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Ogden 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 Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:53:56, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Well, the Ogden Marathon was a pretty good experience for me overall. When I signed up for Ogden the main goal was just to get my year started off with some good training. For the most part my weekly mileage was decent and should help me be able to transition into a good summer of training. I knew going into Ogden that I wasn't in good enough shape for a PR, but I figured I could be in the 2:50 to 2:55 range, which turned out to be correct. For me I really have had to find a balance between training, work, family and church time this spring. I've been working lots of extra hours trying to raise as much money as I can so our family can do some fun things this summer. Anyway on to the race.

The goal was to go out no faster than 1:25 for the half, and then hope to pick it up on the downhill miles later in the race.

Got up to the start and sat around the fire for an hour. I really wish they would start this race at 6 or 6:30.

1-6:29 Holding back

2-6:28 Still holding back, Wildbull is running with me

3-6:27 Feeling good and running with James

4-6:18

5-6:25

6-6:30

7-6:27

8-6:24 Start running with a guy I think his name was Dave, he just bought a second home in Ivins. James picks up the pace a little on me, which was fine. I knew he was going to have a great race, he has been training really good so I was excited for him.

9-6:17

10-6:32

11-6:59 Had a bathroom break here cost me about 40 seconds

12-6:14 Passed Bill Cobler and Bill Mandler here I think

13-6:29

Half 1:25:04 right on pace

14-6:26

15-6:51 this is the mile with the hill, but I did ok on it.

16-6:22

17-6:30

18-6:39 Think to myself ok I'm ready to really pick it up, however the legs just weren't responding

19-6:19 Body was actually feeling pretty good at this point.

20-6:27 (2:09:42) Still on sub 2:50 pace, so feeling pretty good about that

21-6:31 Not hitting the fast miles like I was hoping to

22-6:36 I think I met up with Sasha here at the aid station. He made sure I got some power aid and dumped me with water

23-6:33 (2:29:23) Still working on that sub 2:50 pace, but I really starting to heat up

24-7:19 least favorite part of the course the bike path weaving in and out of half marathoners

25-7:49 Worst mile, but didn't lose it completely mentally which was good

26-7:18 Felt like I was trying to pick it up, but nothing was happening

.3 on my Garmin 2:06

I kept looking at my watch and figured I could probably pull off a sub 2:54 if I pushed hard to the finish.

I was very surprised when the announcer said I was 11th overall, I had no idea what place I was in, especially running the first half behind so many people. It turns out I was actually 13th overall, which is still fine.

I guess the most disappointing thing about my race aside from the last three miles, was the fact I placed 4th in my age group and awards only went 3 deep. When I ran St. George in 2006 division awards went 10 deep and I finished 11th in my age group. In 2007 in St. George they changed awards to like 8 deep and I finished 9th, so I guess I should have known that would be my luck today.

Anyway overall a good experience. Bill ran great on a bad foot. James had a great new PR as did Scott. Mike also ran very good for only training for a few weeks. I'm glad I did the marathon, but now I'm ready to mainly focus on training until St. George. I plan on doing some more shorter races between now and then to try to increase my speed.

Yellow Speedstar Miles: 26.00
Weight: 148.00
Comments
From ryan on Sat, May 16, 2009 at 23:06:59 from 71.213.56.160

nice race. you should have a great summer and do great at SGM. Just stay healthy.

From Little Bad Legs on Sat, May 16, 2009 at 23:17:03 from 68.186.96.165

Nice race. You do great for having so much on your plate outside of running. Keep it up for a great SGM.

From Vis on Sat, May 16, 2009 at 23:26:26 from 97.117.13.7

Sounds like a great race for you. Your pace is awesome. STG should be fantastic for you.

From JamesH on Sat, May 16, 2009 at 23:40:32 from 76.27.56.184

You did good today Dustin. Those last few miles ate my lunch too. Glad you guys made it home in one piece. Good run.

