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St George,

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Mar 10, 2009

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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!!!

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

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Miles:This week: 9.80 Month: 34.60 Year: 83.90
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Red Rock Relay (van2)

Leg 1 - 4.65 miles @ 38:24 (8:16)
Hard Uphill from navajo lake up to the lava flow pull-out. It rained and blew hard, and the elevation was close to 10k. Last year I ran the same leg. I was faster this year by only 15 seconds per mile. This didn't get any easier since last year. Splits: 8:02, 8:24, 8:29, 8:43, 7:18(last 0.65 mi which was slightly down and my only down hill)

Leg2 - 5.15 miles @ 38:38 (7:32)
I had to finish the summit up the mountain just south of Enterprise for the first 1.5 miles, then a nice gradual slope down for the next 2 miles, and then a gentle climb back up to mountain meadow. It was the middle of the night and I had most of my kills on this leg. I was very happy never to be pasted by another runner this year. Splits: 8:27, 7:34, 6:53, 7:15, 7:27, & 7:31 (last 0.15 miles)

Leg3 - 6.7 miles @ 50:25 (7:32)
I ran this same leg last year too. The first 2 miles was downhill and then climbing the rest of the leg. Some guy tried to catch me going down the hill. I guess he didn't like me passing him at the start. I dumped him on the uphill. :) I ran this leg much faster than last year too!! Splits: 6:45, 6:47, 7:15, 8:00, 7:38, 8:25, & 8:17 (last 0.7 miles and this had the steepest incline of my whole race... ugh!) I knew I was almost done so I punched it to the finish!!

Our whole team did really well. Heath, Craig, and John ran under 7:00's pace. Heath had the fastest times, but two of his legs were downhills. Craig would have been faster but he had a very hard hill climb on leg1 and the longest run on leg 2 and another hilly run for leg 3. Our total race distance was about 185 miles in 24:24 time. Still waiting to see our placement.

I ran 2 miles with Tige to help him finish out his last leg.

Comments
From Burt on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 13:40:05 from 206.19.214.144

Cool! Remember last year when you and I ran the same leg for the Las Vegas Ragnar relay? Are you running it again this year?

From ben on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 13:44:24 from 209.33.248.15

We didn't get a team for LV Ragnar this year. No one wanted to spend the money for it. But, I will run Mesquite Marathon instead.

I'm trying to remember which leg we ran together.

From anji on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 13:45:17 from 71.38.245.132

sounds like you guys had lots of fun. i saw the pics on facebook. Good job!

From Burt on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 14:00:31 from 206.19.214.144

I think it was leg 5. I just remember me comparing my splits to yours and you were always way faster. WAY FASTER!

Anji - you're on Facebook. Time for some stalking...

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