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Location:

Pasco,WA,United States

Member Since:

Dec 26, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

2017 member of Team Glukos and Ruhn co. ambassador. 

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Post-collegiate: Half Marathon- 1:08:58 for 3rd at Utah Valley (2014)

                                                     1:07:58 for 4th at Des News (2015)

                                                     1:07:53 for 2nd at Provo City (2016)

                           Marathon          2:28:32- 6th@St GeorgeMarathon('15)                                                               

BYU: mile 4:08 (2012), 3k 8:09 (2012) 5k 14:04 (2014) 10k 29:33 (2013) 

2013 Mt SAC Olympic Development 10k winner

Team WCC champions and podium team.

High school: Footlocker XC 3rd team All-American (13th) in 2006

Idaho state XC champion (2006) and track champion in 1600m and 3200m (2007)

Ex-course record holder in 5k at Eagle Island State Park (Bob Firman) with 15:16

Track PR's of 4:17 (1600m at Simplot Games and YMCA-Boise) and 9:09 (3200m en route to 9:13 2 mile at Arcadia)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2017 Goals 

PR in Marathon

First 50k trail race

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continual progression by way of PR's and new experiences. I want to always be involved in the community running scene and make contributions to keep the sport growing! I want to stay fit, fast and healthy. 

Personal:

I'm a physical therapist at Oasis Physical Therapy in Pasco, WA. My priorities are family, school/career, then running. 

  Living in Tri-cities Washington (Pasco) and loving our experience here. We have lots of family and friends in Idaho and Utah as well, so hopefully racing in all 3 states will be common. 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike Zoom Streak LT Lifetime Miles: 120.85
Nike LunaRacer3 Neon Lifetime Miles: 57.03
Altra Superior 2.0 Blue/yellow Lifetime Miles: 277.91
Hoka One One Tracer Lifetime Miles: 270.66
Saucony Kinvara 7 Lifetime Miles: 297.10
Altra One 2.5 Lifetime Miles: 122.72
Altra Lone Peak 3 Lifetime Miles: 259.63
Altra Paradigm 2.0 Lifetime Miles: 384.89
Race: Richland Run Fest Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:39:43, Place overall: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.646.200.000.0026.84

.66m WU inclinding strides@ 7:48

26.18m@6:06. 

The plan for this "race" when I signed up a week before was to just be a training run for the Badger 50k in 4 weeks. A few days before the race I saw that Ian Sharman (Professional, world-class ultramathoner for Altra) was entered. I follow him on Strava and new he was training through this too, and wasn't in his best racing form yet, but I still wanted to win. Having never won a marathon (and this being a very small one), I thought it was as good a day as any to go for the win. So I tapered down the few days before (would have done so anyways- my legs felt really achey and sore from last weekend still). That being said, I did not want to feel like I was racing or get suckered into running a pace I ought not to be. The plan was 6:40's to start, and then see how I feel from there. Ian went out close to 6 flat and I found myself back at 6:14. Whoops. I ended up averaging about that pace till I caught Ian around 11 miles. He had built up a 200 meter gap at one point, and then decided to back off the pace.  We ran together for maybe 3 miles before I began to naturally pull away. I continued to run low 6's until I had built up about a 2 minute lead at 20 miles. At that point I felt somewhat secure with the win, but did not want to risk it. I also saw that I felt quite well and that if I picked it up to closer to my marathon race pace I could dip under 2:40- so I went for it. The last 2-3 miles got more difficult, but nothing at all like Saint George was in 2015- more like the difficulty I felt towards the end of my 25 mile training run in my Saint George build up. I ended up finishing in 2:39:43, with Ian coming in 4 minutes later at 2:43:59. I exceeded my time goal and met my goal of winning! I should note for my own future reference that there were a few points in the first 20 miles that had me worried: side stiches (diaphragm) that lasted a few minutes a few different times, glutes starting to feel a little weak around mile 14, and some cramping/shooting needles to my left quad at mile 18.  Luckily none of these sensations lasted long and I found that taking it easier for a minute or two was very helpful. 

Crew Specifics: Jill just before 6m at Chamna Lot- took a Glukose gel and drank a couple oz of Glukos energy powder mix drink. Also dropped off my headband and gloves. (30 degrees at start, just under 40 at the finish, variable amounts of sunshine throughout course and mild to moderate winds that varied throughout) Mile 10.5 @ Columbia Point Park- just the drink. Mile 15- gel and drink. Mile 19- gel and drink from Blake. Mile 23.5- gel and drink from Blake- ditched my Ruhn quarter zip top to finish in just my singlet and half tights. No nipple, armpit, thigh, or anywhere chaffing! 

I've had a sore foot since last weekend's adventures, and it's a little more sore after the marathon (right MT head at 3-4). Left foot felt the same a few days ago. Gonna take a couple days cross training to get the feet feeling better before gearing up for Badger 50k on March 25th! 

Happy I had the opportunity and thankful to Anderson Law WA for sponsoring my entry. Looking forward also to running Brian Anderson's (RD) event in the Fall: Dogtown Marathon/Half-marathon in a beatiful part of Washington just a couple hours from the Tri-cities. 

Hoka One One Tracer Miles: 26.84
Comments
From RileyCook on Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 09:44:21 from 172.58.32.39

Always nice to win a marathon! Congrats buddy.

From jtshad on Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 13:40:26 from 141.221.191.225

Congrats on the win in a really good time.

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