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Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

Nov 26, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Times:

10k - 32:00.7 (Road Race - Butch Cassidy '06)

10k - 32:06.x (Outdoor Track - Pamona Inv. '06)

5k - 15:31.x (Outdoor Track - BYU '06) *converted

3k - 8:54.x (Indoor Track - Pocatella, ID '06) *converted

1 MILE - 4:30.x (Outdoor Track Regionals - Mt. View '00) *unconverted

800m - 2:00.x (Outdoor Track Davis Inv. 4x800m 2nd leg '00)

400m - High 51.x (Outdoor Track Utah County Inv. 4x400m 2nd leg '00)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2010 Schedule/Goals:

Painters Half: 2nd Overall  1:12:00/5:30  1:11:10/5:26 

Canyonlands Half:  2nd Overall  1:09:00/5:16  1:10:55/5:25

Utah Valley Half: 12th Overall  1:07:00/5:07  1:16:31/5:50 

Hobble Creek Half: 4th Overall  1:05:00/4:58  1:08:46/5:15

Portland Marathon: 12th Overall  2:22:00/5:25  2:43:32/6:15

Snow Canyon Half: 1st Overall 1:11:00/5.25 

2011 Schedule/Goals:

Phoenix Half: 1:08:45/5.14

Canyonlands Half: 1:08:00/5.11 

Boston Marathon: 2:27:00/5:36

Bryce Canyon Half: 1:07:00/5.06

Hobble Creek Half:  1:05:30/5.00 

Chicago Marathon: 2:18:59/5.18 :)

And then just 10k and 5k throughout the year

Long-Term Running Goals:

A full Iron Man and a 100 mile race before I die.

Personal:

I have been running every sense I started middle school at Orem Jr. high then went on to high school at Mountain View.  In college I ran one semester at BYU-HAWAII then went on a LDS Mission to Portland, Oregon.  After the mission I went to SUU and then after college I thought I could become a sponsored triathlete but I swam like a brick.  Finally after two years of trying to be an elite triathlete I found my love for running again and am putting all my training into half marathons and marathons.  I have just started volunteering at my old high school as an assistant coach and loving it.  Go Bruins!!!  

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Race: Portland Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:43:00, Place overall: 12
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Well sitting in the airport and just reflecting on the race and wishing it could have gone differently.  Read Glen Tucker's race report and got a lot of questions answered about the race.  Thanks Glen for letting me run with you for a little bit and making it enjoyable.  Wow, what an experience that I have never felt in all the running I have done in my life.  I am pretty happy for how I finished especially or how I felt after mile mark 11.  Well to go back to the beginning of the race I started out in a 5.39 mile and felt like I was doing well but I was leading the race which worried me a little.  After mile 2 I slowed down to let two other guys take it and I stepped in behind them.  Then after mile 5 one guy took off and I decided not follow and the other guy followed and at mile 6 two other guys caught me and I stayed w/ them for 5 miles and they eventually finished 2nd and 4th.  Half way through mile 11 my stomach dropped and I had to pull over and use the bathroom then again at mile 15.  Unfortunately at mile 11.5 it took a good 2 miles before I could find a restroom and slowed down to 6.30 just to keep myself together.  I tried to find some kind of a fighting spirit to finish the race as best I could but it took awhile to find a reason to finish as best as I could w/ what was happening to me.  I was in around 20th place after mile 15th and my friend that came w/ me almost caught me but he died after the bridge.  Getting frustrated I took off my jersey so I wouldn't get my nipples ripped off. Don't worry I put it back on the last mile.  So I just pressed on to finish the best I could.  I found out after I finished the race my timing chip to work after crossing the finish line, luckily I looked up as I finished and saw 2:43:xx which I think would put me in 12th or 13th.  My last mile was 6.01 and felt good about the finish.  Now I got to get the finish worked out so I can go to Boston and redeem myself.  It was definitely a learning experience and an enjoyable time beside all the chaffing if you now what I am talking about. 

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Comments
From JohnR on Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 22:36:27 from 71.33.19.236

Good job on your debut marathon. It sounds like you will probably run a lot faster on your next one. The rain was brutal and I was chafed too. I think I saw you up ahead of me at around mile 19 but you pulled ahead at the end (I was 13th place). Keep at it and you should be in the 2:20s before too long.

From Holt on Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 13:08:33 from 204.113.55.41

Karl, nice rice even with a disappointing result. You will nail a great one, it just takes some time - and now you have learned a ton for the next one.

From Kevin-Miler turned Marathoner on Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 03:58:52 from 98.140.204.40

Well done!

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