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Location:

Clearfield,UT,

Member Since:

Dec 02, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

800M : 1:48 a few times in 2011

1500M : 3:48 CAL Berkely

10K : 30:10 NCAA Regionals Cross Country took 18th

Half Marathon: 1:08 TOU Half , 1:08 USA Half Marathon Championships

Marathon: 2:26 St. George Marathon

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 2:23 in the Marathon in 2014

Break 1:06 in the Half Marathon in 2014

2014 Schedule

Ice Breaker Tri (March 29th)

Boston Marathon (April 21st)

Utah Valley Marathon (June 14th)

Bryce Canyon Half Marathon (July 12th)

Deseret News Half Marathon (July 24th)

Hobble Creek Half Marathon (Aug 17th)

Top of Utah Half Marathon (Aug 24th)

Top of Utah Marathon (Sept 21st)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 2:20 in the Marathon

Get as close as possible to Olympic Qualifying standard

Personal:

I am married to my amazing wife and have an 8 month old daughter who will soon be walking!!!

Family is huge to me and their support is key in progressing in my running career.

I run for Skechers Elite Performance Team and I am doing all that I can to make them proud!!!

 

I train with Ogden Crew:

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Skechers Ride 3 (HOU) Lifetime Miles: 350.00
Skechers Ultra Blue Lifetime Miles: 186.00
Skechers Ride 3 (BLK) Lifetime Miles: 279.95
Go Speed 2 (Gold/Grey) Lifetime Miles: 41.50
Go Speed 2 (HOU) Lifetime Miles: 122.90
Skechers GoRun 4 (RD/BLK) Lifetime Miles: 132.50
Total Distance
26.20

I was going to do a long run this week but Riley got me a comped entry into the Ogden Marathon. I decided to use the Marathon as a solid training run as I struggle to hold a good pace for very long on a training run. My goal going into the race was to run around the first half at race pace so 5:30 then slow down the second half to 6:30 or 7 min pace.

My splits were

5:36, 5:35, 5:28, 5:23, 5:22, 5:23, 5:29, 5:28, 5:33, 5:41, 5:53, 5:42, 5:57,

6:05, 6:31, 6:23, 6:29, 6:01, 6:26, 6:22, 6:19, 5:59, 5:58, 6:11, 6:18, 6:22 and 2:02 last little bit.

My overall time was 2:67. On my watch I had 2:36. The reason for this is that I had to stop to go the bathroom at about mile 12. I knew that the Marathon was going to be a training run so I did not do my normal routine for dinner. I ate pasta my wife made and that mixed with my sickness this past week made today more difficult.

As the race started I felt good and ran with Steve, Bryant and Jace for a little while. Around mile 5 or so I thought I had to go the bathroom, and the feeling came again. I knew that I was going to have to stop or bad things would happen. I slowed down my pace and tried to get it to go away but no luck so I had to stop. Got a cramp in my shoulder during the race as well, first time I have got one of those during a race. Being sick and feeling tired got to me.

I hope I can get into better shape and do more quality runs before Utah Valley so I can run well. But today I feel was a great trainign run and I accomplished what I set out to do.

I averaged 5:55 for the entire run today so I was pleased.

 

Go Speed 2 (HOU) Miles: 26.20
Comments
From Matt Poulsen on Mon, May 19, 2014 at 19:31:20 from 50.168.224.197

Excellent training run! That will pay big dividends. You looked strong out there (I cheered for you at mile 23).

From RileyCook on Mon, May 19, 2014 at 20:25:49 from 73.52.134.194

Nice run Jason. If you can get long runs like that in within fatiguing the body too much you'll be a marathon machine.

Looking forward to your Utah Valley results.

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