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Utah Valley 2012 10k

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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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Race: Utah Valley 2012 10k (6.25 Miles) 00:38:42, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
7.00

  Woke up at six A.M, got changed and ran about 0.8 to the start of the Utah Valley 2012 10k. I stayed with the leader until just before mile one, then my (treacherous) shoe fell off and I lost about ten seconds putting it back on. By that time the leader was out of reach.

  I forgot to bring a watch, and with no visible targets, challengers or any indication of the pace other than pain, I lapsed into the 6:10-6:20 pace range. I still had plenty of juice for a kick in the last 300, which suggests I could have gone faster.

   Total time was 38:42, about a minute slower than hoped for, but still a respectable time. Overall place was second. (Snicker. The only reason I placed so high with a 38:42, was because almost everyone really fast,  all the "big guns", were competing in the half and full marathon. )


  

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 13:29:16 from 24.10.249.165

Great race Benjamin!

From allie on Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 14:01:22 from 97.126.209.117

great job out there today. sorry about the shoe trouble.

From Tom on Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 16:28:32 from 67.199.179.59

Great job Ben!

From JulieC on Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 19:38:27 from 67.41.188.77

super cool even with the shoe incident!! I think running without a watch is best!! keep up THAT habit!!

From jtshad on Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 05:59:24 from 69.20.183.178

Great job!

From Superfly on Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 09:59:40 from 74.211.21.81

Great race! Good job and keep it up.

From Tara on Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 10:03:42 from 199.190.170.24

Love these kind of races, nice work!

From Jake K on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 09:32:44 from 155.100.226.54

Very nice run Benjamin! It won't be long until you are one of the "big guns" tearing up the roads in the longer races! :-)

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