The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old

Striders Half Marathon

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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 15, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

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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Morning in church and the afternoon at the pool teaching the girls how to snorkle, getting ready for the spring break trip.

Rest of the day in the recliner enjoying my old age..

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Went out to do a Tempo run and it was snowing again, what the $#@%?  10 miles on the treadmill at 5:45 pace.

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5 miles in Denver before work

Core lifting

 

10 miles easy in New York.  Sweet day, lots of sun.  Ran down the Harbor to Wright Field and through Flushing Meadows past Ash Arthur stadium.  Love this city!

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Recovery day again.

6 miles butt crack early in Flushing Meadows, New York.  8 min pace.

10.5 miles late afternoon in Miami.  Slow and easy this week.  Flying "proving runs" with a brand new Airbus up and down the East Coast, should be an interesting day!

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Recovery day

10 miles on South Beach, Miami.  7:30 pace.  Sweet morning, but still a bit on the sore side.  amazing what a little three mile race can do..

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11 miles easy in Austin, just a sweet day!  10X200 meter strides.  Not feeling good about a race tomorrow, just too tired this week. 

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Race: Striders Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:15:22, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 1
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I had to sit up until two am waiting for my son to get back from a date so it ended up being a late one again.  I was pretty sore and fatigued from the workouts this week so I debated even running this one today, but I needed to get a tempo workout in.

Just about perfect conditions for a race today.  This was a first in a while, starting a race already tired!  The first 6 miles went fine, on pace at around 5:30, but man I was as fatigued as I have ever been I think.  It was the kind that just overwhelms your whole body.  I simply had to back off to 6 minute pace and bear it out. 

Good news is, I'm training at close to the limit, bad part is that it really sucks to try and race in the middle of this.  About a minute and half slower than last year in near perfect conditions.

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