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Dogtown Half Marathon 2014

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Location:

North Ogden,UT,U.S.

Member Since:

May 23, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

5K- 14:58, 10K- 31:05, 1/2- 1:06:47 Marathon- 2:23:29

3rd- Park City Marathon 2008

3rd and 4th Ogden Marathon 2010; 12'

5th, 3rd, and 7th- Utah Valley Marathon 2011;14'; 16'

9th, 3rd,11th, 8th, 5th, 8th St. George Marathon 2010, 11',13',14',15'16'

2nd- Deseret News Marathon 2015

1st- SandHollow Marathon- 2016 (CR***)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 POTENTIAL RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

                                                                          -Helen Keller

              

 

Personal:

Married to Nikki we have 4 children. Jaerdan, Korver, Grady and Lyla McKell

Head XC/Track Coach at Weber High

Graduated from Weber State with a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Athletic Therapy.

 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 257.46
Race: Dogtown Half Marathon 2014 (13.1 Miles) 01:09:35, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.0013.100.0017.60

DOGTOWN HALF MARATHON

Going to make this nice and simple. 3rd race of the TRIPLE CROWN presented by 1LAW. Headed down to STG because the 1Law stated that they were going to give out 1,000 to the overall circuit winner. Thought it was a good opportunity to win some money. Anyway story at the end of the report.

Hitched a ride up to the start with spencer simpson and Amy Cook. Warmed for about 2.5 miles and threw in 2 strides with Spencer and headed to the start. Talked to some guys from the STG running team and got focused and began the race. 

Talked to Aaron Metler for the 1st mile and we wanted to work together for a bit and go with the flow. Aaron was shooting for 1:07 and I was hoping sub 1:09, but the course ended up being a little bit more challenging then we thought. So anyway by mile 2 Aaron and I were all alone and still running side by side. We hit a dirt trail around mile 3 and was way careful threw there so no ankles were sprained. By mile 4 we were running threw hell hole canyon just a gorgeous ravine that led down to the river bottom. At mile 4 Aaron put 4 seconds on me and it stayed that way til about mile 6. He then opened another gap and had about 15 or so on me through 8. But at miles 8-9 I had a good couple miles and closed again and got   6 seconds behind him, now I was sensing that this was going to be a race if I could muster a solid mile 10 up a beast of a hill. I ended up hitting 5:53 and talking to Aaron he was about 5:30 so he put about 30 seconds total gap on me and opened about another 15 on the downhill through mile 11-12. I tried to get back some time but was running out of distance around mile 12 the race was won. There is a turn around spot just past mile 12 and I saw Aaron coming back at me. I gave him a high 5 and told him congrats! From there I ran in off of feel and came a little short of my sub 1:09. But not dissapointed because it was very challenging and I gave it my best. 

So the story of the 1Law. At the awards I was supposed to get $1,000 for winning the series. The guy at the awards announced the winners and prize money was $250. Now I dont want to sound ungrateful because anything helps. But I was mad, spent alot of money on travel and time for this and they back tracked on everything that was promised. The owner of 1Law  kept telling everyone he nevered stated 1,000 and I should be grateful for what I got. Anyways not to vent alot. My wife and spencer got 100 more out of the guy and Amy Cook got $100 after the guy wasnt going to give her anything.  Just frustrating with the overall outcome. 

Anyways great race will do it again for sure.

Here are my splits: 5:15; 5:04; 5:10; 5:01; 5:16; 5:26; 5:27; 5:09; 5:27; 5:53; 5:22; 5:33; 5:18 and .10 was 4:57 pace. 

Good pictures from STG running center

GoMebs 2 Miles: 15.60
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Matt Poulsen on Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 07:56:42 from 50.168.224.197

Great job, Ben! Another strong performance. It will definitely be a great year for you. That stinks about the $1,000. You definitely deserved it.

From jtshad on Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 08:02:18 from 69.20.183.178

Great race! Sorry about the mix up with the prize money. Sucks when they back out on their advertised commitments. I ran a race in Boise last summer where as the winner I received a $25 gift card and second place got a free pair of $100+ shoes.

From Holt on Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 08:06:04 from 204.113.55.41

That's jacked up... good race though!

From RileyCook on Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 09:48:17 from 172.56.9.86

Nice race buddy. Sorry about the lack of follow through from 1Law. That's awesome of them to sponsor that triple crown and offer money when they don't have to. But still they shouldn't advertise one thing and give another. Just follow through with what you say you'll do! If they didn't want to give that much then just don't advertise it.

They advertised $5000 in cash and prizes and ended up giving only $700 total, not even 20% follow through! http://1law.com/triplecrown

From Superfly on Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:41:08 from 74.211.21.81

Solid race Benny boy. Sucks about the cash. And sucks I let you tie me in golf. WTF was I thinking?:) Too bad we both played like 5 year olds. Next time:).

From AngieB on Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:44:41 from 159.212.71.200

Nice race Ben! Sucky about them not following through on the $. But I bet it was nice to get out of O town and run in shorts and a tank :)

From SpencerSimpson on Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 14:13:34 from 67.137.129.50

fun time brotha. very good race again. 3 sub 1:10's is more than solid. 1law what a deal...madeithappen. How about your room. Custom noises were free ;)

From Holt on Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 14:57:13 from 204.113.55.41

Yikes Spencer... Sasha might flag that as not family friendly!

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