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Bixby Legacy Half Marathon

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Location:

Edmond,OK,USA

Member Since:

Dec 23, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

 

PRs for Current AG (50-54):

5K = 19:00 (OKC 2016)

8K = TBD

10K = TBD

15K = TBD

Half = 1:24:31 (Houston Half 2017)

Marathon = 2:55:18 (Mesa-Phoenix 2017)

 

All Time PRs (all set as a Master)

5K = 17:54 at age 49 + 11 months (Edmond)

8K = 30:22 at age 45 (OKC)

10K = 37:47 at age 47 (Tulsa)

12K = 46:29 at age 46 (OKC)

15K = 58:34 at age 46 (Tulsa)

Half = 1:23:10 at age 42 (Tulsa)

25K = 1:41:06 at age 47 (OKC)

30K = 2:12:07 at age 48 (Edmond)

Marathon = 2:55:18 at age 50 (Mesa-Phoenix)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

For 2017: PR Half and Full Marathon

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and be competitive.

 

Personal:

100 lbs lighter as a Master and have kept it off for almost a decade (typically ~165-175 lbs)

 

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Solo run in rain around OC; 49 degrees and slight wind

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Solo run in rain at OC (just missed the hail) Included 10 of hill loop with hard 15-20 seconds down-side and 12 seconds up-side Legs dead..... ART

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Ran with Court at OC; 68 with 15-26 mph N; dry air and sunny; hard to breathe day and tired legs We each did our 6 x 1/2 mi workout; i was all over the place which started with 3:02 and ended with 2:50; others around 2:52-2:57; felt good about workout considering negative variables effecting me (including at work it was my eval day). Sadly put on lbs over weekend when I decided to relax and ate out too much. Sabotaged myself. Ugh. My genetics love to put on weight (used to weigh 100 lbs more) so always a battle. Back on track today. Good and surprising news is haven't taken Allegra since middle of my Spring Break; not allergy free but minimal compared to other years. Have much to look forward to over next few months including OKC Half. Gotta remind myself to enjoy the journey and keep positive. 5 mi spin Hip work ART

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Solo run at OC; 82 and 15-27 mph S; air dry and sunny

True recovery pace as legs and mind were fatigued + hot & windy

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Lifted back and arms; no legs due to very minimal taper for HM (main goal is race weight)

Solo OC run; 80 and light wind (it died down!); overcast

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Race: Bixby Legacy Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:28:19, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
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VERY low participation Half Marathon in Bixby Oklahoma; with Jason who easily won the race.

Feel like I got punked by:

Weather: ~62-68 with South Wind 12-16 gusting 25; Humidity 88-83% (don't believe the "light breeze" the timing company put at top of results = they didn't check the weather I guess were basing it on sitting around a bunch of buildings!)

Course: Using mapmyrun and looking at elevation and using google streetview it appeared the course wouldn't have any significant hills; it did.   All of the multiple uphill sections weren't given back until one very sharp downhill section of about 1/2 mi around mile 10 (my garmin had me 5:56 pace heading down) = so a lot of up and a down that was too fast on fatigued legs to help long-term.  Mile 4-5 had majority of uphill and I hit 7:04 pace using same effort as 6:26 mile later.

Race Mgt: I was actually on sub 6:30 pace through mile 8 and could see through a tree-line there was a water stop around a corner at mile 8; I turned the corner and the guy was just standing there with NO cups filled.  I took my gel before turning corner....ugh...mouthful of strawberry gu and nothing to drink.  He stumbled around and I just said "never mind" and kept going; I tried to spit out the remainder..."good luck with that"; then he comes zooming up on his atv with a cup...filled with gatorade!  I know the rules and how downing gatorade on top of a gel can turn stomach so I just used it to swish mouth and spit out.  Then there wasn't another water stop until 2 miles later.  I went into dehydration and needing energy failure mode.

My Body: With less than 2 miles to go and wind to my back...I walked.  My head was very light and spinning; I thought I might collapse.  The last water station was 2 miles back and none in sight.  I counted to 30-one thousand and started again; with a mile to go the last water station arrived and I took the cup and walked again counting to 20 this time; took off still feeling faint.  After finish I held on to a road sign to avoid falling over (coudn't even hold on to my water bottle).  I hate the idea of walking (such as up a hill or late in race when mind grows weak....but this was different; my body had just given out on me to point of failing.

Price: I paid $70 for this race and drove 1 1/2 hours to get there.  After the last point I could see Jason ahead of me with leading golf cart (they turned a corner and never saw again) I thought....here I am just running a solo effort down a country road and nothing to look at other than pasture and cows...I paid for this??  ha

Tough day but actually some silver lining in my early performance; mile 8 for me was still 6:21 so my effort was strong early on until body failed; I also know I am in shape to PR the Half if on right weather day and right course; unfortunately my next HM is on another tough course and weather is always iffy = OKC.

Glad for the experience and chance go with Jason to run somewhere different.  We neither achieved our overall goal this day, but still a trip that will be remembered.

Note: DS Racers worked out great in "their" HM debut for me; zero ankle pain and body feels good.

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