Rhett

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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
18.005.000.000.000.0023.00

Four weeks ago I had dead legs and decided to take an easy week. Since then I have had 3 break through weeks in a row. I did my carb loading thing yesterday and boy was it nice to run on fully carbed legs today. My goal for the day was to simulate Boston as closely as possible and to do the first 18 miles with AP of 7:45 and the last 5 miles at MP 6:50. I did a course with the first 15 miles of rolling in hill then two mile with 4 decent hills in them which I named the Newton Hills of Havasu, then 5 miles of more downhill than up hill. I felt so stong the whole whay, probably because of the carb loading. I 6:02 too fast on the first 18 miles with an AP of 7:25 then I kicked it into gear for a strong MP paced finish with these splits on the last 5 miles:

6:31 mostly downhill

7:02 mostly uphill

6:49

6:40

6:33

For an AP of 6:43 on the last 5 miles

Total run 23 miles, AP 7:16

It was a great way to finish of my longest week ever. Now all I have left is to taper and hope I haven't over trained.

SpeedStar 2 Miles: 23.00
Comments
From timp on Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 19:25:10 from 68.166.5.143

my friend - you are ready to go fast in Boston. DO IT!

From DonGardinero on Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 19:40:57 from 75.162.169.70

Awesome run, Rhett... I know I always say that, but it's true. So what was your final time for the run? I'm too lazy to figure it out.

From RivertonPaul on Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 21:22:11 from 75.169.17.106

Rhett, looking good. You are so ready. Good job.

From Rhett on Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 23:20:13 from 216.67.216.116

Thanks guys. I feel very confident right now, but there is always that little voice in the back of my mind saying it will be very hard to go sub 3 in Boston.

Dale, the total time was 2:47:02.

From Smooth on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 13:44:11 from 71.36.65.79

Rhett, you executed your 23 miler beautifully!!! You are SO SO SO READY to take that sub-3 in Boston. Have confidence in your hard work and training. Enjoy the taper. You running the Havasu 1/2? What's your plan for that final tune-up race?

From Rhett on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 22:54:44 from 216.67.216.116

Thanks Smooth. My plan for the Havasu 1/2 is to run it at MP. There are actually pacers for this race and one of the pace groups is the 1:30 hour group, so I think I will just run with that group and make it a goal not to get ahead of them.

From MarcE on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 23:19:24 from 206.225.68.10

Stay away from the soccer field! You're so ready for Boston!

From Rhett on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:50:17 from 74.41.249.102

Marc, yeah thanks. I was just thinking about how I went out a played a soccer game 2 weeks before Boston last year after not having played in a game in a long time and how sore I was for a good week. That was stupid. It probably cost my at least a few minutes in Boston last year. This year I'm doing everything by the book.

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