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Spanish Fork 1/2 Marathon

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8 Men

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Location:

Herriman,UT,

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

25 Marathons

PR's:

5K - 19:55 SLCTC Winter Series '08

10K - 41:13 SLCTC Winter Series '08

15K - 1:02:59 SLCTC Winter Series '08

1/2 Marathon - 1:27:52 Salt Lake '08

Marathon - 3:11:19 St. George '06

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run without discomfort

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run without discomfort

Personal:

Favorite Blogs:

Miles:	This week:	9.00	Month:	68.00	Year:	2220.70
Cumulus 10 Lifetime Miles:						130.40

Sat, Sep 06, 2008

Race: Spanish Fork 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:30:43

Easy Miles Marathon Pace Miles Threshold Miles VO2 Max Miles Total Distance

0.50 13.10 0.00 0.00 13.60

Great day for a race. Cool temperature and little wind. Felt pretty good overall. Only minor glute/hamstring pain which was kept in check by sports cream and 8-hour Tylenol. Ran a few steps behind Paul T. and had Tom L. within sight for the first 10 miles, until they picked up the pace and opened up the distance more. I accomplished 2 of my 3 goals for the day. namely, 1) be first finisher from the Ultradent team, 2) match or exceed Michelle L's time from last years race, and 3) go under 1:30. Didn't quite meet goal #3, but I was happy to run relatively even splits and not drop way off in the last couple of miles.

(My Garmin measured 13.0 for the course, but I haven't heard anyone else say it was short so maybe my actual splits were slightly better than shown...)

Mile 1 - 7:01

Mile 2 - 6:58

Mile 3 - 6:56

Mile 4 - 7:06

Mile 5 - 6:54

Mile 6 - 7:15

Mile 7 - 7:17

Mile 8 - 6:41

Mile 9 - 6:55

Mile 10 - 6:54

Mile 11 - 6:57

Mile 12 - 6:59

Mile 13 - 6:51

Cumulus7-I: 718, Cumulus7-II: 637, Cumulus9-III: 453 Cumulus9-IV: 597, Cumulus9-A: 262

Comments

From josse on Sep 07, 2008 at 14:46:02

Great job Cal!! Glad you where feeling it. Still planning TOUM and SG?

From MichelleL on Sep 07, 2008 at 14:52:20

Well I didn't know I had a target on my back but am glad you squarely met that goal. Those are great splits.

From Paul T on Sep 07, 2008 at 18:18:52

It was nice meeting you during the race, Cal. You ran tough and had a great race.

I was a little jealous of all the support you got from all the other Ultradent runners. I felt like I was running with a celebrity.

From Tom on Sep 07, 2008 at 18:39:20

Cal you ran a great race. Congrats on meeting the majority of your goals and on being the undisputed Ultradent Champion!

Glad to hear the pain-in-the-rear didn't cause you much grief. Perhaps I'll have to try the sports-cream/Tylenol trick next time.

From RviertonPaul on Sep 07, 2008 at 19:00:20

Good work Cal. You keep inspiring me. Hang in there, we're getting closer.

From Kim on Sep 07, 2008 at 22:29:21

It's cool to know the Ultradent champion! Whenever I met someone from your company I said, "I know Cal". I felt pretty important to know you! I'm glad your company came down to SF for this race. I hope it was a good experience for all of them. Tell Teena I'm waiting for her to join the blog. Never mind, you don't need to tell her...she's a LURKER....she'll read this on her own!

Good luck on the Fifteen hundred dollar prize!

From Teena on Sep 08, 2008 at 00:00:36

Incredible race Cal!! Congrats on finishing so strong. You're quite the Champ now!!

I'm going to give this blogging thing a try (even though I'm not a diehard like you).

From Mike Warren on Sep 08, 2008 at 09:35:16

Cal, great race! I hear this is not an easy course. You ran very smart. Awesome mental toughness to finish strong, nice job.

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