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Sat, Nov 01, 2014

Sat, 01 Nov 2014 06:00:00

Fun race. Exremely brutal headwind -- for the entire race (a storm was blowing in). This is probably the most difficult wind I've ever raced in. I've raced many times in wind, but usually you only have to deal with wind for half the race (because all the turns usually even out). However, for this race, there was a very difficult headwind the entire time. The rough conditions made for a much slower time than last year, but as always this is a beautiful, fun, and well-organized race. Other than briefly at the beginning, I ran solo the whole time. Therefore, there was no need to live on the red line today. My legs are definitely not recovered from the marathon. They are thrashed, and they were thrashed even starting at mile 5.

Mon, Oct 13, 2014

Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:00:00

8 easy miles from my home with Reed, Jeff, and Chad. My legs still feel thrashed (they didn't feel that way before the run [the soreness went away mid last week], but the run provoked it).

Sat, Oct 04, 2014

Sat, 04 Oct 2014 06:00:00

A decent race: a 3 minute, 40 second PR; 6^th overall; 1^st in age group. I gave it all I had. I’m pleased, but certainly not satisfied. I was on 2:21 pace through mile 18, and then I fell apart. In short, I’m not in quite as good as shape as I thought I was. I’ve got some serious work to do, and I think I need a better base. I need to work on staying power.

I had a rough last 8 miles. As soon as I fell apart, my only goal was not to get passed. I succeeded, but barely. I held off Mike Nelson, but only by 9 seconds.

I need some serious work with nutrition during the marathon. I had a really tough time tolerating gu’s and Gatorade today. I had major problems with abdominal side cramps (both sides). I was burping the whole race, which altered my breathing. When I wasn’t cramping, I felt amazingly good. When I was cramping, I had to alter my breathing significantly, which affected my ability to hold my pace. I think this may have caught up with me.

One of these days, I need to run a negative split on this course. 1:11:45 first half, 1:13:20 second half. It sure didn’t feel like I started out too fast. I felt very controlled and relaxed, and I was conversing and joking with those I was running with.

I ran the first 2 miles about 10 seconds behind the leaders (just tried to ease into it). I then caught them during mile 3. I ran with Iain, Jon, and Jacob until mile 17, at which time I had to back off. Being former BYU runners, all four of us wore BYU uniforms, which was fun (I hadn’t worn such a uniform since college). I was 20 seconds behind Fritz and Aaron at the half.

My splits: 5:25, 5:35, 5:10, 5:18, 5:19, 5:11, 5:07, 5:54, 5:47, 5:43, 5:48, 5:33, 5:20, 5:17, 5:07, 5:08, 5:13, 5:11, 5:48, 5:39, 5:31, 6:09, 5:56, 5:58, 6:04, 5:49

Today there were impressive performances by many runners. I was thrilled to see so many friends and competitors do well.

Fri, Oct 03, 2014

Fri, 03 Oct 2014 06:00:00

3 easy miles in St. George with my son, Ryan.

Thu, Oct 02, 2014

Thu, 02 Oct 2014 06:00:00

3 easy miles from my home.

Wed, Oct 01, 2014

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 06:00:00

5 easy miles from my home with Reed and Mike.