From Amber on Sat, May 16, 2009 at 23:53:30 from 64.255.88.143

Wow! Great job on your race, that's awesome! Southern UT runners are the best:)

From TylerS on Sat, May 16, 2009 at 23:57:46 from 66.119.143.249

Great job Dustin! I knew that you would run well today! I have to try and jungle the same things that you are trying to do as well. Kellie got a kick out of you and Bill, she wants to go out to dinner next time we are down. We are leaving on Wed, and we will be staying until Monday. So maybe I can come out for the Thursday run? If you guys feel like running.! Good job again!

From superfly on Sat, May 16, 2009 at 23:58:27 from 209.33.210.52

Good job Dustin. Way to battle out there today. You seem to always be left one out on the awards side... That seems to be my luck half the time.

From Dustin on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 00:07:01 from 209.33.192.10

Clyde- Yeah, I guess I might have to hit DI and find some recycled trophies to put on my shelf. Actually as you know it is not about the hardware. I really had a fun time out there today if running that far can be considered fun? Great course and beautiful surroundings. I'm just glad I got a spring marathon in this year.

Tyler- I should be there Thursday night for a run. We are probably heading to Colorado now on Friday to see my family. Dinner would be fun, it is kind of crazy when our running group gets together, especially when we break out the newlywed game.

From TylerS on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 00:14:27 from 66.119.143.249

Newlywed game sounds fun! I will talk to Kellie and see if I can sneak away for a couple of hours. We have a busy agenda while we are down for the long weekend? But I will see if I can work it in!

From wheakory on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 00:21:52 from 134.50.223.250

Great Job Dustin. You turned in a good performance for trying to balance life out and trying to train. Your an awesome guy and a great family man. I hope you PR whatever marathon it is this year. You have so much talent and it showed today.

I didn't get in to St. George so I won't see you this year unfortunately.

From cody on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 00:45:24 from 67.161.250.22

Well done Dustin. You ran a great time on that course considering the limited time you have for training. Very smart pacing. That last 5K is rough!

From dave holt on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 01:54:40 from 75.169.73.61

Proud of you for hitting your goals Dustin - good work!

From Mike Warren on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 09:12:24 from 74.211.10.123

Dustin, pretty impressive run on your weekly miles. You always impress me with your ability. The awards thing took forever. It was a blessing you hit the forth spot, lol. Rest up and lets get back after it. I am really looking forward to running and training with you this summer.

From Bill Mandler on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 09:13:18 from 24.119.13.42

Great Job on your race. You sure looked strong when you passed me before the half!!!

From paul on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 14:31:09 from 75.162.203.171

Great job Dustin.

From Adam RW on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 14:59:42 from 155.101.241.125

Nice work. Always great to PR. Good luck this fall.

From Steve P on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 16:02:46 from 66.60.123.236

Nice job, Dustin! Fun to read your race report. Looks like you'll have a busy but hopefully fun summer and that you have a great head start on marathon training for the summer. Sounds like you decided for sure not to do the Grand Slam...20 weeks to go until St. George.

From Jon on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 16:12:17 from 75.169.140.132

Nice job, Dustin. And don't worry- you'll get that age award eventually. Maybe you should just aim for top 3 at SGM, and skip the age awards all together!

From mattrow on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 21:32:58 from 71.195.202.89

Nice race. Tell Luke high for me. I've tried to get him to run, but I think that is a lost cause.

From JeffG on Sun, May 17, 2009 at 22:25:31 from 64.255.92.146

Nice race Dustin. I had a chat with your father in law the other day up in pv. He was kicked back in the shade whittling away.

From Barry on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 07:40:54 from 75.174.1.135

Great job on your race!

From jtshad on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:23:54 from 204.134.132.225

Solid run Dustin, you did indeed start the year off with a bang! Great work.

From RivertonPaul on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:06:01 from 67.42.27.114

Very nice run. Glad to meet you. You looked very good to me (when you were still within sight.)

From Burt on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 20:35:08 from 68.76.197.194

Great job Dustin. Bummer about the awards, but I like your attitude.

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