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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Hood to Coast 2011 (31:32:39)

Wasatch Back 2011 (31:08:54)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RZeUjUmr-o

Wasatch Back 2010 (30:21:29)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaoleQmhjoA

Wasatch Back 2009 (31:01:17)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DBm5Bz2sp8

Wasatch Back 2008 (29:14:47)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yErvZKrPxGQ

Boston Marthon 2008 (3:07:55)

Deseret News Marathon 2011 (2:39:50)

Deseret News Marathon 2010 (2:40:14)

Salt Lake City Marathon 2010 (2:49:28)

Philadelphia Marathon 2009 (2:50:58)

Fight for Air Climb 2011: 31 climbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC7VrGf8oUU

Short-Term Running Goals:

To run as a member of Shoulda Bought Puts: Team of Sams for the 2011 Wasatch Back!

 

To have fun running three marathons (Salt Lake, D-News, and NYC Marathon) and a trail race (probably the XTERRA Trail Running National Championship) in 2011

 

To improve my agility/balance

 

To take constructive steps to eat healthier

 

To get more quality sleep

Long-Term Running Goals:

To increase my overall strength and conditioning

To return to Hopkinton for the Boston Marathon

To freshen up on my French to run the Paris Marathon

Personal:

Hobbies are studying for the CFA exam and recycling

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Race: Striders Winter Racing Series Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:13:03
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First of all, thanks to my running friend Dave and his family for letting me stay over at his house in Ogden.  The very friendly accommodations helped get the day off to a great start; I cannot express my thanks enough.

As expected, I was freezing at the start line and really could not wait for the race director and team to set the starting matts and get this Half on it's way.  By the way, the starting line was at mile 1 of the Ogden Marathon course and with the exception of turning off into Eden, followed the course.  Shortly after 8:00 am the race started and I fell behind James (Fiddy) and gang and tried to establish some rhythm.  I knew my PR pace for a Half was 5:47 miles.  The scenic course consisted of rolling hills to and around Pineview Reservoir and the first half of it through mile 8 was a net downhill.  Consequently, I tried my best to bank some time with the following splits: 5:29, 5:25, 5:26, 5:28, 5:20, 5:26, 5:36, and 5:35,

For miles 9-11, I tried not to lose too much time off of my goal place by registering the splits of 5:45, 5:53, and 5:51.  Then what a running watch loving guy like myself totally fears happened, after short notice that the battery life in my watch was running low, my Garmin just completely died and blanked out.  Luckily, Albert was within reach.  Albert was out with the leaders for most of the race, but they had sped ahead.  I'm sure he had relaxed a little bit, thus allowing me to catch up with him after mile marker 11.  It was on!  Side by side we matched each others little surges over the closing miles right up to the finish line.  My pre-watch dying worries of keeping the pace under 6:00 were long gone as I was caught up in the fun of just racing.  My finish time was 1:13:02.6 and Albert finished at 1:13:02.1.  Yes it was this much fun, a half a second!

In summary, Albert totally deserved it (i.e., a great closing kick) and I was happy that we both really pushed each other.  Also, my friends and Ragnar teammates, Dave and Melisa both ran PRs; congratulations to them.  It was great to talk to some of the FRB legends afterwards.  James (Fiddy) used this race as a training run and is building the miles back up; he's way fast and will be making some serious noise at the D-News News.  Speaking of, Allie ran a really solid Half finishing with a strong second place finish.  And I was able to meet and talk with Steve who totally ran away from me at the Running with the Leopards 5k several weeks ago.  Steve also ran in the 1:13s and is prime for a strong run in Boston.  Plus, just speaking with Steve, he gave me a lot of confidence that I can eventually achieve my sub-6:00 pace marathon goals (i.e., we are running similar paces  for the Half and he has accomplished this objective).  Maybe even this year?  However, I'll have to have stay healthy and have another great running day like this one.  Thanks everyone!

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Comments
From steve ash on Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 13:08:40 from 50.8.121.33

Great time John! Was it as crazy cold as it was forecasted to be?

From MarkP on Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 14:45:46 from 75.169.12.130

Great race today on a true course!

From fiddy on Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 15:12:26 from 97.126.222.108

Very impressive race Rossy. I'm thinking my best shot at beating you at SLC might involve a tire iron...or horse tranquilizer.

From allie on Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 15:58:44 from 97.126.222.108

way to go, rossy. awesome race today!

From Tara on Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 16:53:38 from 75.169.137.123

So fast! Nice work!

From Burt on Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 17:10:37 from 72.223.93.158

Geez Rossy! Way to go!

From Steve on Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 22:09:16 from 66.87.64.114

Nice talking with you today. See you at Ogden. This seems like a really short race report...

From Jake K on Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 08:38:40 from 155.100.226.54

Great race! 1:13 is a really solid time on that course, and you hung tough in those closing miles. Sounds like it was an exciting finish!

From I Just Run on Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 08:50:12 from 67.79.11.242

Wow...Congradulations Rossy on another GREAT race! Maybe you should race without your Garmin more often :-)

From Rossy on Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:06:33 from 166.250.0.192

Thanks everyone for all the support and feedback! This was a fun race and I'm getting my legs back enough to do some speed work this evening.

Steve Ashbaker: anything below 50 degrees is really cold to me, so I was just so thankful when they started the race. However, it could have been a lot worse if the race was one day earlier.

Mark: Thanks and I love this course having run the Ogden Marathon several times.

Fiddy: tire iron or horse tranquilizer, LOL! I'm looking forward to you getting back to top speed and finishing well in front of me; that is, totally see sub-2:30s for fulls and sub-1:10s for halfs in your future. First, we both just need to get through SL, it's a tough course for me.

Allie: thanks and solid race for you as well. It's good to get in these spring races. SL is next!

Tara: very nice race to you as well!

Burt: thanks and you are the man!

Steve Anderson: great talking to you as well, awesome race, and best of luck in Beantown! See you next month on the 19th.

Jake: thanks and I cannot wait to see what you run in Boston. Best of luck on Monday!

Preston: thanks and it's good to be back!

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