Rob's Running Blog

Ogden Marathon

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Location:

Smithfield,UT,USA

Member Since:

Feb 16, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

14 Marathons,
2010, 2011 Boston Marathon
Qualified for Boston 8 Times

PRs:

        Half-Marathon:
                2012 TOU - 1:25:48
        Marathon:
                2009 St George - 3:05:25
        10K:
                2009 First Dam Run - 41:37

Long-Term Running Goals:

1. Enjoy running 'til I drop dead - and put that off as long as possible.
2. Don't get burn out :-)

Personal:

I herniated/ruptured a disk (L4/L5) in my back in December, 2005. I told my orthopedic surgeon I wanted to start running. He said "You'll never run again.". What a challenge! So...I started running.

Since then I've lost about 50 pounds, ran 13 marathons and a number of other races.

I am still a clydesdale runner (over 200 lbs), have a large frame, big bones, and not built like a runner at all. I'm not fast. I mostly run to have some time to myself and keep in shape.

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Sat, May 21, 2011

Race: Ogden Marathon (26.22 Miles) 03:07:54, Place overall: 44, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
26.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	26.20

Interesting marathon. The first half was really nice and cool. According to my Garmin I hit the half just under 1:30. That was about the pace I wanted, so I was happy with the first half. I knew I probably couldn't get a 1:30 in the second half but wanted to run the first half under 1:30 (did it in 1:29:30).

The second half went well, slowed down a bunch, but still kept a fairly good pace. It got pretty hot. Drank a lot, and threw a lot of water on my head. Ran a little slower toward the end. I think the heat got me a little mentally, so I slowed down around the last mile and a half. I don't think it was as hot as my mind was telling me it was.

Anyway, I'm happy with the run. 44th Overall, 1st in the Clydesdale. (The first post I saw was 32nd overall, I guess they fixed some more chip times). This will be my last Clydesdale run. I'm going to be working on cutting weight pretty hard over the next two months. I want to loose about 25 pounds and make it down to around 177. I think if I do this, I'll do a lot better on the second half and may be able to keep it down below 1:30.

After the run I had a great time talking with Steve, Rob Murphy, and others. Both Steve and Rob had great times.

I talked to my Mom on the way home. She said that a news reporter said the race would be around .2 miles longer due to the detour at the end of the trail around mile 25. (The detour was to go off the trail because of the high river and potential flooding.) I think the start line was moved a little closer to compensate, but everyone's Garmin read between 26.45 and 26.5. I ran the inside of every corner to try to get the benefit on the turns and mine was 25.45. Of course, Garmins can be off... Still it was a neat run.

The chip timing was a little weird. They had a lot of problems. My time wasn't posted for over 3 hours. Chip time was one second longer than gun time, and I was back bout 30 feet at the start. The readers were facing forward, so everyone's chip time was definately off. So much for new technology (and I'm and IT geek).

I'm looking forward to St. George this fall.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 202.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From Steve on Sun, May 22, 2011 at 09:00:04 from 76.27.106.132

Great race! That was cool to have you tell me before the race that you wanted to run a 3:08 and then post a few seconds under it. I agree, a strange marathon.

From Dave S on Sun, May 22, 2011 at 17:34:22 from 4.253.100.227

Nice job! Congrats on the Clydesdale win. With that kind of weight loss you should have a good shot at a sub 3 in St George. That's what I'm shooting for too [if I can stay healthy].

That timing did seem messed up. I'm sure the sensors read you before you get to them and there was no mark on the road for where the actual start and finish lines were. I'm sure they read some people farther out than others too.

From Rob Mantz on Mon, May 23, 2011 at 09:35:09 from 76.27.105.225

Thanks Steve and Dave. Those chip times are really messed up. I looked on line and now they have the gun time 2 minutes 59 seconds longer than my chip time. When they showed me the printout before the awards, the chip time was 1 second slower than gun time. I know it took me about 10 seconds or so to cross the start. They also must have found some more chip times...

Not coplaining, but this marathon seemed a bit unorganzed. I'll be surprised if I see it in Runners World this year as one of the best rated.

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