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St George Marathon

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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: 9.80 Month: 34.60 Year: 83.90
Race: St George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:26:30
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
26.200.000.000.0026.20

I did it!! I had 3 goals for today: 1st... survive (not die), 2nd... finish, and 3rd... finish under 5 hours. What a good time I had! I really didn't think I could finish today. 

I ran the first half non-stop and had a time of 1:58. Right after the half way mark I started my first walk. I wasn't tired but I was making sure my body didn't decided to shut down later on in the race.

At mile 18, I saw a little girl holding up a soda bottle. It was my 4 yr old granddaughter, Dani. YES!!! and it was diet dr pepper and a cookie. After that wonderful time with my sweet sweet dani, I continued on. Then again, at mile 21 a little girl holding a soda bottle up in the air!! And then again at mile 22, my sweetie hold a bottle of diet DP and a cookie.

I finished strong and with an unbelieveable finish time for my condition. My body feels great after one week!! I went for a short run today. I'm okay!!

Comments
From Burt on Sat, Oct 09, 2021 at 12:36:32 from 98.161.146.237

Great job! I logged back into Facebook for a little bit and saw your wife's post. Sounds like our Mesquite Marathon. Same half time and close to the same finishing time.

From ben on Sat, Oct 09, 2021 at 15:13:12 from 50.21.205.115

Did they serve you drinks too? ;)

From Burt on Sat, Oct 09, 2021 at 15:16:24 from 98.161.146.237

Ha! Pretty sure your grandkids weren't even born yet, but I'm sure they would have.

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