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Layton Classic

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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:

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Adizero Rocket Lifetime Miles:						323.35
Asics Hyperspeed Lifetime Miles:						369.13
Mizuno Waverider Lifetime Miles:						509.70
Adistar Ride Lifetime Miles:						520.40
Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles:						253.60
Adistar Rideb Lifetime Miles:						236.30
Waveriderb Lifetime Miles:						466.70
Nimbus Lifetime Miles:						570.30
WhiteHyperspeed Lifetime Miles:						268.50
RedFree Lifetime Miles:						405.55
Saucony Hattori Lifetime Miles:						46.10
NimbusFIRE Lifetime Miles:						260.50
WhiteHyper2 Lifetime Miles:						100.20
WaveriderC Lifetime Miles:						203.95
NimbusVampire Lifetime Miles:						357.50
CelticMirage Lifetime Miles:						312.00
NeonFree Lifetime Miles:						17.80
Nimbus FireB Lifetime Miles:						2.50
Nimbus FireC Lifetime Miles:						0.00

Sat, Sep 10, 2011

Race: Layton Classic (6.2 Miles) 00:34:02, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1

Total Distance

13.50

Layton Classic 5k. I got second last year behind Jamal and I really wanted to come away with the win this time around. Of course Trace Fifeld had to show up!

I took off much faster than last year and I already lost Trace before the mile. (Which we hit in 5:08 vs 5:13 last year). There's a long climb in the second and third miles and I was trying to keep the race close, hitting 5:18 for mile 2 (10:26). I was now 24 seconds ahead of my pace from last year and feeling pretty good. At the same time I was concerned that the mile markers were in the wrong place.

At 3 miles trace had about a 20 second lead on me and it looked like I might catch him. I hit the third mile in 16:31, still ahead of pace from last year but falling back.

The fourth mile is downhill again and now I was really closing in. I ran 5:17 for this mile (which was again slower than last year). I pushed really hard in the crucial 5th mile but I couldn't make any headway. Trace seemed to be pulling away again. This mile was only 5:46 which kind of stinks. I figured that mile was probably off as I didn't feel like I had really slowed down any from the previous miles.

I was now trying hard to break 34 mins but it's hard to keep your momentum up at the end of this race. You have to go around a lot of 5kers and there are some twists and turns. Somehow I still managed a 6:28 for the last 1.22 (5:18 pace). This may have been short.

It doesn't matter. I gave it my best shot and still came up short of Trace by about 15 seconds. It was hard to be frustrated because even though my time from last year would have won, I had considered that to be a very good race. Also, at the time, I was focusing on 10k specific workouts in my training. This course is somewhere in the region of 2 minutes slower than Des News, so I was right where I should be.

Adizero Rocket Miles: 6.20	Adistar Ride Miles: 1.50	Nimbus Miles: 5.80

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From Andrea on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 15:41:09 from 67.177.21.60

10Ks are so hard! You ran a great time - gotta be happy about that. This should make your marathon pace at TOU seem so much easier!

From Jake K on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 16:18:31 from 67.177.21.60

Good race... use it as a building block and hit it hard next weekend!

From Seth on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 22:10:04 from 67.177.36.131

Solid time man! Can't wait to see you run TOU.

From Steve on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 22:23:12 from 76.27.108.183

Nice race! I agree, 10ks are just weird races sometimes to run and be happy with.

From fiddy on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 22:46:07 from 155.101.96.134

I actually really like the 10k and I wish there were more of them.

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