Little Buddha

Ogden Half Marathon

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Location:

La Verkin,UT,USA

Member Since:

Feb 17, 2005

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Post College

10K- 33:49 (Enterprise 09')

Half Marathon-1:16:29- (Hobblecreek 06')

Marathon 2:44:59 (St. George 07')

Personal:

I live in La Verkin, Utah. My wife, Sunny and I have 3 boys and 1 special little girl
I teach 7th grade Utah History at Hurricane Intermediate School and Driver's Education at Millcreek High School.

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Race: Ogden Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:26:04, Place overall: 36, Place in age division: 8
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Well today's race was a pretty good experience for me.  I have been working to get back into shape, still have a long ways to go, put at least I left this race feeling a little better about myself.

So far this year I've ran 1:40:16 at St. George Half and 1:32:36 at Dogtown Half, so I was really hoping to see some improvement in my half time today.  I sat out with the goal of around 1:25:00 or 6:30 pace

I started off very conservative and just warmed up the first 4 miles and really didn't start picking it up until the canyon.  Down the canyon I kept everything under control and I was probably most pleased with the last few miles on the trail where I thought I would struggle, but didn't too bad.

Met up with Tyler at the start and did half a lap around the Eden park and then straight to the starting line.  A little chilly at the start, but once we started running very nice temps

1-7:10 Nice and easy, kept forcing myself to slow down

2-6:54 A little up hill, still warming up

3-6:44 Still having to hold myself back

4-6:46 Feeling ready for the canyon

5-5:56 Maybe a little too excited but this mile drops a lot

6-6:18

7-6:19

8-6:11

9-6:09

10-5:56 I was pretty pleased with how things were going at this point, really wanted to get in at least 6 good miles,

11-6:28

12-6:51 Lack of endurance starting to effect me.

13-6:36 Pretty decent last mile

.25- 1:26

Everyone I talked with had the course measured long on their Garmins by about.10, so if that were really the case then made you could take off 45 seconds.

Anyway my chip time was 1:26:04 (6:34 average) so I was pretty happy with that.  Best thing I didn't feel totally beat up, like after most races.  I was able to run 2 miles after the race.  I went and helped pace Bill the last half mile of the marathon.  He ran 3:13 and Mike ran 3:06.  Steve Olsen did a 1:20 in the half and Tyler Shepard had a great race 1:19:11, so I was happy for him.

This race has gotten me excited for a good summer of training and racing.  I'm signed up for the St. George Marathon, but plan to do 2 or 3 more halves this summer, plus some 10K's.

Blue Launch Miles: 15.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Steve Piccolo on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 16:12:50 from 67.2.73.196

Great job getting out there and running a strong race. Sounds fun!

From Superfly on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 18:39:03 from 74.211.21.81

I'm excited about your race. Good job! Your work this spring has really turned your running around. Keep it up and you'll have a great summer of racing. Say good bye to the little budda belly.

From JamesH on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 22:22:16 from 208.117.127.7

Good to see your back at it. Just keep trucking along and it will come back quick im sure.

From Tmck on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 14:35:51 from 157.201.117.193

Great race Dustin. I think you and I were playing leap frog for most of the canyon.

From Andrea on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 16:06:19 from 72.37.244.100

Congrats Dustin!

From Tmck on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 22:24:39 from 157.201.117.193

Yes, I was wearing the yellow/green shirt.

From TylerS on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 22:13:38 from 63.248.99.121

Great job dustin. Thanks for the kudos in your report. I was glad to see you at the race. Keep working hard...

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