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St. George Half Marathon

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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: St. George Half Marathon (13.15 Miles) 01:12:12, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.9113.150.000.0021.06

Great way to start out with the win for my first race of 2016. I will write more later. Though one thing I did find out about myself is that I am in great marathon shape and horrible half marathon shape! Love racing in St. George, the city knows how to put on a race.

Race started out with a group of 4 guys today. I quickly took the lead around the first corner and I was content to start out pretty conservative through the first couple of miles and just see how I felt. After the first mile I already had a pretty good gap on the chase field and after mile 2 the lead bike said that I had almost a quarter mile lead on the second place guy. So honestly this run quickly turned into a great Marathon paced run. Most of the race just focused on stride. Pushed hard on the down and up and stayed pretty conservative on the flat as splits below will show. Also I have to be honest with myself. I did keep a great steady pace but I also didn't feel like I could turn it on and go quicker at anytime during the race. Last couple of weeks I felt like I have been dragging and energy has been super low. I've had funks like this in the past and I have came out if it and nailed some pretty good workouts and races and I hope this is the case. Also if I am going to focus on some early spring halfs I need to start focusing on interval sessions more often and getting in some shorter faster tempo runs.

But as I said earlier I feel like I am in great marathon shape as I should be because the workouts that Riley had set up for me was for the Phoenix Marathon that I was planning on running but not anymore. So positive on that end is that the workouts were working for what I needed them to do.

Overall it was a great day. Glad I was able to come down to STG and race.

5:22; 5:23; 5:23; 5:20; 5:19; 5:39; 5:37; 5:20; 5:23; 5:31; 5:45; 5:34; 5:36 and :53 for last .16

PM

Shakeout run. 4.31 miles easy out and around the condo.

Go Speed Bright Yellow Miles: 13.15Provision 2.0 Miles: 7.91
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Fritz on Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 11:17:54 from 75.169.8.176

Nice job Ben. Wish I could have been there to give you some company for at least some of the race :) Looks like you should have a great race in PHX.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 15:20:36 from 24.10.247.181

That's solid racing for January Ben. Congrats on the win.

From Ben VanBeekum on Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 16:36:39 from 172.56.38.28

Thanks Rob and Fritz. Fritz I would've love some company would've made the race more enjoyable.

From steve ash on Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 12:34:51 from 67.2.211.42

Congrats on first place Ben. Like Rob said; solid racing especially this time of year.

From Logan Fielding on Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 13:11:25 from 74.211.15.61

Nice work big fella!

From Ben VanBeekum on Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 13:13:47 from 67.128.146.68

Thanks Logan!

Thought maybe there would be a fielding sighting!?! Or maybe even a push in the 5K so Holt didn't just get a walk in the park! Haha.

From RileyCook on Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 16:14:43 from 73.52.134.194

Good work Ben. Can't complain about a victory to start the new year.

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