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Striders Winter Circuit 30K

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Logan,UT,USA

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Dec 15, 2009

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PRs after age 40:

 

5k     15:15  Running of the Leopards.

8k      22:21  Alta Death Dash

10k   33:02    Des News

Half Marathon      1:10  Timp Half

Marathon        2:32    Ogden

First solo R2R2R Bass Trails Grand Canyon 

First R2R2R Grand Canyon Toroweap Overlook

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Not be fat all year

Long-Term Running Goals:

Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind.

Personal:

 

"Our legs are tight, our feet are flying, and we are gliding over the roll of the land. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace. The clock has stopped because another time has taken over." C. Bowden

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Race: Striders Winter Circuit 30K (18.7 Miles) 01:53:01, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Last race of the Strider circuit.  I had a hard week of training and needed a fast long run so this fit right in to Ogden training.  My feet were still torn up pretty bad from the Salt Lake half marathon Saturday with those Lunar Racers so I had to run in my "fat man" shoes with a zillion bandaids on my feet.  Ben took right off at the start and I figured he was doing around 5:35 pace which was way faster than I felt like going today! He has a good chance of winning Ogden marathon in three weeks I think.  We both missed Walter today.  He would have pushed both of us.

I wanted around a 6 min pace for the run but was doing around 5:47 pace up to 9 miles, then the leg fatigue really hit which was perfect for training because that's what I wanted for a long fast run, but bad for a race!  I had absolutely no leg strength left after the last few weeks and just coasted the rest of the way.  Beautiful morning for a race.  I still had to run 5 miles after the race to get my mileage in and that was no fun!  It was fun to sit in the sun and talk to Matt and the other runners for an hour or son until the circuit results were done. 

This was the hardest circuit I have done, lots of hills and freakin cold.  I took second place overall for the circuit.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Jon on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 23:31:14 from 75.169.159.140

Hey, huge congrats on a great race and overall circuit. It definitely is a tough series- they used to call it the Winter Training Series, which is probably a better name than Winter Racing Circuit. They'll definitely never name it the Winter PR Circuit!

From jtshad on Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:00:23 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on a strong race and a great showing on the circuit. You are running very well. Looking forward to meeting you and running with you at Ogden.

From steve ash on Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 12:15:29 from 64.134.237.197

Sounds like you had a brutal past couple of weeks Steve. You still had a pretty decent time though.

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