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Hale Freezes Over 10K

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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Personal bests since 2009:

  • 5K - 18:31 (Freedom Run, 2021)
  • 10K - 38:52 (Dana Point, 2009)
  • Half marathon - 1:25:54 (SLC, 2012)
  • Marathon - 3:02:40 (St. George, 2009)

Short-Term Running Goals:

  • Break 3:00 in a marathon
  • Run at least 5 days a week

Long-Term Running Goals:

  • Lifetime fitness
  • Run the Boston Marathon
  • Do an Ironman triathlon (someday)

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Air Pegasus 25 Lifetime Miles: 1220.37
Asics Equation 2 Lifetime Miles: 1198.81
Asics Blue And Silver Lifetime Miles: 930.43
Pearl Izumi Orange Streaks Lifetime Miles: 194.77
Treadmill Lifetime Miles: 2381.47
New Balance 690 Lifetime Miles: 313.68
New Balance 310 Lifetime Miles: 1120.96
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
37.008.000.000.000.0045.00
New Balance Miles: 10.00Asics Equation 2 Miles: 18.00Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 164.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

10 miles on the treadmill at about 7:25 pace average. Feeling a little under the weather. This seems to happen about once a month lately. Thankfully it usually doesn't get any worse. 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.002.000.000.000.006.00

6 treadmill miles in 43:30. Felt super good, despite still having a bit of a head cold.

Excited for 5K on Saturday. Signed up today. It's the Hale Freezes Over 5K in Orem, UT. Awesome freebies and great prizes. 

Enjoying being a father again, too. 

New Balance Miles: 6.00
Weight: 164.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

4 miles on elliptical (treadmill was being used) and 6 miles on treadmill (7:25 pace). Legs felt heavy tonight.

I decided to do the 10K on Saturday instead of the 5K. 

Asics Equation 2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles in about 30:15 on the treadmill. Race tomorrow. Excited. My goal is to run under 40 minutes. I will give it my best. I think if I do that, I will place in the top 3.

New Balance Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Hale Freezes Over 10K (6.21 Miles) 00:40:13, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.006.000.000.000.0015.00

This morning I drove down to Orem, UT for a 10K that was put on by the Hale Center Theater. My wife and I really love going to shows there, and I found out they were giving season tickets to the top three finishers in each race. Plus it had been 2 months since I did a race and wanted to do one.

I saw that last year's winning time was 41 minutes, so I thought I might have a shot of placing in the top three. Here's how the race went. A few guys started out pretty fast, but I didn't want to go quite that fast. Then it thinned out quickly. I was in 4th place for the first two miles and averaging about 6:15 pace on this flat-downhill portion. Then a guy passed me, so I was in 5th place. But I felt good and wanted to just run relaxed and not get carried away. I was still in 5th place around the 3 mile mark when the lead runner turned around and started running towards us, even though he was supposed to go right. I figured he was a bandit, so that put me in 4th place. During the next mile I passed two guys, which put me in 2nd, and I could see the leader. I felt bad for him because he kept having to ask which direction to go, so eventually I made a push to run alongside him. For miles 5-6 the three of us battled back and forth. Then with 1/2 mile to go, I threw in a surge. With about 1/4 mile to go, I started to die and thought I would lose. But then I got a final bit of energy to push me through in 1st. Then I saw the earlier leader who I thought was a bandit. He said he went a different route that was the same distance and that he hoped nobody noticed. His time was really good, so I figured I really was 2nd place. When they gave the awards, they announced me as the winner, so I guess that other guy was disqualified.

So basically, I wasn't the fastest runner but I got first place. To be honest, I didn't care about winning and don't consider this a true win (because I wasn't the fastest), but I was very excited about the prizes. Season tickets to the Hale Center Theater and a Family Pass to Thanksgiving Point!! I was so pleased because these gifts I could share with my wife and kids as a small token of appreciation for how much they support my running. And on our tight budget, we wouldn't have been able to do these things otherwise.

I met a really nice guy named Ben who was doing his first road race. He got excited about doing more, which is cool. 

Congrats to the other runners! I hope I didn't cut anyone off or doing anything I wasn't supposed to. But if I did, I didn't mean to. 

Anyway, this race was really well run, and I would highly recommend it. Sean Murphy did a great job organizing it. 

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 7.00Asics Equation 2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
37.008.000.000.000.0045.00
New Balance Miles: 10.00Asics Equation 2 Miles: 18.00Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 164.00
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