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Seattle,WA,

Member Since:

Dec 30, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2019: 10:29 2 mile, 16:33 5k, 27:14 8k, 55:50 15K, 1:16:04 HM

Post Mayan Apocalypse PRs:

200 31.13 (2016, ATC all comers)

400 69.96 (2015, ATC all comers)

800 2:19 (2016, ATC all comers)

Mile 4:58 (2017, ATC all comers) 

3000 9:34 (2017, ATC all comers)

2mile 10:29 (2019, CNW Grand Prix)

5000 16:33.6 (2019, CNW all comers)

5k 16:50 (2018, Green Lake Gobble)

8k 27:14 (2019, Beat the Bridge)

10K 35:16 (2017, Eastside Beltline)

15K 55:10 (2018, Magnuson Park Memorial Day)

10-mile 60:29 (2017, Atlanta 10 mile)

HM 1:16:04 (2019, Lake Sammamish Half)

30K 2:01:56 (2014, Striders WRC 30K)

Mar 2:50:07 (2013, Sojo Marathon)

 

Fiddy "Classic" Accomplishments (before I forget)

2:03 800, 4:11 1500, 9:47 3200, 15:26 5000, 32:30 10000, 1:11:15 HM (unaided), 2:32 marathon (Boston)

Seattle Half Marathon '08-'11: 2nd (1:13), 4th (1:11), 5th (1:14), 2nd (1:13)

2nd MI half 2010 (1:11)

10th Seattle RNR 2009 (2:35)

97th Overall @ Boston 2010 (2:32)

2011 3rd Place @ Des News (2:35) and Top of Utah (2:33)

I once beat 14 year-old Connor Mantz (2011 Utah Valley Half 1:11) and 16 year-old Ben Saarel (2011 Flat as a pancake 16:23 in the f-ing snow)

2011 Salt Lake Half 1st place (1:14), Capitol Half 1st place (1:14), Provo City 4th place (1:16, unaided)

2011 Ragnar Ultra 1st place Wasatch Back Relay

7th place SLC half 2009 (1:11)

2009 Fremont 5k 16:00, 2010 Dart Challenge 16:05, 2011 Draper Days 16:02

2009 Running of the Leopards 15:03, aided

2009 Striders 10mile 1st place (58 mins)

2007 3rd place SCIAC 5k 15:26

2006 D3XC nationals, 184th (of 280)

Short-Term Running Goals:

5/18 Bart the Brodge

6/9 RicknRail Murothin

Long-Term Running Goals:

get busy living or get busy dying

Personal:

Crop rotation in the 14th century became considerably more widespread after John.

 

 

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Race: Top half marathon of top of utah marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:24:27
Total Distance
13.10

 AM RHR:60 

The plan was to see if I could make it through a marathon without my heart going crazy. Things started to get bad about 8 miles in and I dropped out at halfway.

Here are my splits and heart rate.

Pace Max HR Max
1 6:06 4:58 166 182
2 6:16 5:06 185 216
3 6:07 5:25 164 178
4 6:08 5:26 160 168
5 6:22 5:33 160 166
6 6:14 5:29 165 170
7 6:03 4:34 173 190
8 5:49 4:36 175 212
9 6:04 5:03 175 196
10 6:15 5:29 175 197
11 6:38 5:53 167 185
12 7:27 5:29 153 179
13 6:18 5:39 162 188

During mile2 I took off my HR monitor and wet it because it didn't seem to be working well. It was telling me my heart rate was over 200 and then that it was back in the 150s. I felt totally fine and once I adjusted it, things seemed to be ok. I then settled into some solid miles for the early part of the race, running with a group that all ended up finishing in the mid 2:40s.

At mile 7, I stopped to go to the bathroom. I actually surged ahead in the last 400 meters of that mile before stopping. I also tightened my HR monitor because it kept slipping. This cost me over a minute and I was almost caught by Allie. I then sprinted down the road pretty fast trying to catch back up. Probably the most frustrating thing was how easy everything felt for me. I was close to catching back up to my group when my heart rate started dancing all over the place.

