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

Pocatello 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, Sep 05, 2009
Race: Pocatello Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:02:48, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.0026.3426.34

It was a nice day for the race but I just could not seem to get in a groove today.  Every time I pushed the pace my stomach would cramp a bit.  I finished in 4th place overall and took home the Masters Overall award because Jeff did me a favor and won the race.

Bloggers did GREAT today taking the top 4 spots.  Jeff was 1st, Kory was 2nd, Mark P from Utah was 3rd in a PR of 2:52 (way to go Mark!), and I was 4th.

Here are my splits.  They are all over the place as my stomach made it hard to stay as steady as i needed.

1.  5:46

2.  6:09

3.  6:11

4.  6:22

5.  6:20

6.  6:28

7.  6:43

8.  6:51

9.  6:51

10. 6:36

11. 6:45

12. 6:39

13. 7:00

14. 6:47

15. 7:01

16. 7:14

17. 7:27

18. 7:20

19. 7:06

20. 7:23

21. 7:24

22. 7:55

23. 7:35

24. 7:28

25. 7:32

26. 7:28

.2  7:07

Mizuno Elixer 4 (Treadmill) Miles: 26.34
Comments
From allie on Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 17:53:38 from 129.123.26.6

nice job on the 4th place and taking the masters division. congrats!

From Ashbaker on Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 18:25:01 from 76.23.56.75

That's great Bill! A win is a win you know..

From MarkP on Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 18:35:45 from 12.152.169.130

Great Masters Win today! It was fun running with you and look forward to seeing you at other races.

From Burt on Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 18:37:02 from 98.167.151.26

Way to represent! Great job.

From ChrisM on Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 01:22:55 from 86.162.198.251

Well done! Look forward to the full report...

From AmberG on Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 19:58:25 from 209.33.225.76

congrats! Great job on 4th and taking Masters, , , something most people can only dream about!

From Barry on Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 23:37:57 from 67.60.189.166

Great job, Bill. I think you did awesome.

From jtshad on Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 18:21:32 from 69.20.183.178

Great race, Bill! Sorry you didn't get that sub-3:00 but you did just run 2 marathons in 2 weeks!

Great job on the Master's win!

From Twinkies on Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 09:28:27 from 67.166.71.60

Congratulations on the Masters win. Bloggers sweeping 1st through 4th is awesome.

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