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Snowman Half

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Location:

Mapleton,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 22, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

1:08:17 Drop 13 Half 2015

2:41:14 St George Marathon 2012

17:28 5k Rex Lee 2015 (but sub 16 inside some of my halves, downhill doesn't count)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2013 Races

2014 Races

2015 Races!

1/3 Snowman Half - 1:23:14 1st

Total Domination

3/7 Rex Lee Cancer 5k - 16:53 7th (5k PR)

Masters Domination

3/21 Running of the Leopards - 16:48 13th

AG Domination

4/11 Timp Shadow - 21:28 5th (1k PR)

Masters Domination

4/18 Salt Lake Half Marathon - 1:20:56 18th

AG Domination

5/2 Provo City Half Marathon - 1:16:12 4th

Masters Domination

5/9 - Dino Half - 1:15:20 1st (CR)

Course Domination

5/30 Timp Trail Half - 1:50 1st

Total Domination

6/6 Art City 5K - 17:20 13th

AG Domination

6/13 Drop 13 - 1:08:17 (PR) (CR)

Course Domination

Long-Term Running Goals:

17:00 5k

1:08 downhill half [done]

34:30 10k

Never get old

Personal:

Married, three kids, have a problem with going out too fast in races but it's too fun to quit

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Race: Snowman Half (12.84 Miles) 01:23:14, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.500.0012.840.0013.34

I just couldn't get up enough enthusiasm to run outside so there was only one thing to do - sign up for a race! I swear not to run this ever again every year but the chili is yummy and the alternative - being stuck inside on a gloomy January morning - is intolerable. This year was different though, as we had some competition show up! Both Toni and Devra were inside the center when I got there so I knew it would be challenging to get the W today. We straggled across the street and lined up pretty much on time, and off we went!
The new Hokas really really like the downhill, as I was able to pound with all the force I wanted to. I dropped under 4 flat briefly and then held it at 4:20 while Johnny Ahn ran alongside at speed to get warm. He dropped back a little before the first turn and after that I didn't see anybody ever again. I was trying for a 5:10 first mile but there was some tiny uphill and a lot of flat so I only got a 5:36. Up the 400 feet of gain to the canal was pretty brutal, but I still couldn't see anybody following. Maybe because my eyeballs were too cold to properly focus and I couldn't see much past an eighth of a mile. But I remembered what Toni did to me two years ago so I wasn't about to drop back. But the miles went by, mostly 6:30s (full winter gear) and nobody ever caught up! I turned off the Murdock for the last downhill mile to the finish and grabbed a 6:10, ran around the corner, into the parking lot, up the stairs, and through the door. I figured that was probably good enough for the finish so I stopped my watch there for 1:23:14, a solid win! Toni came in at 1:25, then Devra at 1:28 so it is good I kept the pressure up.

Comments
From Bam on Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 15:45:57 from 89.126.28.24

Go on, come clean: you took a cheeky little shortcut - didn't ya?

I don't know, between the Yeti race, the Snowman race, and the Frigid 5K, it kinda looks like you might have a thing for races with a cold theme... I'm just warming up, lad:)

Happy New Year, ya old duffer...:)

From Dave Taylor on Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 19:41:58 from 174.23.77.33

I thought I might have cut it too, but everyone else showed 12.8 as well. As for racing in the cold, it's better than not racing at all..

And far better than say, rain and low forties for the whole week. Ha ha. Ahahahahahaha. Snork.

Gads I hate winter.

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