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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 25, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

All running accomplishments are Post Teenage Years:

17:06 5K--Murray 2014

16:58 5K (aided)--Running of the Leopards 2010

34:41--10K Deseret News 2018 (aided)

1:16--(aided) Hobble Creek Half 2009

2:43--St. George Marathon 2012

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 2:50 Ogden Marathon

Sub 17:00 at Draper 5K

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 2:40 Marathon

 

Personal:

Married to Elizabeth (she got me running in 2003). We have three boys, Lucas (12) , Sam (8) and Ollie (5).

Many years ago, I read that the AVERAGE male is capable of a 2:40 marathon.  I decided to test that theory.  I began running in 2003 with Top of Utah as my first marathon (4:24).  I need 3 more minutes.

"Life is short...running makes it seem longer."--Baron Hansen

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Sat, Sep 20, 2014
Race: Top of Utah Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:44:44, Place overall: 11, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
27.00

It was another fun time in Logan for my 5th Top of Utah marathon.  My very first marathon was here in 2003 (4:22:05).  It’s nice to have moved up a little in the rankings.  

The TOU website says that my age group record is 2:45:28 (Sasha reset the masters record here last year and again this year--2:39:03), but they pull the winning Master's time out of the age records so I was able to beat the time.  My first half was good--1:18:XX, but I struggled the last 10K with a 2nd half time of 1:26:XX.  There were a couple of 7+ minute miles at the end!  I need to find a way to run more miles (maybe two a/days).  

This course always measures long on my variety of GPS units over the years.  I consistently show 26.5.  I knew this going into the race, but at the 26.2 mark I'm always tempted to stop my watch and walk the rest of the way in.

Great to see lots of bloggers and the fast times they posted.

Comments
From Jake K on Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 14:17:58 from 98.202.128.218

Nice run Mark. You've moved up more than a little bit!

I got 26.20 on mine so I was worried the course was potentially short by a second or two :-)

From MarkP on Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:33:40 from 75.162.176.37

Thanks! You must have got an A in geometry for your tangent skills.

From Jake K on Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 11:44:33 from 199.190.170.22

I just cut through people's yards once I get into Logan

From Steve on Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 07:01:52 from 66.87.79.188

Great race Mark! Always good to see you.

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