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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,

Member Since:

May 22, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 16:40 (2014 SLCTC Winter Series)

Half - 1:15:26 (2014 Canyonlands)

Full - 2:34:17 (2014 Boston)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay in shape

Personal:

Married with sons ages 8 and 4

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Merrell Road Glove Lifetime Miles: 92.47
Brooks Defyance 3 Lifetime Miles: 670.34
New Balance MR 1400 (2) Lifetime Miles: 469.02
Brooks Cascadia 7 Lifetime Miles: 552.10
Saucony Fastwitch 6 (Orange 10.5) Lifetime Miles: 238.47
Saucony Ride 5 Lifetime Miles: 270.14
UA Cold Gear Rubber Lifetime Miles: 398.72
Kinvara 5 Test Lifetime Miles: 537.10
Asics Hyper Speed 6 Lifetime Miles: 128.90
Kinvara 5 (May 2014) Lifetime Miles: 464.01
Altra Loan Peak 1.5 (free) Lifetime Miles: 109.83
New Balance RC 1400 Lifetime Miles: 414.63
Brooks PureFlow 4 (June 15) Lifetime Miles: 380.33
PT Lifetime Miles: 14.00
Brooks Launch 7 (9-15) Lifetime Miles: 234.59
Treadmill 2016 Lifetime Miles: 38.39
Brooks Cascadia May 2015 Lifetime Miles: 120.74
Treadmill 2017 Lifetime Miles: 3.10
Race: SLCTC Winter Series 15k (9.321 Miles) 01:00:54, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.009.320.000.0012.32

A memorable experience.

I was driving west on I80 at about 9:00 and all was clear but the western horizon was black. Then a flock of more than 100 seagulls flew east fleeing the storm and several more flocks followed. The wind picked up and the storm hit right after I arrived at Saltair. I warmed up 3 miles on the course and my face was frozen with the wind blowing from the west. Luckily I had a ski mask to cover my mouth and nose in my bag for the race.

There were fewer runners this time and the snow was more than an inch deep when we lined up. I decided to throw out any targets and just finish the race. Splits were 6:14, 6:18, 6:24, 6:20, 6:27, 6:47, 6:50, 6:45, 6:38 and about 2:01 for the last .321. I am not sure about the finish because I didn't have the wherewithall to stop my watch so I will have to update after I see the official stats. At the turnaround, the wind picked up considerably and the second half was miserable. I am happy to have done the race and the 6:31 pace is my target marathon pace so I can consider this a good marathon pace run.

I also feel fresh so my 17 miler tomorrow should be ok. I met Fritz and Adam from the blog. Fritz had to tell me that my Altras were the newer version. I think the girl at SLRunningCo in Foothill Village told me they weren't the newer version but obviously neither of us knew what was going on. I learned after the race that I ran a faster mile 7 than Fritz (6:50 to 6:52) so I am excited to have outpaced him for likely the only mile ever. Adam was also very nice.

No cool down as I was a popsicle at the end with a drenched shirt and a numb torso.

Saucony Kinvara 3 2E 9.5 (Nov '12) Miles: 9.32Altra Instinct 1.5 Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 13:06:50 from 24.10.249.165

I totally wimped out today. Went out there, did a little jog, decided to hit the treadmill at the gym.

My hat is off to you. That's a great time considering those conditions.

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 13:25:15 from 67.177.11.154

I'm usually not one to hand out huge congrats for simply finishing a race, but HOLY MOLY those conditions were rough. I went home! :-)

Honestly, being able to run your target marathon pace for 15K in that weather is really, really good. You did a nice job today.

From Josh E on Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 14:04:19 from 65.130.201.198

Thanks Rob and Jake. I wanted to scream out on the way back saying "Why the f*** am I doing this!" but resisted the urge. Hopefully all of this racing will tell me whether I can set a more aggressive marathon time.

I am still trying to figure everything out. Like how to have those short efficient strides like Adam.

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