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Dogtown Half Marathon

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Location:

Draper,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Oct 27, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

I was a decent runner when I was younger, now just loving the second wind in life...

Short-Term Running Goals:

Boston Marathon - 3:04:21 3112th/1978thAG

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running with the Kenyans again...

Personal:

Work Hard, Play Harder and Have Fun! Make It Happen...

This is my mantra... 

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Race: Dogtown Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:26:28, Place overall: 39, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
18.00

Dogtown Half Marathon 

had no business racing a half marathon but part of my plan to get back in shape and be able to do somewhat decent at Boston is race my way back to shape. Anyways, I'm really enjoying running the last month even though I feel like a linebacker right now. 

Been hanging with the Van Beekum's and Cook's today. Picked up Amy and Ben and I drove down to the start. We got there early and so listened to some tunes before the wu. Ben and I did a easy wu through the Coral Canyon neighborhood with about a half mile of strides 10 minutes before the start. I felt rested and good. 

The first 3 miles I felt good but right at the 3 mile mark you come off the dirt part of this corse into rolling hills. The downhill part is very deceiving as I didn't feel like I was even doing anything. I felt like I wasn't warmed up and when I hit these rollers I had no rhythm.  So running through the rollers and along dam road was very scenic but until mile 7 I felt like I was working really hard for no reason. When I got to the 7 mile mark I finally felt good. In fact my last 6 miles felt better than my first 6. Majestic at mile 10 was a beast. 7:27 split there. I felt like was hiking. I need to do so some hill workouts after each run and gradually increase my efforts on this. I know it will help my training. The last 5k was easy MP and I felt like I could have gone 4-5 more mile today at that pace which is good.

I'll post my splits later. Overall, very enjoyable workout and glad to get some MP tempo effort in the bank. Good deposit. I've stuck to a conservative plan and really am enjoying the ride. 3up/2down 

 

Benny V, Clyde and I played 9 holes at SouthGate. I win the match play and these guys are good golfers. So I'm pretty pumped with the golf game today. 

Comments
From Holt on Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 20:49:38 from 67.2.228.53

Good to see you go by Spencer... You'll get back there soon.

From jtshad on Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 08:27:27 from 69.20.183.178

Nice race and looking good to be in nice shape for Boston!

From Kassi on Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 08:28:57 from 23.255.225.41

Right on track Spencer. Keep up the good work!

From allie on Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 12:03:03 from 65.130.189.75

nice race, spencer. you are coming back strong.

congrats on the golf win. did you guys use bumpers?

From RileyCook on Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 15:37:25 from 73.52.134.194

Not a bad effort at all and like you say racing into shape is not a bad plan at all.

It was great, as always, hanging with you and the Van Beekums. Fun stuff, too bad I missed the golf!

From Matt Poulsen on Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 15:55:01 from 50.168.224.197

Nice job, Spence! Your fitness is definitely improving weekly. Keep it up, and be patient and consistent.

From Rachelle on Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:42:37 from 159.212.71.173

Consistent progress Spence. Nice race my friend. I really like your outlook on getting back into shape. Sometimes it's more about just enjoying it and loving the journey.

From Superfly on Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:49:55 from 74.211.21.81

Good job man. Just keep at it. miles and miles and miles. week in week out. Next thing you know. the body changes. weight is down. and your flying. Solid effort down here. Sorry my golf game was "out" for the weekend. Maybe next time...

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