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St George Painter's Half Marathon

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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

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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:	11.00	Month:	69.30	Year:	161.30

Sat, Jan 23, 2010

Race: St George Painter's Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:53:30, Place overall: 423, Place in age division: 33

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
17.90	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.90

St George Painter's Half Marathon - 1:53:30 - 8:40 pace

I ran the race with my daughter Britnee, and my sons Joshua and Elijah. Josh & Britnee wanted a 2 hour race and I paced them to a better than expected time. Joshua finished with a time of 1:52:20. He ran ahead of us the last mile. Elijah finished with a time of 2:03:56. Elijah wanted to do walk breaks every 6 minutes.

Mile Splits: 8:46, 8:43, 8:41, 8:37, 8:50 (hills), 8:30, 8:24, 8:38, 9:25, 8:42, 8:19, 8:30, 8:25, and last 0.1 mile at 6:17 pace. Britnee wanted to finish strong!

I ran extra miles with a 0.5 mile warm-up and a post race run on the treadmill for 4.3 miles (37:46). Splits: 9:13, 9:13, 8:34, 8:00, & 9:13(0.3 mile).

Comments

From Walter on Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 23:36:45 from 24.10.169.110

Great race! I think you came up to me at the refreshment stand and talked to me but I was coming out of my runners coma. lol

From Burt on Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 00:05:59 from 98.177.216.165

Fun times Ben. That Elijah's gonna be a tough runner.

From ben on Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 17:01:13 from 4.254.235.166

Walter... I don't remember talking to you... LOL!!! I must have had food on the brain. We left shortly after and pigged-out at burger king down the street. I don't know how you kept your cool with jose. I would have decked him!!! Next time I run into Steve, I will get his version of the incident. He's a good story teller!! :)

Burt... I think Britnee is going to show up her little brother now!

From Kelli on Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 22:06:25 from 71.219.89.82

AWESOME KIDS!!!! Like father like son and like mother like daughter. You have a gifted family!

From ben on Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 22:16:18 from 4.228.255.131

Thanks Kelli... we just hope to be half as awesome as you!!! :) I missed you again. I bet we ran right past you. We waited a few minutes to start so the hoard would be spread out by the time we hit the path.

From scotthughes on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:38:08 from 209.33.211.3

That is awesome of you to pace your kids. When I saw you I wished that I had actually been racing. I had a mix up and couldn't get in the race. I ran to the start then back to the Bloomington trail head to cheer then I jumped in and ran pretty hard those 2 miles to the finish....trying to stay in pace with a couple of the top guys. I sure wish I could run like that for 13.1 miles!

From Kelli on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 19:38:20 from 71.219.89.82

We kind of started in the middle and nice and easy! I bet you were ahead of us the entire time!!! I still think it is just way cool that your kids are loving running and will go with you. I need to work on inspiring mine a little more.

From ben on Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:26:42 from 209.33.248.15

Kelli... I believe what motivated them to run was the time I found a little 10K that I knew they would place in their age group. Elijah hit a first place and Britnee hit a second place. Now, they race to see if they can place. Britnee got 4th in her age group at the last half. She was very happy with herself that she did so well. She is planning 3 more halfs and 2 marathons at the end of this year.

From Kelli on Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 19:12:27 from 71.219.89.82

That is funny---my kids placed in the first and second races they ran, but not the third. So the quit. I need to remotivate them this spring.

I am impressed that any kid wants to run over a 10k---it is kind of intimidating. I guess my kids need to meet yours!

From ben on Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 15:13:52 from 209.33.248.15

Also, my kids may be up to the running challenge because they haven't figured out how far a mile is. And... When they do run long distances with me, I always mislead them that we are only doing 8 miles when we actually run a 12 miler or more. They are alway surprised when I tell them what they really did. =:o

From Burt on Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 15:24:35 from 206.19.214.144

Didn't you also tell your biker friends that they were going on an 80 mile ride when in fact they were going on a 120 mile ride?

From ben on Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 15:35:00 from 209.33.248.15

Yeah... but someone was on to me and she googled the distance, and everyone bailed on me. The snow had a little bit to do with it too. The pass we had to go over got covered the night before. I think we could have still made it!!

From Kelli on Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 16:12:33 from 71.219.89.82

Once again, just an amazing family!!!!

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