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Atlanta Half Marathon

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Location:

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: Atlanta Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:19:54
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16.00

Atlanta Half Marathon 1:19:54 for 23rd place. Last year I ran 1:22:01 for 27th. This continues the pattern of me getting faster but the races getting more competitive compared to last year.

Last year I went out too hard, running 37:30 for the first 10K and then fading badly the last couple of miles. So this year my plan was to go out pretty conservatively. At the start I saw Ty Ragen and Kenny Porterfield (gradually starting to learn Atl area runners). I ran ahead of those two for 3 miles at the Atl 10 miler but then both beat me. Therefore I decided that I should stay behind them until mile 8.

At the start Ty starts out ahead of Kenny so I decide to play it safe and stick with Kenny. We hit the mile in 6:07, right on my goal of 1:20 pace. A friend of Kenny's jumps in the race to pace him, anothe guy (I think Chadwick Hales) runs with us too so we have a pretty good pack.

We roll through the next couple of miles in 6:01 and 5:59 (slightly downhill) and I get a little bit concerned that we've gone out too fast. The fourth mile is downhill (6:00) and my legs are starting to burn. This is much faster than I'm used to running! Fortunately my breathing is under control. We catch up to a guy wearing Orange and now our group is 5 strong.

In the 5th mile we hit a pretty strong headwind and we lose a little bit of momentum as everyone fights to stay out of the wind. We pass two more guys and one of them latches on so we are now six strong. This is super helpful as we fight the wind. Unsurprisingly, mile 5 is the slowest of the race so far: 6:11. However, for now I'm still committed to staying with the group.

Mile 6 starts with a moderate climb and the rest of the group starts the flag a little. We lose two people and are back to the original 4. At the peak of the hill Kenny's friend dropped out and we were three. Descending into Piedmont, Kenny and I picked up the pace a little, passing one more guy. Mile 6 was 6:16!, I decide that enough is enough and it's time to drop the hammer. I surge and drop Kenny, passing 10K in 37:45, 15 seconds slower than last year.

At 10K here is the split

Place Person 10k Split
15 Chris Blanco 36:34
16 Tim Brooks 36:37
17 Matthew Wilpers 36:39
18 Andrew Thompson 36:50
19 Jill Braley 36:56
20 Patrick Ollinger 37:12
21 Ty Ragen 37:13
22 Sven Henningson 37:18
23 Annie Kelly 37:22
24 John Pulliam 37:22
25 Chris Nasser 37:24
  Jimmyjimjim! 2014  
26 Jimmyjimjim! 2015 37:45
27 Kenny Porterfield 37:47

After surging I initially regret it, as I start to feel pretty bad. Legs were feeling pretty tense, so I decide to drop the historical present and that seemed to help. I hit mile 7 in 5:50, which made me feel better. The main issue was that Chris Nasser and Sven Henningson both pulled away, giving the impression that I had slowed down.

I caught Annie and John (a wheel chair athlete) with a 6:27 8th mile. This was actually a huge confidence booster as it is easily the most difficult mile of the course. I was at 48:55 though 8 miles, I was almost exactly on 1:20 pace so I knew I had to finish strong.

Mile 9 has a nice long straightaway so I got a solid glimpse of all the people up ahead of me. Unfortunately, the guys closest to me were pulling away. 6;04 for mile 9

I passed two guys in Mile 10. I'm not really sure what happened with these two guys. 6:14 for mile 10, including a pretty tough hill. 61:14 for 10 miles. I passed two more guys somewhere in here.

I started to think negative thoughts "I'm running pretty well, 1:20:xx is totally fine. My legs really hurt, I can't expect myself to run this fast." Ok, don't start to make excuses before you even fall off pace. 6:07 for mile 11, but I didn't pass anyone.

Mile 12 in 6:04 and now I could smell the sub 1:20. I finally caught up to Matthew Wilpers with about 800m to go and I had another 3-4 guys in the cross hairs but just ran out of room. 6:28 for last 1.1 (5:53 pace) 6:01 pace from mile 10 to the finish.

I probably was a little bit too conservative, but I'm quite happy with this race.

2014 1st half 37:30 (6:03 pace), 2nd half 44:31 (6:27 pace) passed 1, passed by 5

2015 1st half 37:47 (6:05 pace), 2nd half 42:07 (6:06 pace) passed 7, passed by zero

Geraint Davies 1:10:54 33:32(1) 37:22(1)
Dougie Coffed 1:12:58 35:13(3) 37:45(2)
David Fiesoli 1:14:20 34:33(2) 39:47(3)
Juan Soto 1:16:12 35:50(4) 40:22(4)
Jared Carson 1:16:45 36:12(10) 40:33(5)
Alex Murfee 1:17:12 35:53(6) 41:19(7)
Ben Leblanc 1:17:19 35:53(5) 41:26(9)
Humayun Zafar 1:17:25 No data  
Chris Blanco 1:17:34 36:34(13) 41:00(6)
Brent Fields 1:17:36 36:14(12) 41:22(8)
Josh Carson 1:18:00 36:12(11) 41:48(11)
Eli Parker 1:18:30 36:01(8) 42:29
Scott Jarvis 1:18:45 35:54(7) 42:51
Jill Braley 1:18:47 36:56(17) 41:51(12)
Chris Nasser 1:18:50 37:24(23) 41:26(10)
Emily Reese 1:19:13 No Data  
Patrick Ollinger 1:19:14 37:12(18) 42:02(14)
Sven Henningson 1:19:18 37:18(20) 42:00(13)
Ty Ragan 1:19:40 37:13(19) 42:27
Jagdeep Singh 1:19:44 No Data  
Tim Brooks 1:19:48 36:37(14) 43:11
Jimmyjimjim! 1:19:54 37:45(24) 42:09(15)
Matthew Wilpers 1:20:01 36:39(15) 43:22
Alfred Glancy 1:20:38 No Data  

 

 

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