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Dogtown Half

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Location:

St. George,UT,U.S.A

Member Since:

Apr 02, 2005

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

97th at Boston

1:09:40 Half Marathon

2:25:50 Marathon

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get healthy enough to enjoy a run again.

Long-Term Running Goals:

To be able to do it... long term. 

Personal:

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift" -Steve Prefontaine

Live your life. Take chances. Be crazy. Don't wait. Because right now is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll be... ever again.

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Race: Dogtown Half (13.1 Miles) 01:11:54, Place overall: 2
Total Distance
20.70

4.5 warm up with the guys. Then added a little over .5 to sneak a quick potty. Warm up ended up being a little longer than I originally wanted but in the end maybe just right:)

My watch didn't save any of my splits or total time (this new timex gps is kind of turning out to be a bust). My splits through miles 1-6 are basically identical to Dave's.

5:14, 5:18, 5:22, 5:16, 5:27, 5:36

I felt pretty smooth in these first 6 miles. In the warm up the groin was pretty tight but I never felt it through the race- after the race it hurt like &%$ and was super tight. Had great weather (which for me seems rare).  

Then between miles 6-10 I lost 22 seconds on Dave and from 10 to the finish I really struggled. Starting with the big hill up Majestic Rd. But even if I'd have just finished without slowing down I wasn't catching Dave as he finished like a champ today. I could tell by the way he was running down Washington Dam road at mile 8 that he was "feeling" it today.

Wish I had the closing spits to see how pathetic they really were- or maybe not that bad. Guess I'll never know. I know once I hit the big hill the gears just wouldn't flow and I was hitting like 6:50 pace up that sucker and never got going. 

Overall I'm ok about the race. Held it together about 2.5 miles longer than at STG half (there I died at mile 8). So I'm making some progress and I really hate half marathon pace. Hoping it will just be a good workout and stepping stone to help put together one good marathon this year. I just want one more good one- then I can walk away happy.

Hit 2.7 miles for the cool down over to where Mik'L parked the car by the fields church. I felt pretty trashed and moaned out loud a lot during these miles. Just getting old-


LunaRacer Miles: 16.20Blue Launch 2 Miles: 4.50
Comments
From Clay on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 17:55:14 from 71.195.211.7

I've heard that is a tough course Clyde. It was a nice solid effort!!!! Are you done with marathons after that last good one your talking about?

From JPark on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 18:07:52 from 12.152.174.132

Sorry that the groin felt like &%$ after the race. To go sub 1:12 on a course like that is impressive.

From Holt on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 18:55:14 from 67.2.243.12

I thought you ran great today - like any time that I am up on you... I was just running scared of those killer closing miles you have in you. And as always... it was awesome running with you for that first half. To bad someone had to break the Circle, but we won't name names (Bahh).

From Logan Fielding on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 19:17:45 from 74.211.3.53

Ram tuff! I couldn't ever get in touch with Steve so I didn't get in. Katey ended up having a church meeting early so I slept in and ran this morning. The main parts of the circle ran great today.

From Andrea on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 19:30:02 from 67.177.21.60

Nice race today! That is definitely a positive split course which makes the second half automatically more difficult. I hope your groin stops acting up...that's a hard injury to get over.

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 19:31:21 from 67.177.21.60

Good racing today Clyde. Half-marathon pace is hard - but it should at least make the first part of the marathon feel a lot easier! Plus - nothing builds fitness like going out and hitting it at a good pace for 60-70 minutes.

From James on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 19:38:36 from 174.23.146.70

Still a good race, even with a few issues. I would love to be half that fast right now. Oh wait I am about half that fast right now!:)

From Superfly on Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 15:38:41 from 74.211.21.81

Thanks! The best part of yesterday was the weather. High of 68 F and a beautiful spring day here in STG.

Clay- yes and no. I'll keep running marathons but will no longer train hard. 60 miles a week max. But... I have to have that special race first.

From Little Bad Legs on Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 20:48:13 from 68.186.75.3

I think that special race is waiting for you in Newport. Just sayin...

Nice race Clyde. Can't win them all but with your consistent training, you're sure to bust a good one soon enough.

From Steve on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 19:25:45 from 107.17.195.32

1:11 is a sweet time! Congrats!

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