The Perils of Self Betterment

Leadville Heavy Half Marathon

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Location:

UT,

Member Since:

Jan 17, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

yearly mileage totals (actual running miles, not crosstraining etc)

2008 - 1,317

2009 - 2,654

2010 - 2,578

2011 - 2,618

2012 - 3,083 (ran everyday this year. PR's in half and full marathons, at age 48!)

2013 - 1,177

2014 - 1,716

2015 - 1,060

2016 - 951

2017 - 786

2018 - 1,058

2019 - 1,211

2020 - 1010

2021 - 1064.9

2022 - 1135.9

Short-Term Running Goals:

reacquaint myself with my long lost running freak, and then proceed to get my running freak on

run faster

increase mileage in the Spring 

keep running

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

run

 

Personal:

born in 1964. married 25 years. one wife one dog

6 ft tall, nation wide

"Engaging in a little suffering — however self-imposed, arbitrary and contrived — before breakfast each morning tends to demand some humility and injects some marked relief into the rest of the day, making things sharper, more inspired, more immediately aware of the powerful presence of being. And that seems really worthwhile." A. Krupicka

 

"I cruised down hills, churned up hills, and floated over the asphalt, existing in a world that seemed to lack the confinements of such ubiquitous rivets as time, obligation, or pain. I knew then that this was destined to be one of those serendipitous runs for which so many of 
us strive yet so rarely achieve." J. Nevels

 

 

 

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Kinvara11blue Lifetime Miles: 327.70
Rincon2 Lifetime Miles: 262.40
Spg 4’s Lifetime Miles: 135.50
Skechers Razor3 Lifetime Miles: 160.90
Rincon2(2) Lifetime Miles: 85.50
Asics Noosa14 Lifetime Miles: 73.00
Sauconyaxon2 Lifetime Miles: 73.80
Mach 4 Lifetime Miles: 34.50
Race: Leadville Heavy Half Marathon (15.5 Miles) 03:21:17, Place overall: 104, Place in age division: 6
Total Distance
15.50

this was kind of a spontaneous trip as my buddy Craig had decided wednesday he was going to run the Leadville marathon saturday and asked if i wanted to do it too. this year i've been running about 30 miles a week average. all roads, not one trail run, no runs over 12 miles. uh...no Craig, i'm not going to go run the leadville marathon this weekend. thanks, have a good time. so he tells me they have a half marathon. i could run that. i could do real well. no Craig, i'm not really running this year, i have no business running a 15.5 mile run that starts at 10,152 ft and runs up to 13,781 feet before coming back down. i'll explode, it will be a real mess. but, sais Craig, they have free bananas. oh well then, yes i'm in let's go! yeah, so made the eight hour drive late friday, slept a little, got up saturday morning and ran. i had absolutley no idea what to expect but i had looked up the previous years results and based a goal time on what the leaders ran, and also how the other 50-59 year old geezers did. using my usual 20+/-% placing that i get at races i figured that if i were trained i could run it in the 3 to 3:15 range. but considering how ill prepared i was for this race, i told myself that getting in under four hours would be an accomplishment. 

the race started at 8 am. the first couple of miles or so are uphill, then there's a bit of downhill before climbing again, relentlessly up to Mosquito pass. i skipped all the aid staions on the way up. i had a hand held bottle and the temps were cool. i walked quite a bit of the steep sections but made sure i was walking quickly, and i ran as much as possible. i tried to stay on it and not slack, and i steadily passed people all the way up and most of the way back down. the last mile or so of the climb was pretty intense. not only steep and  very rocky, technical. all along the upper part of the course there was water runoff which created a little creek like surface and some muddy sections. finally with a couple of miles left to go my lack of fitness reared it's ugly but legitimate head and i crashed pretty hard. even walking for a couple of short moments downhill. i didn't care, i knew where i was at fitness wise and i was just surprised the crash didn't come sooner. my quads were shot and i could no longer open up on the flat downhill but just had to shuffle along to get it done. it was such a great course and crowd, and a well organized event. i'm looking forward to actually training for this run next time and seeing how much i can improve my time.

slowest mile was mile 7 @ 21:30, fastest was mile 15 @ 8:41. average pace for the run - 12:59

i placed 109/453 overall (24%), 53/257 dudes (21%), 6/30 geezers (20%).

WT 41.5 miles

 

Virrata 1 Miles: 15.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Lysa on Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:13:47 from 24.10.147.236

Very rad. Scott said he thinks this one sounds like a lot of fun. I bet he'd do it with you next year.

From JD on Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:11:25 from 71.219.3.238

thanks Lysa. Scott IS doing this with me next year!

From allie on Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:27:57 from 161.38.221.168

awesome, JD. you gave a giant smashing to the four hour mark.

i ran 3 miles in silverton last summer (~11,000 feet on up) and i REALLY thought i was going to explode. running at that kind of crazy elevation is not easy at all. you handled it well and that is an impressive time.

...and you're not alone, i always cave when someone mentions free bananas.

From JD on Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 12:13:44 from 70.96.78.247

thanks allie.

the monkey gene rules us all especially when it comes to bananas.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 21:46:03 from 98.203.229.149

Sounds like a tough course. I hope you got your fill of bananas. :)

From JD on Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 16:15:26 from 65.100.197.208

thanks Rattletrap - plenty of bananas.

so what's your next 50 miler? :-)

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 08:52:58 from 98.203.229.149

The next 50 miler for me will be on my motorcycle :)

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