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I've been running since junior high. Ran middle distance in college with a PB of 1:52 for the 800 meters, then continued running with varying degrees of seriousness throughout my 20's and 30's. Moved up in distance and even ran three marathons (2:43 PB). Now just trying to stay in shape and find balance in life in my 40's.

 

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Work out 30 minutes a day, six days a week

 

 

 

 

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Stay healthy and consistent.

 

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Married with 3 children. Work as a school counselor.

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Race: Great Potato Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:17:25, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
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Great Potato Half Marathon - 1st place - 1:17:25

I feel like I accomplished today's objective: a good, even effort without thrashing my legs too much or really going to the well. It was a warm morning, but not too bad as the race started at 8 a.m. It was worse for the marathoners. Led the last 11 miles of the race. Went off course twice following the lead biker, which was really rough mentally. The course does live up to its reputation of being poorly marked and unorganized, but that's ok. For a local YMCA race, you really can't complain. Part of the problem was the course had to be detoured a couple of times due to greenbelt construction, which put it about .2 long, according to 2 Garmin readings (mine had it at 13.22). All things considered, I think the time was solid for the effort and conditions.

Splits: 5:57, 5:53, 5:53, 5:47, 5:50, 5:45, 5:46, 5:50, 5:50, 5:55, 5:52, 5:54, 5:59, 1:13

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From jtshad on Sat, May 17, 2008 at 18:47:06

Congrats on the 1st place finish! Way to run strong on a confusing course (I told you so!).

Great run, you should do excellent at Newport!

From Jon on Sat, May 17, 2008 at 19:13:20

Nice job with the win- can't complain about that. Good time on what sounds like a less-than-ideal course. Was today your PR?

So did the biker lead you off course, or did you just lose him and veer off?

From E. Corney on Sun, May 18, 2008 at 11:01:45

Johnny,

Nice run! I can't believe how even all your splits were. Looks like you won without breaking much of a sweat. Super solid.

I'm really excited to see how you'll do in Newport. You surely have a shot at a significant PR. Next year you'll have to go down to Ogden and mix it up with all those other guys.

I won my race Saturday too. The time was 16:35 on flat but fair course and I'm happy with how I raced it. The prize was an iPod Nano which I gave to Alana.

Talk to you soon,

Danny

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