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Canyon Elem fun run

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Location:

Spanish Fork,UT,

Member Since:

Dec 26, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Placed 33 in the 2008 Spudman (1500 athletes), Sub 40 min in the Speedy Spaniard.  Sub 19 in several 5Ks.  18:26 on May 26, 2008, fastest 5k in the last 10 years.

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Improve swim from 16 min 800 meter to sub 15 min  (accomplished 1/29/08, need to replicate).  Now want a sub 30min  1600m swim.  Race at over a 23 MPH bike.  Run a sub 43 min 10k on a tri leg. Ran a 42:20 at 08 Spudman.  Run a 18:30 5k 18:26, 5/26/08 MVP run, run a 38: 59 in a 10 K.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Don't get injured.  Stay in the game!!  Train for old age.

Personal:

Married to Kelly.  Have three daughters.  Professionally, I am involved with health promotions, so it is great to see people active. Coached track and cross country many years on the Jr. high level.

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Race: Canyon Elem fun run (3.1 Miles) 00:19:30, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 2
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For the fourth straight year, I ran the Canyon fun run.  All three of my daughters ran the mile race but I run the 5k.  The field had the horses in it--but it could have been a lot more competative.  Tom paced Kim to a PR!!  Good job Kim.  Darren was the race director so he did not run and Scott paced a child so he did not go all out. Pat was not quite as fast as he usually is.   Steve won and Carl took second. I was running with Spencer, Carl's 15 year old boy.  The race started off like usual.  Steve likes to play with his mice before he eats them.  At the half way point he left Carl.  I was no worse then third and fourth the whole race.  At the 2.5 mile mark, Spencer picked up the pace a bit and I did not want to chase him.  It was not worth it.  (That does not happen too often with me, but this was a C race and I did not want to get hurt or cramp.)

My daughters did not run that well.  If you do not train at all . . . .   But I am glad they ran.

Comments
From Tom on Sat, May 03, 2008 at 19:20:24

Good job on the race John! Way to be smart and not go out and kill yourself after the recent vacation and layoff in training. Save it for the races down that road that you're training for and care about.

From Kim on Sat, May 03, 2008 at 19:23:05

You are smart not to kill yourself on the Canyon Elementary FUN run! Your girls were darling today! Tell Emily thanks for the help with the fruit! And Ashlee and Ericka seemed to be smiling every time I looked at them during their race! They are starting off with the right attitude for running....having fun!

From Scott Zincone on Sat, May 03, 2008 at 21:43:35

For someone, who just earlier this week, wrote they are having a hard time getting back onto a groove...you sure run fast !!

Congrats on a strong race.

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