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Lake Havasu Turkey Trot

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Location:

Lake Havasu City,AZ,

Member Since:

Sep 29, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

23 marathons

6 Bostons (2007-2011, 2017)

3 Half Ironmans

2 Ironmans

3 50 Milers

1 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim

Marathon PR:

     2:59:00 St. George 2008

     2:58:03 Boston 2010

 1/2 Marathon PR:

     1:25:41  Havasu Half 2009

     1:24:09 Painter's St.George 2010

 Half Ironman PR:

      5:25:02  HITS Havasu 2014

5K PR:

       18:23  LHC Turkey Trot 2014

        18:22  LHC Turkey Trot 2017

50 mile PR:

        7:56:14 Avalon50 2016

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 3 hours again

Doing it a Boston would be sweet!

It was sweet!

UPCOMING RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

 

Personal:

Married

4 kids

Optometrist

 

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Race: Lake Havasu Turkey Trot (3.1 Miles) 00:18:22, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 2
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2017 Lake Havasu Turkey Trot

Today was the annual turkey trot in Lake Havasu City.  All week long the weather has been beautiful, cool and no wind.  This morning we woke up to cool and crazy windy.  It's too bad becasue it probably kept a bunch of people home.  Anyways, I showed up and got signed in and bib on, then headed out for a 2 mile warm up with some strides thrown in.  Even though the numbers were fewer than normal, I noticed a handfull of faster runners that showed up this year.  A few of them are from out of town, but come to this race often.  Dan was there as usual. He always wins and today was no exception.  One other runner (last name of Ryan) from out of town I knew I could not beat, so the goal was 3rd place but there were a few other runners there that have beaten me before.

The race started into the wind for the first third of a mile then turned with the wind at our backs until the end of the second mile.  I started off in 4th place.  Dan was way out ahead then Ryan, then a fast local kid who really took off after we made the turn to have the wind at our backs.  I hit the first mile in 5:52 and felt really good.  Third place was maybe 20 yards ahead of me and pulling away.  Then he suddenly started coming back to me as did Ryan.  I kept running what felt comfortable and passed third place dude without changing my pace a little more than half mile into the second mile.  When I went by him I could tell he was done.  I was now closing on Ryan which is crazy becasue he usually beats me by a good 2 minutes.  Mile 2 clicked off in 5:51 and I was still feeling good.  Then we turned straight back into the strong wind for the last 1.1 miles and it felt like hitting wall.  I was still closing on Ryan though and this gave me hope.  About a half mile into the third mile I was within about 10 yards of Ryan.  He heard me back there though and kicked it up a notch.  I was giving it everything I had but I just couldn't find another gear to speed up with him.  He gradually pulled back away from me.  I knew I was on pace to have a good time though and I kept pushing as hard as I could to the finish.  There are a few little hills at the end and combined with that strong head wind, my legs were tying up. Mile 3 was 6:08. Then I just had that final uphill 0.1 miles to go and mercifully I crossed the finish line exhausted, but with a new PR of 18:22!!! It was a 1 second PR, but at the age of 46, I'll take it.

So I finished 3rd overall and 2nd in my AG and with a new PR.  I guess, even though for the last 3 weeks I have been lazy with my running and terrible with my eating (I gained 5 lbs.), all that long running training for my 100K DNF paid off today.  

Kinavara 8 Miles: 5.00
Comments
From I Just Run on Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 13:22:18 from 199.38.187.9

Wow Rhett!!! Way to go. That was also an exciting read! I bet it felt good to bounce back from the last race so syrong!

From Tom Slick on Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 13:35:31 from 173.117.202.108

Nice TT 5k - Nice overall (PR) time and place Plus a 2nd place AG! Whens the next run where you and Ryan are going to be going up against each other?

From Yasir on Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 07:31:22 from 99.20.240.16

way to put all of that fitness to use. Great 5k I bet you felt really fast flying through everyone.

From allie on Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 08:04:47 from 172.4.198.186

long-time blogger jon will tell you that the best way to get a 5k PR is to start running 100s. :)

nice job out there.

From Dan on Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 20:02:31 from 74.140.172.126

WOO! Everyone loves a PR!! Way to put the miles to use. I think mentally this was bigger than physically. Way to go man.

From Tom K on Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 07:08:42 from 47.206.60.114

Wow, 5k PR at 46 years old! This is some inspirational stuff! Amazing!

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