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Utah Valley 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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Total Distance
45.20
Total Distance
8.00

Logan came and ran the first 4 with us. All easy. For scouts:

45 pushups in 1 minute, 1 pullup, 46 situps reached to my toes (however far that is)

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Total Distance
10.60

Every runner has dual personalities. (Some have more, but those are the exceptions). I'll call the two personalities Mr. Lazy and Mr. Athlete.

Mr. Lazy is (naturally) lazy. He hates pain. When things get hard, he gives up. Mr. Lazy is what makes you think sometimes, at the end of a marathon, when you've crashed and people are passing you, "I don't care, I just want to get this over with." 

Mr. Athlete is the polar opposite of Mr. Lazy. He loves to win. He loves to run fast. He looks on pain as the price of running fast. When you see people passing you, Mr. Athlete sees red. He screams at your legs to move faster.

Mr. Lazy and Mr. Athlete are constantly at war. When Mr. Athlete loses, he is invigorated. He is determined to win next time. When Mr. Lazy loses, he gives up. 

Last week, Mr Lazy won. I quit. This time, Mr. Athlete was determined to win. I ran 16:01. The last 1200 was misery. Mr. Lazy wanted to quit. But Mr. Athlete was stronger. I ended up out kicking my Dad by a second or so. Dave was out kicked by 4 or so seconds.

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Total Distance
4.00

tapering for the half

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Total Distance
4.00

easy

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4.00

easy

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Race: Utah Valley Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:15:21, Place overall: 12, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
14.60

Ouch. That's all I need to say :-)

I felt a little antsy for the first 4 or so miles. Then I felt pretty good for the next 3. I started feeling weird at mile 7. At 8, I was miserable. By the time I hit 10 miles (57:07, 10 mile PR (Also hit 10K PR for the first 10K of 35:20)) I was ready to stop. The next mile was uphill misery. I survived. The last two miles consisted of indescribable agony. My Dad mentioned a courageous push in the last mile. I didn't notice it. Pain had become the dominating factor in my mind.

    When I finished I couldn't believe it. Not only did I do better than I had expected, I was done. Somehow I had convinced myself that the half marathon would never end, that my ordeal was eternal torment. Thankfully it was only the longest hour and 15 minutes and 21 seconds of my life.

I can safely say that my half was the hardest thing I have ever done. It was also one of the most worthwhile things I've done.

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Total Distance
45.20
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