Clyde's Comeback!

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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
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

Sat, Jul 15, 2006

Total Distance

16.00

Did the Bryce Canyon half. one mile warm up.

The race went pretty good. I ran a 1:15.20...the seconds may be off. Finished in 5th place overall. 4th place in mens and 3rd in my age class. Yes I got "chicked". She was pretty dang fast. She passed me on mile marker 3 or so and throughout the race I thought I was going to catch her... I just never did. Same girl who won the ladies St. George Marathon last year.

I ran pretty good for most of the race- around mile's 8-9 I started having thoughts that it was beyond me to maintain this pace. However in a mile or so I was feeling better. The course was marked good, I hope it was pretty close in distance.

Overall felt good about the race. The $100 cash prize for 4th place in men's was a nice cherry on the top...

The elevation drop was around 2000 ft from 7,500 ft or so to 5,500 ft or so.

Ran two miles with my wife later in the night. Feeling pretty sore!

Comments

From d-enz on Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 11:04:39

I hear you on feeling pretty sore, it wasn't too bad Saturday afternoon and evening, but boy yesterday and today I am really feeling it, might take me a few days to get back to feeling normal.

From Steve on Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 13:07:29

Way to go Clyde! With $100 extra in your pocket what are you going to do? Let me guess....get a new pair of shoes!

1:15 - I must say I pretty impressed with how well both you and Dustin did. The miles and training are really starting to show.

Make sure to take some extra time each day during this week and devote to stretching. That down hill was probably a silent killer, but great training for St. George.

Keep it up!

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 14:47:54

Good work. The race results are here.

Your time is listed at 1:15:28. This converts to 2:44 in St. George, if we assume the course is equivalent to Hobblecreek. I think it is probably a minute slower, which would give you 2:42. The race shows your 10 K speed carries to the half-marathon. When that it is the case, it is quite rare to lose more than 5 minutes in the marathon off the prediction unless you experience some major disaster.

It is good that you have gotten to the level where getting "chicked" in a race with prize money becomes something you can avoid. It might be a good idea to run with Devra in St. George, and then see if you can drop her on the last mile.

From bill on Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 21:46:21

Hey supefly! great race. can I have your autograph before you become elite! I think it will be worth something in the very near future. someday I will be able to say to my grand kids, yea, I use to run with that guy.

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