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Red Mountain 30k

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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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Baby Jogger Lifetime Miles: 623.95
Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 313.32
Asics TRI Lifetime Miles: 610.65
Pegasus Lifetime Miles: 520.90
Kinvara2 Lifetime Miles: 350.20
Ghost Yellow Lifetime Miles: 374.25
Kestrel Bike Lifetime Miles: 1883.75
NB- Rainbow Lifetime Miles: 57.80
Red Cumulus Lifetime Miles: 594.95
Neon Launch Lifetime Miles: 533.40
DS Trainer Lifetime Miles: 467.77
Green Pegasus Lifetime Miles: 479.75
Lunerglide Lifetime Miles: 276.70
Blue Pegasus Lifetime Miles: 528.06
NoosTri Lifetime Miles: 283.07
BlueKinvara Lifetime Miles: 216.60
Innov Lifetime Miles: 58.50
Ride Lifetime Miles: 207.45
NavPeg Lifetime Miles: 162.50
Green K5's Lifetime Miles: 88.00
Race: Red Mountain 30k (17.84 Miles) 01:43:10, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
19.70

.6 mile warm up- not really to warm up but to keep from shivering. It felt cold up at the start.... but then .5 miles down the road warm air moved in and we all felt it get really hot. 

It was called a 30k but the distance ended up being 17.84 so... a little short of the 18.64 official 30 k distance. I didn't care. I didn't go to this race to race or do anything official. Just a good excuse to get a long run in with some faster miles mixed. The plan was to warm up for the first 5 miles or so then try and do some kind of tempo to the finish.

The plan worked for 2ish miles hitting 6:17, 6:12 on the first two. But then Steven kept pushing the gas and we  hit the 3rd mile in 5:48 and it started a rush of faster miles for me all the way to the end. Finished the 17.84 miles in a 5:46 avg. So a pretty good marathon pace workout when I really have felt trashed all week. TRASHED. Never felt super but never felt horrible today- just an even effort across the board. The course has a good elevation drop as it starts above the town of Gunlock and drops to Ivans but there are several solid uphills throughout the entire length. Including 2 in the last 4 miles that really make you work. Plus by then it was full sun and over 80.

1.25 cool down- felt like I worked but didn't trash anything along the way.

Overall I'm pretty pumped about the results of the workout. Can't really call it a race. But at the end of a bigger week which included a 33 mile run on Monday. I'll take it and smile.

Kinvara Miles: 19.70
Comments
From jtshad on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 13:22:51 from 69.20.183.178

Wow, what a week! Congrats on the win and happy belated birthday!

From Jake K on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 14:10:31 from 67.182.215.126

Impressive cap to a big week! Great job Clyde - you are really rolling lately!

From JamesH on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 17:03:04 from 208.117.127.7

Good job today. It was nice to see you for 3 seconds as you and Steve ran away from the rest of us.

From Fritz on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 20:26:03 from 67.182.226.25

You are in amazing shape. Nice win/workout. :)

From Russ on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 00:26:48 from 24.72.198.228

Nice job! I ran this last year and loved it. It was .5 long in 2011 so interesting to see this year it's short. I enjoyed the course & the organization of the race.

From Paul on Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 14:42:25 from 71.208.141.66

Great job, and great week!

From Superfly on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:16:24 from 74.211.21.81

THX guys! It was great to salvage the week with a good run on Saturday even though I wanted to skip it when the alarm went off at 4:30 a.m.

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