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Location:

St George,

Member Since:

Mar 10, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Best 10K:  2013 Spectrum 10K 40:34

Best Half Marathon:  2012 Dog Town 1:29:57

Best Marathon: 2013 St George 3:12:15

Best 50-miler 2012 8:36

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running!!!!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep Running!!!

Personal:

I am married with eight children.  All of them are ours. My wife is so awesome!

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Miles:This week: 5.50 Month: 63.80 Year: 155.80
Wed, Aug 18, 2010
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Brick workout - Swam 1 mile, biked 20 miles, and ran 2 miles

I forgot my watch for the swim, but I know I swam faster than usual.  The water was smooth and I felt great!

We pushed the bike hard up the big hill and back down the other side, and then we pushed hard the last 4 miles. Average speed was 19.3 mph.

Ran a short tempo run for transition purposes. My times were 7:37 & 7:18

Comments
From ryandla on Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:55:53 from 174.23.169.78

hey i just noticed you are going to run mesquite marathon. I've been thinking about running it. have you ran it before? If so what was your experience like?

From ben on Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:11:10 from 209.33.248.15

It's a small marathon... last year I think we had about 250 runners. We start near the Utah border on old hwy 91. The first 11 miles is all down hill and then the next 10 miles is tough rollers. Once you get to Mesquite the rest of the course is a false flat, but easy enough to run with ease. I would say that this is a more difficult course just because there is so much downhill and the rollers are tough. I like these kind of races so I plan to run again. Many people were fried from the rollers because they ran too hard the first 11 miles. This race has it challenges. We also had one aid station that ran out of water. I begged water off of a cop. He let me drink from his canteen... :)

It's a cheap race in cost and is adequately organized. Good luck!! I hope to see you there. Burt ran it last year too. You can get his take on it too. He's here on the blog.

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