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Sogonapmit Marathon

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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
62.000.000.000.000.0062.00
Asics Blue And Silver Miles: 46.50Treadmill Miles: 26.30Asics Equation 2 Miles: 6.00Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 9.50
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
11.300.000.000.000.0011.30

Got up in the morning and ran 11.3 miles on the treadmill. Felt pretty weak by the end, but that's OK. I sweat so much that my shoes were making squishy sounds at the end.

Congrats to all the people who races this weekend. 

I've only run 4 races in the past year. I plan to do more this time around. 

Asics Blue And Silver Miles: 11.30Treadmill Miles: 11.30
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

40 minutes of tempo on the treadmill averaging 7:25 pace. Then a cooldown. 6 miles total. That's a good distance (if I weren't training for a marathon).

Asics Equation 2 Miles: 6.00Treadmill Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.500.000.000.000.009.50

I'm going to start doing mile repeats regularly. I ran some today over by Thanksgiving Point. There's a wide road with few cars that is good for night running. I ran back and forth 3 times. Actually, I ended up doing 4x1mile and 2x1200 meters (approx). Boy am I slow! I wasn't hurting too bad, but I just couldn't push the pace any harder. It was strange. But I'll keep working on it. It's definitely an area I can improve. Below are my splits.

6:43

6:31

6:31

6:25

6:25 (1200)

6:11 (1200) 

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 9.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

9 miles on the treadmill. 7 miles at 7:25 pace average. Then 2 miles at 8:30 pace for a cooldown.

Asics Blue And Silver Miles: 9.00Treadmill Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Sogonapmit Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:31:00, Place overall: 2
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
26.200.000.000.000.0026.20

A couple days ago Kelli mentioned on her blog that she was going to run the Sogonapmit Marathon. I hadn't heard about it until then. It was the Timpanogos Half Marathon run in both directions (hence the name which is Timpanogos backwards). You start at American Fork High School and run to AF Canyon, run up to Tibble Fork Reservoir, turn around at the starting line, and run back down. The elevation gain on the first half is about 1800, I believe. I was excited to run this race because I don't like all my races to be downhill ones (as are so common in Utah).

24 people ran the full marathon. We started at 3:20 am. The goal was to get to the starting line and turn around before the 1300 half marathoners started and then outrun them to the finish. Several of us did that, but then we found out the half started a little late, so we were a little less excited about beating them.

It was a fun atmosphere. It was nice to chat with Kelli and Julie on the way up. Much easier than the parts when I was running up the steeper parts of the canyon by myself in the dark. I felt quite relaxed, surprisingly the whole way up. The downhill was good too. I tried to just stay relaxed and feared that at some point I would crash and burn. That never happened. I had some moments when I struggled to keep my pace, but most of the downhill miles were 7:30 pace or faster, even at the end. (My Garmin wasn't super accurate in the canyon.)

The winner was Seth Wold, a very fast marathoner. He took it easy, stopping at aid stations for awhile to chat, stopping at the halfway point for maybe 10 minutes to chat with a friend, and running for awhile with some of us. Cool guy.

Once we got out of the canyon, Kelli and I ran together. This was very helpful. We were wanting to run about the same pace, so we pushed each other to stay on pace. If she didn't have to stop for two bathroom breaks, she probably would have beat me.

In the end, I got second place. It was fun to place that high, even though the race was small. I'm satisfied (but not thrilled) with that time on a fairly challenging course. I ran about 1:55 up and 1:36 down. Most of all it was fun to run on a gorgeous course and enjoy the company of other runners. Much better than trying to do a long run by myself.

One thing I did differently from other marathons was to stop at almost every aid station. My goal was to keep my blood sugar high and stay hydrated enough. I think it made a big difference for me because I didn't crash at the end. So it was good to experiment with this before St. George.

I had a good mileage week. Passed 60 miles, which was good to make up for last week and my highest mileage week in over a year. 

Asics Blue And Silver Miles: 26.20
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
62.000.000.000.000.0062.00
Asics Blue And Silver Miles: 46.50Treadmill Miles: 26.30Asics Equation 2 Miles: 6.00Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 9.50
Weight: 0.00
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