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Haunted Half Marathon

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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

Mar 01, 2004

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

World Class

Running Accomplishments:

PRs 14:47 5 K (Portland Twilight), 1:06:33 (Utah Valley Half Marathon (aided)).

As a 14 year old in 2013: 4:31.58 1500. 9:35:32 3000m (Utah Youth boys state record). 17:01 5K (Draper Days). 1:15:21 half (Utah Valley (aided)).

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get the marathon under 2:20.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Make it to the Olympics in the marathon. Keep training throughout my life.

Personal:

 I have five brothers and five sisters,
all younger. I'm currently a PhD Student in the CSEM (computational science) program at UT Austin. Married, no kids (yet). I've been dealing with some issues in running the last few years, and am trying to get back into top shape.  

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Did 2x3 miles down the canyon in 14:48 and 14:42, (my father and Chad were rabbits with a 2:45 head start). Total of 16 miles.

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Today did 10x 1K, alternating two up and two down.

  Started out with 2:57, 2:57, then had 3:12, 3:16 (up). Then down was 3:01, 3:01, and up was 3:07, 3:12. Going down was just barely under 3 - 2:59, 2:59. Averaged around 3:06 per interval.

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Today did a 6 mile tempo in 29:44 - 15:52 and 15:52. Caught the rabbits (my dad and Chad). This is my first time going sub-5 for 6 miles.

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Today did 10x1K with 200 meter recovery. I went down the canyon, but the wind decided to play tricks on me and blow stubbornly uphill. Still, I was able to reach the target pace. The first interval was a little slow - 3:03. Then I overcompensated with a 2:54. The next interval was more conservative - 2:57. Then I hit the hills around Nunn's Park and had 3:02. The next two intervals made up lost ground - around 2:58. Then I hit another hill and had a 3:02. The next interval was a high 2:57, and the last two were in 2:59 and another 2:57.

  On average had about 2:58 - happy with this result as it was into a significant headwind.

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Today we had another family 5K. For whatever reason I wasn't able to crack 4:54 pace, and ended up with 15:17. We had some records - Jacob, Stephen, and Matthew all got PR's. Matthew is only 20 seconds or so behind Stephen, despite the age gap. 

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Due to wildfires the trail was closed, so I've been running on Murdock this week.

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Today did a 5K workout down the canyon (a lighter workout due to the upcoming Haunted Half). Ended up with 15:13 - an improvement over two weeks ago. Most of the parks were still closed, but Vivian Park was open. We were able to sneak through all the way down the trail.

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Race: Haunted Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:07:08, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
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 First real race in 8 months, and first longish race since the Monumental Marathon in November. My workouts before the race were showing I was in better shape, but I wasn't sure what kind of endurance I'd have. Those fears ended up being unfounded.

I went through the first 4 miles in 20:01 (4:53, 5:10, 4:59, 4:59). The next two were in 10:09 (I saw 5:02, 5:07, but think that Mile 5 might have been short). Then came the uphill of the course - we went up the old highway by Nunn's park for about 180 meters, plus the hills around Nunn's park. Mile 7 was long, so I didn't get an accurate time, but the next two miles were in 10:43, putting me at 40:53 for 8 miles.

 The next miles were close to 5:00 flat - I had 5:01, 5:02. At 10 miles I saw 50:56. Up until this point I was in first place. However, little to my knowledge, a wild beast had been chasing me since Mile 5. Jake Heslington, who until recently ran for BYU, was in the race. He told me that aournd 5 miles he picked it up to 4:40-4:50. The result was that at 10 miles I got passed like I was standing still - while going 5:00 pace. It was a unique experience.

On the one hand, I was having an awesome race, going much faster than I'd ever done before. On the other - I just got passed as if 5:00 pace were a jog. Jake ended up with 1:06:36, putting 32 seconds on me over the last 5K. My next mile was 5:06, then 5:15, and 6:01 from Mile 12 to the finish. My total time was 1:07:08, 2nd place overall.

I'm definitely happy with a PR of over a minute, and guess the lesson I learned is that there is always someone out there to humble you ;-). It was good to race again - I really had missed it.

The hardest part of the race came after the finish - I ended up having to run from the finish area in the Riverwoods to my house, which is about a mile away. The adrenaline from the race was gone - but the soreness remained.

  

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