit better. I probably went out a little too fast, but I feel pretty good about the way I held on the 2nd half even though at times I felt very tired. I would just focus on my form and try to shorten my stride slightly and increase my turnover rate.

Here are my splits (I missed a few):

Miles 1-2: 13:24 (6:42/mi avg.)

Mile 3: 6:29

Mile 4: 6:08

Mile 5: 7:09

Mile 6: 6:44

Halfway: 44:34 (6:48/mi avg)

Mile 7-8: 13:56 (6:58/mi avg)

Mile 9-10: 15:00 (7:30/mi avg)

Mile 11-12: 14:44 (7:22/mi avg)

to 12.1: 0:58

Last mile: 7:21

1st half: 44:34 (6:48/mi avg)

2nd half: 48:06 (7:21/mi avg)

Overall: 1:32:40 (7:04/mi avg)

According to Sasha's Utah Race Time Predictor I should be able to run about a 3:30 at Top of Utah, or 3:24 at St. George.

I was hoping for a little faster, but that still puts me ahead of last year.

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 20:59:29

Good work. Is that your old man's PR?

From Paul Thomas on Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 22:45:34

No. I had a great race in 2004 and ran the Hobble Creek half in around 1:29 or 1:30 I think (top 100 medal). This is based on my memory. I don't have a record of my time and couldn't find the 2004 results online. I wish I would have been using this blog back then. :-) I actually think I'm in better shape this year. I think straining my calf muscle Tuesday morning hampered me a little both physically and mentally. I didn't push the race as hard as I was originally planning to.

From dustin on Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 16:52:02

Nice job at Hobble Creek, I really enjoyed the race, especially the first half coming down the canyon. Hope your training continues to go well for St. George, it is still hot down here, just got back from a seven miler!

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