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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jul 23, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

5k 16:16 / 10k 33:12 / half marathon 1:12:28/ marathon 2:32:59/ 100 miles: 34 hours, nine minutes (Wasatch 100).


Short-Term Running Goals:

Compress six months of marathon training into six weeks.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay curious.

Personal:

I'm an attorney in Salt Lake City. Married to Heather. We have two little boys.


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Race: Striders Winter Series 30k (18.6 Miles) 01:53:10, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.7518.600.000.000.0022.35

Striders 30k this morning, the last race in this five race series.  It was a little chilly when I arrived  (28 degrees), but looked like it was going to get warmer without too much weather craziness.  I ran a couple of warm up miles out and back on the course. 

At the start, we had the core series competitors, I didn't recognize any new faces that looked like they were going to want to push the pace.  As could be expected, the  pace was easy from the start as Cody, Jon, Ben and I chatted.  At the first mile the Garmin said it was low on memory and couldn't store more data. and I messed with it trying to clear data, but ultimately I stopped and reset my watch and the bottom line is I don't have splits for some of the race. Oh well.

Cody and I pulled away from those guys around mile 4 or 5.  Pace was still easy.  Cody says we were averaging 6:13 through these miles.   The wind was a little bit persistent, but it wasn't  much of a factor, except that it seemed to be blowing against whatever direction we were running--but not bad.

At about mile 9, Cody started to drop off the pace a bit, or I might have picked it up a little.  Soon enough we were heading back toward Eden and I did pick up the pace, running around 5:45 for a handful of miles between 10 and 13.

The last five miles are filled with rolling hills (the same hills that we ran in the half M, and also add character to the Ogden Marathon).  I felt like I had some distance on Cody, but didn't spend a lot of time worrying about the gap. I just settled into my race and didn't focus on much else than moving forward and keeping my form together.  I didn't have much incentive to push the pace, beyond simply trying to run an honest thirty kilometers at approximately marathon pace. So I just followed the Sherriff's truck to the finish and that was that.  I thought about the series in the final stretch, and how fun it has been to be competing with my friends on the blog, and how I appreciate the support from a lot of different kinds of people in my life.

I watched Cody finish and then Jon (battling it out in the final half mile) for second and fourth respectively in this race.  My race today was enough to wrap up the series win as well.  More significantly, it was a 1-2-3 sweep for the blog in the race series overall.  We all left with a little more cash than when we arrived.

It was agreed before the race that the series winner would buy breakfast for the others.  So Jon, Cody and I had a nice breakfast at "The Oaks" in Ogden Canyon.  Stop and check it out during the marathon if you think you need to catch up on your carbo loading.  Try the "Canyon Cakes."  Jon couldn't finish the short stack, but we won't hold that against him. 

Each part of the series--the ups and the downs--was a lot of fun.  It's a pretty substantial commitment, but it does allow you time to build fitness and check your progress over a couple of months.  It also strikes me as pretty effective preparation for the marathon.

 

 

 

Comments
From Mik'L on Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 20:22:42

Great job Chad. You are pretty modest about such a great accomplishment. Nice run today and especially nice job on the series.

From Dustin on Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 20:48:44

Good job Chad and what a nice guy buying breakfast for the others.

From Adam RW- on Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 21:11:39

Chad, Great race and amazing finish to the series. You really stayed strong no matter what and proved to everyone what a talented runner you are, like there was a doubt? It is nice to see those faster splits in the second half, I'm sure it is a sign of bigger and better things to come on May 17th.

From Brent on Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 21:58:52

Chad, 1,000 commando points for the sweet, sweet, series first place. No doubt, with Gwen, you da man.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Jon on Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 22:08:36

Chad- a very well deserved win today combined with a 10k win and an overall series win- nice job! You have worked hard and it really paid off for you. I really enjoyed racing against you and getting to know you over the past few months. See you at Ogden- great things will be yours this summer!

From Paul Petersen on Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 22:16:04

Great job! Several of us ate at the Oaks after the N.U.T.S. series a few years ago. A high-quality joint.

From Michellel on Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 22:17:03

Congratulations on your #1 and #1 accomplishments! I am sure this is great preparation for your marathoning ahead.

From Lybi on Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 22:20:46

Way to go, Chad! You make it sound so darn easy. Fabulous time, and congrats on the series win. There are a lot of good runners in the series so I hope you are really proud!

From dave holt on Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 22:30:15

Good job Chad. I don't know what sounds better, your race or the food!

From Cody on Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 23:11:08

Great Job Chad! What a nice guy, a ride to SLC and a meal. All for us "letting" you win. Ha! I hope I can stay near your shadow as that will be big PR's for me. Congrats!

From jtshad on Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 09:48:36

Congrats on the race and series win. You have been running very strong, looking forward to seeing more great results this summer. See you at Ogden!

From josse t on Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 10:04:53

Great job on the win!

From Walter on Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 11:07:11

Great run Chad! was it windy up there this time round? I probably would have panicked after the first mile if I looked down and saw that first mile time you ran. Its a good thing it was messed up. Are you going to do the marathon and what are you shooting for?

From James on Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 15:12:04

Great win in the 30k and the series this year! I think that the other guys should have bought you breakfast. You are running well this year, keep it up.

From Chad on Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:59:38

Thanks for the nice comments guys. Next year I'm sure that some really speedy guys will show up and run this series, so I'll just take this one while I can get it.

Walter--this race wasn't nearly as windy as the half. We had very good weather overall. And yes, I'm planning to run Ogden. For time, it seems like anything in the 2:40/sub 2:40 zone seems like a reasonable goal. I know there are a few bloggers shooting for that so maybe we can work together.

From Tory on Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 05:19:04

WOW! POWDER! POWDER!.....

You really did it. It doesn't surprise me how modest you truly are. Nikki and I are very proud of you. Congratulations, Chad!

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