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St. George 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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Sat, Oct 04, 2008
Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:59:00, Place overall: 92, Place in age division: 22
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It was a wet and windy day.  I finally met the legendary Andy B and he was kind enough to let me run with his group.  What an amazing, consistant runner he is.  We hit the half mark at 1:31:00 exactly as planned.  Now it was time to work the negative split, which I have failed to do in all 6 of my previous marthons.  I kept telling myself that today was the day I break 3 hours.  The last mile really hurt, but I was suprised to see my split at 7:00 exactly.  It felt like an eternity.  I ran a 3 minute negative split 1:28:00, my fastest half marthon ever!  I'm now officially a sub 3 marathoner.  I better go sign up for Boston and get me a good number.

Comments
From mattk on Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 21:22:31

Great race. I ran with you guys for a little while, then fell back, then caught back up, etc. You seemed very strong and looked like you were running with ease. Congrats on the Sub 3!

From RivertonPaul on Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 11:03:17

Just found your blog. Congratulations on the sub 3:00! I enjoyed meeting you and running much of the race with you. I hope to keep somewhat in touch by following your blogs.

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