Rhett

Utah Valley Marathon

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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: Utah Valley Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:16:09, Place in age division: 11
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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What a great weekend.  I got away with my family Thursday afternoon and arrived in Provo around 9 pm.  I slept in Friday morning then went to the lunch Riverton Paul organized.  It was a lot of fun and the food was perfect for carb loading.  Thanks Paul for getting that set up.  Had pizza for dinner and drugged myself with Lunexa which allowed me to get the best nights sleep I have ever gotten on the night before a race.

Got up at 3 am.  Went and picked up Ross at his hotel and headed to the busses.  It was cool up there at the starting area, but we were able to get close to the fire and had a good time chatting with the other runners.  I was still in the POP line when the gun went off.  I crossed the start line about 4 minutes after the start.  I was breathing hard on the first mile which made me nervous that the altitude was going to affect me more than I thought.  Then I realized the first mile was up hill.  I was back on track by the end of the second mile.  I found a nice groove.  The hills between mile 7 and 12 where definitely larger and more numerous than I thought they would be.  I hit the half way mark 17 seconds behind pace at 1:37:47, if I were going even split a 3:15.  Looking back on the course that is about right.  I think this course should be run with a negative split.  At mile 17 my quads started screaming at me.  I was a bit worried that they wouldn't hold up for the rest of the race.  Since I've been injured all year and have not done any real long runs in a while I figured that soon my whole body would shut down and call it quits.  As each mile passed and I kept running at the pace I had planned, my confidence grew.  At mile 23 I was exactly on pace to run a 3:15.  Unfortunately that is where my lack of training caught up with me.  I ran the last 3 miles each in 7:51 and the last 0.2 at that same pace.  I was trying everything to get my body to go faster, but I just couldn't.  

Ended up finishing in 3:16:09, 69 seconds behind my goal, but still a BQ.  I am grateful that I was even healthy enough to run the race and even more grateful to have been able to run a Boston qualifying time with such little training.  

After the race I had a great time at lunch that Doone put together.  I have such a great wife.  It capped off a great day. 

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Comments
From Smooth on Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 00:12:01 from 67.2.124.123

You are amazing! Only 69 seconds off your goal! Very impressive performance!!! Your fitness is AWESOME! EXCELLENT race, bish!!! :)

CONGRATZ in the BQ and no injury! :) :) :) :)

The best part of my race weekend was seeing you and Doone! Larry and I think the world of you!!! :) :) :) THANK YOU!!! :)

From Kelli on Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 00:28:26 from 71.219.92.225

You do have a pretty great wife, I quite like her! Lunch was fun, you both have very nice family! Now, fill us in on one great present your buy yourself with your lunch money. ;o)

Great job with the race and the BQ, nice to be able to do that without a lot of stress!!!

From DaleG on Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 03:58:37 from 152.216.7.5

I knew you would pull it off. remember when I said "If anyone can pull it off, it would be you?" LOL

Way to go and congrats on the BQ. Very impressive.

From Kathie on Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:35:45 from 97.117.84.18

Yes I think you are in Boston for sure! I still think that I am on the bubble...I hope I make it if not I find another fun race!

From Andy on Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 16:35:35 from 159.212.71.199

Well done. You shouldn't have any problems getting into Boston. Are you going to run Pocatello?

From JohnnyV on Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 13:07:12 from 204.124.13.151

Great run. It was noce to meet you briefly.

From Rhett on Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 13:26:39 from 74.41.249.102

Smooth, thanks. It was a great weekend. Thanks for your part in that.

Kelli, I will do that. Thanks

Dale, you were right. I did remember that post. Thanks for your confidence in me. It helped.

Kathie, September will be anxious for the both of us. Hopefully we will both get in. It was so much fun having you and James there last year.

Andy, I hope you're right. I'm going to pass on Pocatello and take my chances. I think my body needs a break from marathoning for a while. I'm just going to run for fun and do build up my milage base for the rest of the year.

JohnnyV, likewise and thanks.

From DaleG on Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 13:39:38 from 76.27.13.205

Rhett, I like your plan to not run anymore marathons this year.

From Burt on Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 15:40:00 from 206.19.214.144

I've been wondering how you did. Great job Mr. Cross Trainer!

From Teena Marie on Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 20:50:30 from 67.2.101.26

You are AMAZING!!!! I'm sure it is 100% due to your sweet Doone!!! :) Speaking of your cute wife, we need to get her to work her magic on talking Ry into coming to Boston with me again (if I decide to go). I can't imagine anyone turning her down!!! :)

Seriously ... you are incredible! One look at you and you could tell that all of the cross-training has kept you in tip top shape! Nice job, Bish!!! :) :) :)

Congrats on another race incredibly ran! :)

From Kelli on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 00:13:32 from 71.219.92.225

I cam back to see what I told you to do and I think I was high when I typed that. I am surprised Burt did not jump all over my grammatical errors.

From Burt on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 01:27:56 from 72.223.90.79

You cam back over?

From RAD on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 01:38:57 from 98.202.17.113

It was great to meet you Friday Rhett! Congrats on a well executed race - especially with training on cross-training. I think I could use some tips.

From timp on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:44:44 from 66.167.51.50

Great job on the BQ, Rhett!

From Kelli on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 14:49:05 from 71.219.92.225

Crap

From Burt on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 14:51:23 from 206.19.214.144

I tried to be nice. I really did.

From Kelli on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 14:51:58 from 71.219.92.225

Too busy to proofread---out the door again. ;o)

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