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Location:

Lehi,UT,

Member Since:

Jul 19, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

2015 St. George Marathon (2:44:11)

2014 Hobble Creek Half (1:17:18)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Goals

  • 5K - 16:59
  • 1/2 Marathon - Sub 1:17:00
  • Marathon - 2:45:00 

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Miles:This week: 17.65 Month: 140.45 Year: 365.75
Lunaracer 4 Lifetime Miles: 248.70
Zoom Pegasus (gray) 36 Lifetime Miles: 414.95
Zoom Pegasus 35 (orange/red) Lifetime Miles: 319.05
Pegasus 34 (black) Lifetime Miles: 271.45
Zoom Pegasus 36 (dark Gray) Lifetime Miles: 380.85
Zoom Pegasus 36 Blue Lifetime Miles: 226.45
Pegasus Turbo 2 ( Dark Green) Lifetime Miles: 185.75
Pegasus 37 Black Lifetime Miles: 210.40
Nike Pegasus 38 Orange Lifetime Miles: 411.60
Zoom Pegasus 36 Light Green Lifetime Miles: 293.15
Nike Zoom Tempo Next Lifetime Miles: 309.55
Vaporfly Green Lifetime Miles: 49.35
Pegasus 39 White/orange Lifetime Miles: 296.70
React Infinity Flyknit (Maroon) Lifetime Miles: 179.75
Asics Magic Speed 2 (Green) Lifetime Miles: 145.45
Asics Novablast 3 (white) Lifetime Miles: 123.00
Pegasus 37 (Gray) Lifetime Miles: 16.80
Race: Provo City Half (13.1 Miles) 01:23:44, Place overall: 23, Place in age division: 3
Total Distance
18.75

Uh, this was a rough race for me.  I was the roadkill for several people over the course of the last 5 miles or so and if the race was any longer a few more would have caught me.  On the bright side, this is about a minute faster than what I ran last year at this course and it was fun to get out and run a lot faster than I have been recently.  My plan was to go out at 6 min pace and hold it for as long as possible and then hopefully not fall to pieces.  Maybe a dumb plan, but I feel stuck in this rut of running half marathons in the 1:21:00-1:24:00 range and I want to get out of it.  So, I tried...

1-6:02

2-5:46 Found myself with James from the blog and one other guy.  Melody, Kassi, Scott and a few others were about 20 yards ahead of us.  I knew they were gunning for 1:20 or under so I figured I was in good shape.

3-6:06

4-5:52

5-5:52 Right around here I fell back from James and the other guy, and realize I probably need to get things down around to 6:15 or so pace if I want to keep going.  The distance to the group ahead was about the same as it had been.

6-6:45 I pulled off to the side of the trail here to pee and lost about 40 seconds, but mentally this killed me.  It's not so much that I needed to stop, it's just that my legs were already hurting a bit and it was easy to give in.

7-6:20 I was afraid I was not going to be able to get back on pace after the stop, but was surprised to see this split.  This split is all the result of having a girl catch me and running with her, and then Rachelle eventually caught us as well.  

8-6:38 Right after the 7 mile split I stopped again for a second.  Both girls are long gone now.

9-6:43 Stopping at aid stations.  Get passed again for the last time by a guy.

10-6:27

11-6:51

12-6:43

13-6:30

0.1-1:05 

So, the first 5 miles were great and then things kind of fell apart.  Lots of factors I believe...Boston from a few weeks ago, 20 mile run from last Saturday, 2 weeks of increased mileage, the severe downhill for the first two miles, and just running faster than I probably should have for the first 5 miles of this race.  But those were the funnest miles of the race.  

I got two weeks until the Ogden marathon.  Probably dumb to run a marathon just 4-5 weeks after another one, but I think I will be okay and that I can run a good time at Ogden if I can rest up and get my legs back.  I'm targeting to run 2:55 there and hope to run it even, so putting together two halves at 1:27:30 doesn't seem too intimidating right now after running this race today.  We will see though.

PM 3.25 easy on the TM. 

Mizuno Wave Creation 10 Miles: 3.25Kinvara 2 Miles: 15.50
Comments
From allie on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 15:40:57 from 97.126.221.226

nice job today, jeff. i'm sure there is still some lingering fatigue from boston. you are doing great keeping the training sensible between the two marathons, and i think with another two weeks you will be ready for ogden.

From Jeff L on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 15:44:07 from 74.81.227.180

Thanks. You saw me at a low point during the race today. Nice job to you as well.

From Ericka on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 09:14:51 from 24.2.87.24

That's super tough to hang in the way you did. Good job. Good luck in Ogden!

From josse on Sun, May 05, 2013 at 17:51:10 from 174.239.100.5

Sorry you struggled in the end. I think you should start Ogden with me and then you will feel super fabulous and run a huge negative split:)

From Rachelle on Mon, May 06, 2013 at 10:47:12 from 159.212.71.77

Try not to get too discouraged Jeff. Allie is right about Boston.....I am impressed you even raced this close after. You are in a really good place going into Ogden. Embrace the taper and you will be ready to roll.

From Jeff L on Mon, May 06, 2013 at 18:13:58 from 74.81.227.180

Josse - Ogden is going to be a good race.

Rachelle - Congrats on a great race. You looked really strong when I was running with you for a bit and when you went on ahead. I wish I would have paced myself a bit better similar to how you did.

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