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Race: deseret news marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:45:45, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 1
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AM Deseret News Marathon Today. This is a race that started me running I first ran it when I was 12. Untrained and found out about it the day before the race, registered for it and jumped in the next day. First marathon 4:20 and had to be carryed to the car after I sat down. My claim to fame is that I did my first marathon before my coach did his. However, his first was also Deseret News the following year, but he won the overall and repeated 9 times. I was dreading todays race. I looked back a couple days before at my last years time and place on the blog. It added some unneeded stress. I felt like I ran good last year considering the fast start and the worst blister problem I had ever encountered. I was 5th overall, first master with a high 2:48. I wanted to run as well as I had but like I always say, it's a marathon. You train for it but never know what can happen on race day. Bob Wood, the race director, told me they had the best field of elites running that he could remember. So I knew it would be hard to place as high. So I would work on the little goals, time and Masters placing and things worked out. I was 10th overall, but really 9th, 1 Kenyan didn't run up the Pinecrest turn around and was a DQ, I don't know why they listed him in the results. 3rd overall LDR circuit points behind Sasha and Seth, I thought I could catch Seth when I heard he was having trouble, but could never see him until the turn off of 800 S. and made a push to catch him and fail short by 19 seconds. I was first master again 5 years in a row, and don't know if I can do that again there are a lot of good master runners out there that don't run this race because of low prize money and it beats you up so bad. It is always the hardest marathon for me to recover from and can screw up your plans for running good times in other marathons later in the year. Happy with overall race effort and time. I'm not going to list all my splits, but first half was 1:19:24 and finish time 2:45:45. So a slower second half, but ran the race alone with no one in sight. Never could get info on gaps in front or behind to know if a push was necessary so I don't know what I could have done with some late pressure. No one passed me after mile 4, and I did't start to crazy and was with the group of Kenyans at that point. Ice bath and recover is the game plan before ramping the milage back up. Have a great holiday. I might even start my garden tonight, heck (is that family friendly) the pioneers started their gardens when they got here and raised a good crop. My bishop said, procrastination is the work of the devil, but think of all the weeding I have missed to this point. Happy 24th.

Comments
From jtshad on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 18:34:53

Nice race, good time and congrats on the first place master's finish...again!! You are da man!

From Adam RW on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 21:33:06

You are always an inspiration. You are so consistent and strong no matter what the conditions. Sorry we weren't more help when we saw you on the course, we got there at just the wrong time. Nice win, keep up the streak!

From Dave S on Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 01:09:33

Congrats on the masters win. 5 years straight thats great.

From Tom on Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:46:06

Great performance Bill. Congratulations on yet another in a long line of master's wins. I'm sure there will be many more. Your incredible training and racing performances are a great inspiration to many of us aspiring masters runners.

From dave holt on Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 13:55:00

Good job Bill. Way to go get an improvement on last year - even by yourself.

From Ashleigh on Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 14:06:04

Yay, great job!! That story at the beginning is funny but sort of sad.

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 14:30:31

Bill - that guy was Peter Vail, not a Kenyan. I e-mail Mark Jolley about it. I think the fair adjustment is to give him 3 minutes since this is about how long the sub-division loop takes and it was not his fault that he missed it. There were no signs, no people showing the turn, and he was in the lead by himself at that point. I did not see the lead car in the sub-division, I think they just missed that turn as well.

From Brent on Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 11:34:04

Bill, congradulations awesome, it would be great if you could run the string to 9, kind of match DCs string. 1,000 commando points for another outstanding effort. Nice to chat with you on the parkway today.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From walter on Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 23:03:21

I will forever see you in this race! Great job on a hard leg burning course! You and your daughter did great and maybe if I train a little harder on that course I or you can get sasha on it! LOL

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