I tried to chill for a bit, hoping that it would settle down again, but I had done too much. My garmin readout indicates that I ran a half mile in about 5:20 pace (pretty approximate) and there was no way for me to recover from it. I kept running slower and slower trying to allow my heart to calm back down. I was about 90% sure that I was going to drop out, but I thought that I should make it easier by getting as far down the canyon as possible.

Eventually I just stopped and walked through one of the aid stations. I thought that maybe if I allowed my heart rate to go all the way down and then come back up that I would be ok. I waited a little bit for Allie but I couldn't see her. I then started to walk-jog very slowly to wait for her to catch up. I ran with her for a bit and my heart rate was lower, but then it started to spike again just before I reach the mile 13 aid station. I decided that this was far enough and stopped again.

Fortunately, I only had about a 10 minute until wait a van picked me up and took me to the finish line. While I was waiting in one of the volunteers cars, I could hear all the radio chatter. Each aid station was reporting in on the leaders as they came by, giving the times down to the second. Everyone seemed to be genuinely excited about the men's and woman's races and all the time gaps. It was interesting to see everything that went into making the race run as smoothly as it does and I was pretty impressed with how quickly they accomodated my request to go the finish.

Anyway, based off the radio chatter I knew that If I was quick I would be able to see Jake right after he turned onto 300south. I made it there with about 90 seconds to spare and then waited an additional 7 minutes for Jon Kotter to pass. He looked like he was cramping up a ton (shakes fist at Alta Peruvian) and was going to get passed for 3rd, which did end up happening.

I then ran the 2 blocks or so back to the finish line. Andrea then started yelling and tossed a stuffed moose at me. I really didn't want to knock Jake over but he seemed to be expecting the hand off.  I imagine the thought of the moose was keeping him going over that last stretch. 

It's been pretty tough for me this year, because I love competing. This looked like it would have been a very competitive race and it wasn't very fun to watch all the people that I had been running with come in. However, it was cool to see that my little group from the start kicked butt. Kevin beat my marathon debut by nine minutes and Adam had an extremely strong return after a tough string of injuries. Also, Cynthia Fowler is a machine that Allie and I agreed is Nan-like.  I was planning on working with her today, but she didn't really seem to need anyone's help as she ran 2:45. I also finally met Jason Howe, the Grand Slam champ, who ran about 2:50. Finally, there was one guy running with me wearing red who ended up negative splitting the course. His name is Will Huff and it looks like had the 4th fastest final 10k on the day.

I really wanted to finish, but I'm not an "at all costs" type of guy. It seemed like many people thought that I was dumb to even line up today. I'm glad I tried.  I don't think it set me back and now I don't have to wonder "what if?". I'm just going to continue to take it easy like I have been, but the fact is that at some point I'm going to line up for a race again and not know whether or not I'm going to have to drop out. The alternative is to never race again.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From Fritz on Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 13:46:04 from 65.100.192.74

James- It's too bad that you had to drop but I think it's most impressive that you lined up and gave it a shot. I like your "is what it is" attitude and really hope you get some answers soon and get back to 100%.

From Jake K on Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 16:17:42 from 67.177.11.154

Thanks for really nailing that moose handoff. When I ran down 300S I thought I saw you, but was kind of in tunnel-vision at that point. But when I saw you near the finish, I knew it was you with the moose. Next time you can throw it in the air and I'll try to catch it while diving across the line. We'll probably have to practice that on some morning runs first, though.

Hope you get some answers soon and feel back to normal.

From Rachelle on Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 19:23:16 from 76.8.202.193

I am so sorry that you had to drop out and that you are dealing with this right now. I admire you for giving it a shot and also for being so encouraging to everyone out there running. I was secretly hoping you would jump in with me when I saw you at 13 but it was a great boost for me and you were incredibly encouraging despite what you were going through. Thank you for that!

From Steve on Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 19:41:44 from 66.87.65.63

I agree with fritz 100%. It's about toeing that starting line. I'd DNF a race any day before not giving it a shot. Last thing I'd add is that running is never the same. You could start off next year running completely different and not know why.

From Redd on Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 20:30:54 from 67.182.221.190

Im glad you stopped before things got bad. I don't think there is anyway I would have run as fast as I did without you there to get me into a nice groove.

From Seth on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 07:49:21 from 67.177.36.131

Nice job givin it a shot. I hope you can get this sorted out soon.

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