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Provo City Half

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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) 01:24:40, Place overall: 17
Total Distance
15.10

Pleasantly surprised with my race today based on my last few weeks of running.  My expectations were low, but I had a really good race and enjoyed things quite a bit today.  Race started about 1.5 miles up South Fork and pretty much just came out of the canyon and down University.  

1 6:17

2 6:17  12:36  I was actually very conservative on these first 2 miles which have a lot of downhill.

3 6:32  19:09  Stopped and walked for a second through the aid station.  Did this at every one of them.

4 6:16  25:26

5 6:13  31:39

6 6:17  37:57  Just cruised along for the last few miles.  Lots of marathoners on the course cause they started about 15 min ahead of us.  It was fun to have people to catch.

7 6:29  44:26

8 6:27  50:53

9 6:45  57:39  I had Melanie B. and her friends in sight the whole race.  Finally caught Melanie and ran a bit with her for the next mile or so.

10 6:33  1:04:12

11 6:49  1:11:02  This mile had the uphill by the golf course.  Ran it really well and just tried to stay relaxed going up it.

12 6:31  1:17:34

13 6:31  1:24:05  This mile dragged on a bit, and there was a guy who finished about 5 seconds ahead of me.

.10 0:37  1:24:42 

Overall, a great race for me and something to build off of going forward.  One day, one day the sub 1:20 is going to come for me.  I'm obviously not in good enough shape for it right now, but maybe by the end of the summer.  Hopefully the damage is minimal from this race. 

 

Nike Free 2 All Black Miles: 15.10
Comments
From Tom on Sat, May 05, 2012 at 12:38:00 from 67.199.179.59

Great job Jeff especially considering your lower mileage the last while. I think the sub-1:20 is definitely in your future.

From Andrea on Sat, May 05, 2012 at 13:35:14 from 67.182.215.126

Great race Jeff! Glad you felt strong today.

From allie on Sat, May 05, 2012 at 17:06:02 from 174.23.159.187

nicely done, jeff. glad the race went better than planned -- that's always a plus. you looked great at the end.

From JulieC on Sat, May 05, 2012 at 20:14:04 from 207.108.177.135

congrats Jeff!!! glad you had a good race!!! definitely the days we train for !!! :D.

From Jeff L on Sun, May 06, 2012 at 08:31:14 from 74.81.231.122

Thanks, for the comments.

Allie-you were flying down the canyon those first few miles when you were in my sight. Nice job.

Andrea-you were also just cruising on the 5k when I saw you.

From EmilyS on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 15:03:07 from 67.182.211.176

Nice Race Jeff! Thanks for the "pick it up, go faster!" encouragement at the end :) I was pleasantly surprised as well! Good race all around!

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