Rhett

Boston Marathon 2010

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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: Boston Marathon 2010 (26.2 Miles) 02:58:03, Place overall: 1057, Place in age division: 785
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.0026.600.000.000.0026.60

ACTUAL RACE REPORT STARTS AT NEXT HEADING A FEW PARAGRAPHS DOWN. FEEL FREE TO SKIP INTRO.

 Wow! What a great weekend. Doone (my wonderful wife) and I took the red eye out of Vegas Friday night and arrived in Boston at about 7:30 Saturday morning. With a few drugs I was able to fall asleep before take off and wake up upon landing. We took the T into downtown Boston and checked into our hotel then headed over to the expo and arrived about 10 minutes before they opened the doors at 9 am. We had a great time doing the expo and managed to control our spending pretty well this year. After what felt like about an hour but was really 3 1/2 hours we took off and had lunch at Legal Seafood. Yum!

We spent the after noon resting in our room before we met the gang for dinner. It was so great to see everyone. Smooth and Larry, Teena and Ryan, Marc E, Lark, Canyon, Kathie, and Lucy (from the fast running blog) and her two kids all went out for a wonderful Chinese Dinner in China town. The food was wonderful and the company even better. It was great to see everyone again. Being in Boston with the gang makes for an amazing weekend. They are all great runners and even better people. I am honored to be included in the group.

Sunday morning Doone and I slept in and then went for a Sunday brunch at the Westin which was to die for. We then met most of the gang in the lobby and headed to church. Surprise though, the building was locked up. We figure it was stake conference. Smooth found a door which looked like a utility door that was unlocked and we went in and held our own worship service complete with opening song (accompanied by another runner who was outside the building wondering when church started) prayer, a few talks, and closing song and prayer. The highlight of the meeting was Smooth's telling of her conversion story. The more I know Smooth, the more I love her. Our own little meeting was an experience I'll never forget and that alone made our trip to Boston worth it, but it kept getting better and better.

Back to the hotel for some R and R and then, we met up again to go to the pre-race pasta dinner. If there was anything bad this weekend it was the food at that dinner. YUCK! Next year we have to go to the North End for real Italian food on the night before the race. I'll even make reservations. Most everyone stopped and bought real food on the way back to the hotel.

After getting my race gear ready I fell asleep around 9 pm and slept soundly until 2 am. That's like a ton more sleep than I ever get before a good race, so I was happy with that and spent the next 3 hours laying in bed and pondering. It was actually really nice. At 5 I got up showered, got dressed, and had some breakfast. We all met up at 6 in the lobby and headed over to the busses. The weather was amazing and for the first time in my 4 Bostons, we were not going to have a headwind. It was mostly a cross wind a little more at our back then and front. We all hung together in the athletes village for a while before setting out for the starting corals.

RACE REPORT STARTS HERE

I relaxed in the coral a bit and before we knew it, the race was under way. With the coral system (I was in # 2) we got off to race pace right at the beginning. The first mile is the steepest downhill and when we passed the first mile around 6:35 I think. (Oh a quick side note, my Garmin got messed up on the way to Boston and when I fixed it and reset it I forgot to set the auto splits. It took me about 8 miles before I started trying to manually hit the splits and I was bad at it, so I don't have mile splits.) Without the garmin giving me the instant feedback I'm used to I decided I would start running by feel and paying attention to my 5K splits trying to keep each one under 21:00.

I ran next to Minnie Mouse (actually a petite asian man), a ninja in a full black outfit from head to toe, and a few other characters for a while. I kept taking stock on how I was feeling and I kept feeling good so I kept on running. The ladies and Wellesley were loud enough to hurt my eardrums this year. I stayed far to left until the very end when I went over and high fived the last 20 yards or so of them for a nice little adrenalin rush. I hit the halfway mark at 1:26:54. This was definitely faster than anticipated, but I was still feeling good, so I kept on running.

The next few miles were easy, but the Newton Hill were approaching. Since I had a decent amount of time banked I decided I would take the hills easy and hopefully make up the time heading back down them. This strategy seemed to work well for my and by the time I topped Heart Break Hill at mile 21 I was still feeling strong. I took of down the back of Heart Break with a couple miles around 6:40. I then just had to hang on for the last few miles. I did have to dig deep to keep the pace right around 7:00 but was able to keep it up. I turned right onto Hartford street getting ready for my big turn onto Boylston and my first sight of the finish line. In honor of last year's run and my 6 month recovery from the ruptured PF tendon, I did the airplane as I turned onto Boyleston. I dug deep and ran that last .2 miles (actually a bit more) as strong as I could and crossed the finish line with a new PR 2:58:03!!!!!! I was pumped.

 5K Splits:

 K   Mile   Time

5   3.1   20:21

10   6.2   20:27

15   9.3   20:42

20   12.4   20:52

25   15.5   20:58

30   18.6   21:35 (first 2 Newton hills)

35   21.7   21:53 (last 2 hills. The mile with Heart Break was my slowest at 7:28)

40   24.8   21:37

?  26.2   10:38

END OF RACE REPORT

 After finishing I sped off to my hotel and showered and changed into street close and headed back to the finish line to see the others. My parents called me from their mission in Tansania. That was awesome. I found Doone, Larry, and Ryan and was able to Teena, Kathie, and Smooth finish. We missed the others. That night we met up and celebrated with a fabulous dinner at Legal Seafood, followed by Ben and Jerry's, and then a quick trip to the post race party. It was sad to have to say good bye to everyone. They are all amazing. Thanks for making my weekend so special. You guys are the best!!!!!! IF YOU READ ALL THAT YOU DESERVE A FINISHER'S MEDAL.

