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Location:

Preston,Id,USA

Member Since:

Mar 09, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:


2009 TOU Half Marathon 1:25:06

2010 St George Painter's Half Marathon 1:25:24

2011 Jan. St George [Painter's] Half Marathon different course 1:25:28

2011 Apr. Boston Marathon 3:03:24

2011 May Ogden 5K 18:18

2011 July 4th 15K Freedom Run 58:53

2011 July Deseret News 10K 37:12

2011 Oct St George Marathon 2:58:18

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 18 min. 5k

1:24  Half

 Sub 3 at St George in Oct.

Get injury free and stay that way

Set new PRs at all distances now that I'm 50

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

17:30 5K

2:50 marathon

Personal:

I was born in 1960

I started running in 2006

I am married with a 16 year old son [that lives with my wife and I] and a 30 year old step son and 25 year old step daughter

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Race: Deseret News 10K (6.21 Miles) 00:37:12, Place overall: 78, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.300.006.200.000.008.50

     We drove down to Salt Lake yesterday for a family get together. My brother and his family just got in from Austin. We spent the night at my parents house in Sandy. I got up at 4 am so I could be plenty early for the 6 am start. I arrived not quite an hour before and had no problem finding close parking and no lines at the POPs  15 to 20 min later there were huge lines at the POPs and traffic jams of cars looking for parking. It was already 75 degrees. I guess that's not too bad but being used to mornings in the low 50s, 65 would have been a lot nicer. I think there are usually over 2000 in the race and it draws some pretty good competition. It's considered the most competitive road race in Utah. I warmed up for a little over 2 miles and wondered how good of an idea that was after it just made me hot and sweaty waiting for the start. I was just dripping sweat standing in the stagnant air in the big crowd waiting to start. It felt good to get going and get some air moving. I had to start out pretty slow because of a lot of inexperienced looking runners that had lined up very close to the front and started very slow. Once I got through a bunch of them and could get moving I was able to take advantage of  some nice downhill [especially the first 2 miles] and finished mile 1 in 5:54. The downhill continued and mile 2 was 5:45. The 3rd mile starts out with some uphill the first half but a nice gradual downhill second half. 6:02 for mile 3. I found myself trying not to draft off of other runners because it felt so much better to have the breeze in my face. Mile 4 was 5:55. I was starting to feel pretty tired at this point and it was a real struggle not to lose motivation. Mile 5 was 6:05. The last .6 mile is all uphill and the 6th mile and the last .2 is the only net uphill section of the race. That last stretch seemed like it would never end but I was passing quite a few runners. Mile 6 was 6:19 and the last .21 [on Garmin] was 1:09 [5:26 pace]. Finish time was 37:12. Overall pace was 5:59. I was hoping to break into top 3 in my age group and I ended up 2nd. Last time I ran this race was 2 years ago and my time was 38:16 a PR by over a minute so I felt pretty good about the result.

Comments
From Steve on Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 17:45:49 from 209.235.31.148

Great race Dave. That course is fun!

From Kelli on Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 19:50:43 from 71.219.99.3

SWEET PR!!!!!! COngrats.

From Tom on Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 20:35:30 from 67.199.180.90

Super race Dave. You certainly seem to be right on track for the sub-3 at SGM.

From Scott Ensign on Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 01:36:59 from 67.40.119.98

awesome time, 2nd in age group, great job. sorry I had to miss it this year

From flatlander on Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 14:10:25 from 198.207.244.102

Congratulations, that is a very fine race.

From I Just Run on Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:47:44 from 67.79.11.242

Yes...I would say the results were great! Sounds like you were in control the whole race. Like your Blog title says "faster with age", you're sure proving it! Wish I could pick up the pace like you have...!

BTW...I live about 30 miles from Austin.

From Conner Mantz on Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:52:29 from 24.10.140.149

Great job with the PR!

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