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Ogden Marathon 2008

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Location:

Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

May 06, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:


PR Marathon

2:51:33 (St. George 2009)

3:01:00 (St. George 2008)

3:09:52 (St. George 2007)

3:24:48 (St. George 2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Improve training. Get serious, lose weight.

Improve speed.


Long-Term Running Goals:

Lifetime fitness, including running.

 

Personal:

Married with 4 kids. I live in Riverton and work as an attorney downtown in Salt Lake City.

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Sat, May 17, 2008
Race: Ogden Marathon 2008 (26.3 Miles) 03:53:29, Place overall: 444
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.200.000.0026.20


I have been lurking for sometime -- too long. Although I need to get my Garmin out for splits, I do remember going through the half in 1:41. By that time my right leg began to have issues (I was compensating for a sore right big toe) and I could tell that I was under-trained. Rather than risk injury, and with no real motivation since I could see 3:20 was not going to materialize, I eased way on in to a 3:53 finish. Very disappointing. As usual, I need to get more serious and recognize that the lack of accountability from my failure to report on the blog hindered my development.

Before the run I did meet Jon, and spotted a bunch of you other fastrunningbloggers -- nice sweats.

Comments
From Sasha Pachev on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 17:55:27

Welcome back! Glad to see the Lost Sheep back in the fold!

From RivertonPaul on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 18:01:17

Thanks Sasha. I need to get more serious and you are right about being accountable. I think my fitness was better than the race indicated, probably 3:30 had I been wiser, but nowhere near where I need to be. Your advise is always welcome.

From Jon on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 19:04:56

Yes, indeed, it was good to meet you. As hot as it was, any under-training was really magnified. Good race, regardless, and gives you something to build on.

From Julie on Mon, May 19, 2008 at 20:52:26

Hi Paul. We must have just missed each other at the finish. I came in about 2 minutes behind you. Good job.

From Andy on Tue, May 20, 2008 at 09:10:24

Good to see you back blogging. Even though we are all pretty self motivated the accountability of the blog does help.

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