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Pocatello Marathon

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Location:

Idaho Falls,ID,

Member Since:

Mar 16, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Las Vegas 2010

St. George 2011

California International Marathon 2011 - 3:29:32  BQ

Pocatello Marathon 3:48

Top of Utah  3:28:10 

A2A Marathon 3:25:23 

Boston 2013  PR 3:23:49

To Bone and Back - 40 mi Solo  6:37  9:57/mi

Sawtooth relay (solo) 100K  10:37

Short-Term Running Goals:

RONR 108

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running

Personal:

Married with two children, one in high school, one in college, one in grad school on her own out in the real world.  My lovely and gracious wife is a professional body builder (100% natural).  If I trained half as hard as she does, I really would be fast.  I make my living as a self employed geophysicist.

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Sat, Sep 01, 2012
Race: Pocatello Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:48:47, Place overall: 131
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A disappointing day.  My friends here know I was hoping for much better.  No doubt I ran the first half too fast.  I was thinking about it a lot while doing it.  The wind and legs felt good.  I was worried I might pay for it later, but I didn't think I would crash so thoroughly down the stretch.   It must be hard to judge the effort on that down hill.  Hopefully I learned something. 

Comments
From Curt on Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 08:39:08 from 69.20.189.206

It was great to see you on the course yesterday. Sorry you didn't get that time you were trying for. It is so hard not to overdue it on the downhills.

From jtshad on Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 07:36:34 from 69.20.183.178

Great to see you at the start. Sorry this race did not meet your expectations. Running down a hill like this one can be a challenge, I am sure that this race will be a good learning experience.

Keep running strong!

From Glen on Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 19:39:32 from 75.174.55.160

I think I will run in Logan in a couple of weeks if the work schedule allows. This time I think I will try for even splits. I think I had a good plan, if executed properly, but I way way over did it. When the guy yelled my split at the half (just seconds of my best half), I new I had screwed up.

Thanks for the encouragement gang (Curt, Jeff, Bill, Marlin et. al.). I have already shifted from disappointment to excitement about the next run.

I also think it would be a good idea to race more often. I just made a rookie mistake because I have too little race experience. Live and learn!

From Kam on Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 11:01:41 from 68.66.163.179

Glen, consider giving yourself two more weeks to recover and run the Huntsville Marathon in Ogden Valley. It'll only set you back $70 instead of $125 for TOU.

From Marlin on Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 19:36:24 from 174.27.117.250

Glen, it was nice to see you last weekend, you did good and we will have to plan a run together some time.

From Marlin on Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 09:05:26 from 174.232.192.149

Glen, are you still planning on running Top of Utah? It is still a BQ for 2013, as for huntsville will be for 2014. I am running it but with no expectations. Maybe run it together?

From Glen on Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 11:57:53 from 174.19.105.221

I was on the fence, but your offer is simply too good to pass up. I'll take you up on the offer to run together. I hope you mean that you will slow way down for me because you know I can not keep up with you.

From Marlin on Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 13:22:31 from 174.232.192.149

Glen, I do mean it, let's get that BQ and run Boston in April

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