A Runner at Heart.....Riding a Bike

Park City Marathon

Recent EntriesHomeJoin Fast Running Blog Community!PredictorHealthy RecipesBill Mandler's RacesFind BlogsMileage BoardTop Ten Excuses for Missing a RunTop Ten Training MistakesDiscussion ForumRace Reports Send A Private MessageWeek ViewMonth ViewYear View
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

Location:

South Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Started running in 2001.  Have completed over 100 marathons and ultras since then. 

Marathon PR 2:56:04 (2005 St. George)

New PR 2:53:24 (2008 Tucson)

Finished 2nd Overall in 2005 Utah Grand Slam to Paul Peterson.  He beat me by 30 min in every race.

1/2 Marathon PR 1:23:56 (2008 Just Cuz Half Marathon)

Completed the Utah Grand Slam 10 consecutive years (2003-2012).  I don't know if anyone else has done that.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 Goals:

Be consistent in my Riding.

Drop a few lbs.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I have long-term biking goals.  Running is completely out of the question with the Meniscus in my knee.

Personal:

I'm in the 55-59 Age Group.....Yikes!

I have been married for over 39 years.  We have 3 children and 7 grandchildren.

 "Only those who risk going to far can possibly find out how far they can go"  T.S. Eliot

"Putting miles in your training log (blog) is like putting money in the bank.  You begin to draw interest on it immediately."  Hal Higdon

Favorite Blogs:
Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Biking 2021 Lifetime Miles: 653.86
Biking 2023 Lifetime Miles: 722.63
Biking 2022 Lifetime Miles: 1981.70
Biking 2024 Lifetime Miles: 663.47
Sat, Aug 20, 2011
Race: Park City Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:51:37, Place overall: 46, Place in age division: 7
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
26.200.0026.20

My right hip has been having lots of issues lately so I knew I would take it really easy today.  It was in the mid 50's at start time and felt fairly comfortable most of the way.  We got headwinds along the rail trail and especially miles 11-14 coming back in to town.  I walked through the aid stations to make sure I didn't push too hard.

Teena caught up to me at mile 23 but didn't recognize me at first.  We exchanged small talk and then I asked her how her vacation was and she suddenly realized who I was.  We ran mile 23 together before she finally pulled away from me.  

My left knee tightened up pretty bad in the afternoon.  Probably over-compensated for other issues.  I need to try and heal up if I want to do well in Pocatello in 2 weeks. 

Marathon #84 is in the books.

Brooks Trance 5 Miles: 26.20
Comments
From jtshad on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:36:03 from 204.134.132.225

Nice training run (and marathon 84, wow I just did 25!). Hope you feel good for Poky this weekend.

Add Your Comment.
  • Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
  • Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
  • If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.
Only registered users with public blogs are allowed to post comments. Log in with your username and password or create an account and set up a blog.
Debt Reduction Calculator
Featured Announcements
Most Recent Entries:
New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):
Recent Comments: