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

Mt Nebo Marathon

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South Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

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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

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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:						601.69

Sat, Aug 29, 2020

Race: Mt Nebo Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:29:58, Place overall: 64, Place in age division: 1

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
26.20	0.00	26.20

I ran the Mt. Nebo Marathon this morning in 3:29:58.8.

I won my Age Group by 20 minutes!

They had DOUBLE the normal Marathon runners since they actually held a race.

This is an interesting course for the full. Lots of uphill the 1st Half and then a screaming downhill in the 2nd Half.

Full report later.....

The Marathon starts at 8900 feet elevation and you immediately climb to 9345' in the first 1/2 mile. Then you have some downs then serious uphills for the first 12 miles. You have 800 feet of Elevation Gain in the 1st half.

Here are my splits....you will see that they are all over the place due to the hills. I never walked a step so these are actual running times

1. 8:36...big uphill, then downhill

2. 7:33

3. 7:43

4. 7:44

5. 9:35...SERIOUS Uphill

6. 8:12

7. 7:42

8. 8:37...Uphill

9. 9:30...SERIOUS Uphill

10. 9:02...More Serious Uphill, then down

11. 8:09...Up and down

12. 7:50

13. 7:54

14. 7:44

15. 7:38

16. 7:18

17. 7:28

18. 7:24

19. 7:28

20. 7:32

21. 7:35

22. 7:26

23. 7:39...course flattened out

24. 8:03...legs feeling like concrete blocks now after all the steep downhill

25. 8:02

26. 8:19...just hanging on!

.2 2:07

1st 1/2: 1:49:12

2nd 1/2: 1:40:47...8:25 Negative Split

This was my fastest Marathon time since St. George in 2012. Pretty happy with my result. Beat my BQ time by 5 minutes and got a sweet 1st place medal for my Age Group.

Asics Kayano 26 Miles: 26.20

Comments

From steve ash on Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 11:28:40 from 67.2.19.199

Nice job Bill. Looks like a really fun course.

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