Clyde's Comeback!

Bryce Canyon Half Marathon

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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: Bryce Canyon Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:10:51, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
17.95

I road up to the race with Dave H, his brother James H, and their dad and we slept in James camp trailer in the town where the race finished. I owe a big thanks to all of them for letting me tag a long and for being so generous. You guys ROCK and roll!

The race today went good. It wasn't an amazing performance where I felt like I was really able to let it go, but I didn't have any issues (stomach, diaphragm, other) and was able to just run so that was very nice. Coming into this race I've been telling Mik'L all week that I could end up running a 1:12 or 1:14. I've just been feeling "not fast" what so ever. My training also has been pretty rigorous and not conducive to speed. So under all the circumstances this was a good race. At the start there was a lot of trouble and I just wanted to run my own race. So when the gun went off the 6 guys who beat me all went out pretty aggressively and I just slowly worked into the race. By mile 3 I was a good deal back from all of them and had to spend the rest of the race trying to reel someone in.

1. 5:29- Everyone goes out fast and I'm in 7th and stay in 7th the rest of the race.

2. 5:38- Trying to get warmed up. I should have did a 3 mile warm-up like I'd planned.

3. 4:55- The step downhill.

4. 5:00- Trying to stay relaxed as I watch everyone get farther and farther away.

5. 5:11- Holding my own.

6. 5:12- Doing better here than last year at this point.

7. 5:15- A good mile as the course flattens out. Now I'm slowly starting to come back on some of the guys ahead of me.

8. 5:30- My two worst miles mentally are 8,9

9. 5:47- Losing it.

10. 5:41- Actually start getting back on the bus and wanting to go after someone.

11. 5:33- I'm coming back.

12. 5:39- Still feeling good and gaining on the Italian and Dave, but now I'm running out of course.

13. 5:34- Ran fairly well through here.

:21 seconds on the last .1... Finished the race feeling good and just realized I lost too much in the first 3 miles of the race. But it's o.k.

Not bummed at all about place or time really. Not thrilled either because there was a lot of cash up for grabs and for the second year in a row I couldn't get my hands on it.

After talking and eating for a while we went for a cool down and now I really feel how trashed my body is. I'm really sore at this point. It's over and another one in the books. Now to push my training into St. George turbo gear so I can get ready to pound that one out.

I finished behind. 1. Logan, 2. Mike V. 3. Cedar City kid who is at BYU 4. Mike V's friend from Runners Corner, 5. Dave the Brave Holt, 6. The Italian guy.

(SS#2- 49.4)

7 mile bike ride = 1.75 mile of easy running. I went out because my bike was crying to be road and I wanted to see if that would help the legs bounce out of the coma they were in.

Comments
From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 16:03:58

It's gotten competitive. 2 years ago you got 4th with 1:15:20.

From Logan on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 16:30:23

Great race Clyde. Rad showing tomorrow will be loads of fun.

From jtshad on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 16:31:05

Nicely done! Wow, that is a fast race. Good luck with the recovery and getting into the SGM training routine.

From Lucia on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 17:09:29

Great running Clyde! You should be so proud!

From Walter on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 17:38:29

Wow Clyde very impressive. I would be seeing Santa Claus if I had that time! It would be a miracle! My gosh that was so competitive! Im proud of you son! lol keep on truckin.

From Clay on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 17:43:11

Clyde with all the issues you have had as of late I think you did really well, this is when you start to really come into your own! You will be a force to be reckoned with come SG!

Keep working hard!!!

From MarcieJ on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 18:24:24

Thats great that you did better than what you had anticipated! You ran a great race and you are going to rock in the marathon. Wait to run hard!

From Adam RW on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 19:36:50

Great race! You really undershot your time. Glad everything felt right and let you run well. (What is SS#2?)

From Superfly on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 20:38:00

Thanks for the comments. It was fun day and this race gets more loaded every year. I've ran it faster every year and dropped one finishing place every year as well.

Adam- SS#2 is a pair of shoes that I hadn't put the mileage in for yet. (Speed Star's) #2 because I have two pair of them.

Next year maybe some more of you stubborn Northern Utah's can make the horrible drive down to Southern Utah and run this race. It would be awesome to have more of you down here. Although this course is goofy. My garmin measured it 3.09 last year and 3.07 this year. Also last year my garmin records have it starting at 6:02 a.m. and this year 6:01 a.m. so pretty on the ball!

From Jon on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 09:53:38

Nice job, Clyde, though your time is actually darn slow if your garmin only measure it at 3 miles (not 13)!

Any ways, look forward to seeing you at TOU half. And I still think you should do NWP- they really need you and you would be a huge help- you would be the fastest guy on the team!

From Superfly on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 11:44:30

Jon- Oops, yes it's 13.09 and 13.07...

And if I could go to NWP (I can't) I'd most likely be lucky to run. My legs are trashed like after a marathon. Who knows how I'll feel in a couple days but most likely not good enough to race a relay. So instead of fastest guy on the team I'd be the biggest concern on the team.

Although I talked too this guy in Bryce who is from Florida and is driving all over America running races and he is making his way from Bryce up to Washington to do NWP. When he told me this it made me wish I could say I was going too.

From josse on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 15:45:29

Great job on the race!

From dave holt on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 17:37:04

Good job - way to have a very positive outlook on it, knowing that it (the race and your training) is all setting you up for an awesome SGM.

By the way... Please change my nickname from "the Brave" to "the Stupid"

From James on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 19:22:34

Hey I if Dave's nickname is going to be "Stupid" then I am not sure if I want to know mine. I thought you ran well yesterday. It is always good to see you.

From Superfly on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 19:37:04

"Dave the Stupid"? That's like something Abraham would say.

"Come on man you did great".

"No I didn't! I'm so stupid".

"No your not- Your an animal".

"No I'm not and thats final".

From Chad on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:57:45

Well done, Clyde.

From Brent on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 18:26:50

Clyde, better to be smart and run another day, after that leg trasher half, hey? By the way, where is your half PR at? It seems that given Hobble and Provo half being a minute of so faster, you may have been right on a PR time?

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From superfly on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 18:39:07

Brent- My half PR is at Hobble. I think Bryce is slower than Hobble by more than a minute but I could be wrong.

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