SpeedStar 4 Miles: 26.20
Comments
From KP on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 01:18:15 from 98.81.8.237

Congrats on getting your PR at Boston, Rhett!! What an awesome experience! Thanks for sharing!

From Burt on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 01:41:35 from 98.177.220.145

"Doing it at Boston would be sweet!" You did it! You are awesome! Great job!

From DonGardinero on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 04:03:23 from 75.162.164.84

Wow, what a great experience you had for your fourth Boston. Way to PR!!! It was fun tracking you online. You were really smokin' on that course!!!

From Andy on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 07:27:15 from 198.60.114.178

After all of your hard work I was so happy to see you execute the perfect race plan. You ran incredibly well. Congratulations on a great race.

Sounds like a very fun weekend. Even if it did include breaking and entering.

From Kelli on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 08:12:01 from 184.49.175.124

I READ IT ALL!!! Again, congrats on a great race (I did not hear about the characters you ranwith...funny, I thought only the back of the pack had people all dressed up!!! We had a rubber duck even!) I am so happy you got your PR, you are an amazing runner.

It was great to meet you again and get to chat with you and your wife. I feel honored to hae ruined your perfect diet with some killer ice cream!

From timp on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 08:53:12 from 144.189.100.25

Great race Rhett! I'm glad all the work paid off for you this year.

From Kerry on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 09:52:48 from 70.101.194.197

FANTASTIC RHETT - WAY TO GO!

From bunkgoats on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:18:08 from 75.36.225.40

way to get it done and PR at Boston!!

From josse on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:44:05 from 75.252.5.74

Great job on the PR!! it looks like you had a great time.

From runningafterbabies on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 14:25:32 from 67.177.9.74

I liked your race report. Great job on your PR!

From Tom Slick on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 15:38:22 from 168.179.157.104

Great run at Boston,Plus a big PR.

From Mack on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 17:17:54 from 71.111.186.66

Congrats on a great PR Rhett. You deserved it!

From MichelleL on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 18:48:48 from 67.41.226.109

Nice job! Way to go, PRing at Boston.

From RivertonPaul on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 18:52:55 from 67.42.27.114

I enjoyed getting your updates on my phone while I was in court (I know, big no - no, but I had to know). Love your report. Again, big congratulations.

From RAD on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 19:34:26 from 67.172.229.125

Nice race and amazing PR! You make a 2:58 sound like a breeze! Glad you got to hang with some good people - they're some of my favorite too!! (Oh, and don't ever do a diet w/out ice cream when you're meeting Kelli for a race...never!).

From rockness18 on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 23:33:20 from 75.16.161.162

Nice report and impressive running!

From jtshad on Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:31:08 from 204.134.132.225

Congrats on a great race and the PR! Sounds like you got the Boston experience you wanted this time! Boston is indeed a fun experience (both the race and the town) especially with good friends.

From Bonnie on Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:26:08 from 64.119.33.134

Great race Rhett! Loved the report, loved to see you have a good day and enjoy your day! You did so well. I think that races where you just let your body do what it is supposed to do almost always work out best! Congratulations!

From Rhett on Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 14:41:45 from 74.32.222.202

Thanks everyone. All of your positive vibes being sent my way really helped me run my best race.

From LuzyLew on Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 17:15:34 from 208.187.197.42

It was so nice to meet you Saturday Night. I was pretty shy at dinner since Smooth and Larry were the only ones I really know--wasn't that incredible? They are so nice. I got to now Kathie a little better and found her at the race's start. Man-- You ran a stellar race. It was perfect weather! We lucked out. Your strong finish & excitment is inspiration. Thanks for the report! I read yours all the way to the bottom--but I already got a medal of my own, thanks anyway :)

From Teena on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 11:35:35 from 174.52.45.85

You amaze me!!! You ran the perfect race. :) :) :)

Congrats on it all!!! :) :) :)

From Smooth on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 00:37:51 from 174.23.172.155

Rhett ~ I just want to let you know Larry and I think the world of you! What a blessing it is for us to know you and Doone. Larry wants you to tell Doone that she is a very special girl. She has a great personality and wish that one of our sons would find a girl just like her. It is easy to see you two make a perfect team/couple. We just LOVE YOU!!! THANK YOU for a most memorable and fantastic Boston weekend! Can't wait to see you at UVM!

WOW! You ran a PERFECT race! You deserve the PR in grand style. I expect nothing less given the dedicated and intelligent training you have had over the last few months. What a stellar performance! WAY to *honor* the finish w/ the airplane glide. I am SOOOO HAPPY for your PR!!!

How was your talk at Sacrament today? Wish I could be there to listen to you speak! You're a great example to me and many people!

From Rhett on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 13:26:03 from 74.41.249.102

Smooth, you are too kind.

On my marathonphotos pictures they have a really cool shot of me airplaining onto Boylston.

See Mack's blog from Sat. 4/24 to answer the question about my talk.

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