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M.A.D. Half Marathon

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Location:

Idaho Falls,ID,

Member Since:

Mar 31, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2007 St. George Marathon; 3:27:17

2008 Ogden Marathon- 3:14:47

2008 Salt Lake Marathon- 3:39:05

2008 Deseret News Marathon- 3:16:19

2008 Pocatello Marathon- 3:09:31 (8th overall)

2008 St. George Marathon- 3:17:39

2009 Idaho Famous Potato Marathon- 3:11:25(4th overall)

2009 Boston Marathon- 3:14:03

2009 Utah Valley Marathon- 3:05:34

2009 Pocatello Marathon- 3:08:04 (8th overall)

2010 Utah Valley Marathon- 3:29:04

2010 Top of Utah Marathon 3:22:44

2010 To Bone and Back 40 miler- 6:44:06 (2nd overall)

Ran from Pocatello to Idaho Falls (52miles in 9 hrs)

2008 Hobblecreek 1/2 Marathon- 1:26:01

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run the Pocatello 50.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and remain injury-free

Personal:

I love running.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Defyance 3 Lifetime Miles: 384.93
INOV8 F-lite 311 Lifetime Miles: 217.42
Brooks Cascadia 6 Lifetime Miles: 27.45
Montrail Fairhaven Lifetime Miles: 5.00
Brooks Racer 5T Lifetime Miles: 115.43
Mizuno Elixir Lifetime Miles: 36.83
Avia Avi-Bolt III Lifetime Miles: 16.50
Sat, May 14, 2011
Race: M.A.D. Half Marathon (15.91 Miles) 01:58:33, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
15.91

Ran the M.A.D. Half Marathon.

Started out way too fast as I was keeping Gray within visual distance.  First mile marker was actually 1.38 on my GPS which was a sign of things to come.  Between miles 3 to 5, I had a side-ache which told me I started out way too fast but it did help me to get my pace to where it should have been.  I still remained in second place with the slower pace.  I was surprised by the rolling hills and strong head wind, but surprisingly felt strong for 13 miles.  At mile 14.2, I knew that the course was really screwed up and then they told me to go an extra 2 miles at the end which about pushed me over the edge.  But I pushed through it and finished the 16 mile "Half Marathon" with an average 7:28 pace.  At the finish I saw people crossing the line in front of me that were half marathers too.  Apparently they didn't have to run the extra 2 miles at the end, so I technically still finished 2nd overall eventhough the race results will not show that.  Oh well, at least I got in a good 16 miles and felt better than I expected.  IT Band did not bother me once and the INOV8's were awesome!

INOV8 F-lite 311 Miles: 15.91
Comments
From jtshad on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:23:38 from 69.20.183.178

Good run on a screwed up course! That is hard to imagine that it get that badly mis-measured.

From Nate Reese on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:00:39 from 216.201.66.234

Thanks Jeff. I'm sorry you weren't feeling great, but this was the race to get that over with! Good job!

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