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

St. George Marathon

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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

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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:						663.47

Sat, Oct 06, 2012

Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:25:00

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
26.20	0.00	26.20

I decided to just go with the flow today and take what the course and my body would give me today. I took it easy and felt great at the half. The tailwinds really helped on the rolling uphill section from 9-12. It started to get hot after mile 16 but I was still on pace for my first BQ this year.

After my drink at mile 21 I got a really bad side stitch on the bottom of my right rib cage. It made it really hard to breathe. It got so bad that I actually stopped to walk for a minute on the turn off Diagonal St. at about 24.6 miles. I got going again, but it was still an issue. I calculated what I needed for my BQ (3:25) and it was going to be tight. I had to sprint the last 1/4 mile and my Garmin said 3:25:01 when I crossed. CRAP, did I just miss by 1 second? Luckily my official chip time was 3:25:00 so I just made it!

I was running out of gas after the Winchester hill at 19. I don't think I ate enough yesterday as I have been trying to lose a few pounds. I have dropped 6 in the last 2 weeks so I am on the right track.

Pretty happy with the result today...

Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 26.20

Comments

From RAD on Sat, Oct 06, 2012 at 23:38:33 from 74.120.32.192

Prayer...will turn the night to day! :) Blessings abound! Congrats Bill!! Way to go today!

From Teena Marie on Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 09:16:03 from 65.130.4.171

WOW!!!! Talk about precision!!! I'm pretty sure you da man!!! :) :) :)

Congrats!

From Kelli on Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 17:08:01 from 67.172.235.55

WHOA, right on the money! That one second would have been bad news!!!

From jtshad on Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 13:57:06 from 204.134.132.225

Great job, good seeing you in the airport on Sunday night.

Keep up the great running. Running to lose weight and marathon training at the saem time is tough.

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