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Just Cuz 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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Race: Just Cuz Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:44:02, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 3
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
26.200.0026.20

It was 28 degrees when we started from the Just Cuz Half Marathon finish line at Centennial Park.  This marathon is set up like the full marathon at Timpanogos where you run up the mountain and turn around at the half start and run back.  The 2 guys that finished 1st and 2nd last year showed up again....darn.  I decided to carry my own water as the aid-stations would be unmanned all the way up.

We had a pretty nasty and very cold headwind until we finally turned up the canyon around the 5.5 mile mark.  I was glad to trade the wind for the uphill and actually ran better once we turned.  My goal was to get to the start before the half marathoners started.  I wanted to be there in 1:57.  I ended up getting there in about 1:56:30 so I was good.  The half wouldn't start for about 15 minutes so I was happy.  The last 2 miles up are very steep and my split on 13 was 10:50 with no walking at all.

I made the turn and headed back down.  My legs just would not give me the turnover to run the quick miles I had hoped on the way back.  I ran strong and never took a single walk-break the entire run so I feel good about that.  I was finally able to shed my windbreaker around mile 18 and the temperature was in the 40's.  The first of the half marathoners caught me around 21.5 miles.  Kory looked good as he passed and he finished in a 1:19.

My hip flexors started to bug me around mile 22.  Probably from all the hills (up and down).  But I was able to press on and didn't have any bonk miles at the end.  I finished in 3rd place overall.  The winner was in 3:22 (a new PR for him), and 2nd place was a 3:32 and 4th was in 4:17 so we were really spread out.  I managed to run this race only 42 seconds slower than the Pocatello marathon and considering the course is probably 15-20 minutes slower I feel I ran a good race.

Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 26.20
Comments
From Smooth on Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 07:43:32 from 65.130.14.36

It was nice seeing you! CONGRATZ on a GREAT time. EXCELLENT performance on a tough course! You are amazing! :)

From RAD on Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 13:35:25 from 98.202.23.178

wow, that is a really great race considering Pocatello was only 42 seconds slower and not nearly the same beast of a course! Someday I'll have to join y'all on this adventure. Congrats on an overall win and a no-bonk adventure!

From Tara on Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 19:37:32 from 69.171.160.207

wow, I would say that was a very good race for you! it will be exciting to see what your next marathon time is on a good downhill course. I ran the half, maybe I saw you there.

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