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Location:

Bountiful,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Sep 22, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

 

5k  18:44  4 July 2012 C-ville 
10K  38:22  24 July 2012 DesNews
Half  1:22:30  18 Aug 2012  Hobble 
Full  3:00:35  29 Sep 2012 Huntsville

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sign up for a race > 5k, run well.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep on running. 

 

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Trails Lifetime Miles: 551.40
Grass Lifetime Miles: 72.50
Pavement Lifetime Miles: 2225.20
Stroller Lifetime Miles: 438.80
Navy Crocs Lifetime Miles: 378.70
Nordic Track TM Lifetime Miles: 1015.77
Green Mirage 2 Lifetime Miles: 494.70
Orange Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles: 514.90
Glow In The Dark Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles: 461.25
Navy Blue Mirage Lifetime Miles: 216.90
Race: SDRC Gobbler Gallop (6.2 Miles) 00:42:40
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.006.209.20

Beautiful, warm Thanksgiving morning.  None of the kids wanted to participate this year, so I got to race for a change.  I jogged to the start line for a warm-up; about 1.5 miles.  I forgot my watch.  

That's a great strategy for being lazy.  But I found guys to run with that were very conversational about their paces for a while.  They faded by mile 2.  Then I ran with a guy who BQed at St. George, running a 3:22 in his debut.  We stayed together for a couple miles, but he faded.  I passed a couple in the 5th mile, got passed a couple times.  By the last .7, I was humming pretty good, and catching up to a group of 5.  We overlapped the 5k course by now, and it was really tough getting around everybody.  I quit trying, and cruised in.  Lackadasical start and finish cost me 30 sec.

But really I was trying to get a benchmark of my (lack of) fitness right now.  I managed to run 6:50 pace, so there it is.  Today I'm really sore in my back, legs and feet.  Running 8 mph on the treadmill isn't like racing 9.5 mph.

Wonderful Thanksgiving!  I'm glad I raced alone, instead of skipping altogether.

Glow In The Dark Mirage 3 Miles: 9.20
Comments
From JD on Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 13:07:17 from 70.96.78.202

nice natural speed there Kam. any plans for races coming up?

From allie on Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 13:30:27 from 24.30.41.119

nice race, kam. seems like you are in a good place. i'm glad you had a good thanksgiving.

lackadasical -- good hangman word.

From Russ on Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 22:17:04 from 24.72.194.88

Nice job Kam. A very solid race for no speed work. JD is right - natural speed.

From Kam on Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 15:28:43 from 68.66.163.179

I'm not a very courteous commenter.

JD, thanks for the compliment. I don't know if they'res any truth to it, but I'll take it.

allie, i don't think lackadaisical is a good hangman word. Too many a's

Russ, thanks for the encouragement. I enjoy following montana running from afar.

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