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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

Sat, Aug 03, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
19.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	19.05

Good solid run this morning! Met up with Riley and Bryant at the South Weber park n' ride and headed up to Morgan to meet up with Brad Osguthorpe. Run started out pretty easy for the first 3 miles and then we slowly started progressing towards 6 min pace. I averaged around that 6 min pace for 11 miles then the legs started to fall off. Breathing felt great but just can tell that the volume isn't quite there yet.

Last 5 miles I ran solo and was roughly 6:55 pace. Overall I averaged 6:35 min/miles for the 19 miler.

At the start of the first half of the run we had a dog follow us for about 5 miles we ended up naming the dog Morgan. I said that if that dog ran the entire way with us I was going to take it home with me. But around mile 8 the dog was no longer. Good solid run and fun times!

Also this is my highest mileage week this year and hopefully higher weeks to come.

NIKE PEGASUS 29+ Miles: 19.05

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 13:52:05 from 67.177.11.154

Solid progression Ben. Keep this going and you'll surprise a lot of people at STG... especially considering where you were a few months ago.

From Ben VanBeekum on Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 14:14:32 from 67.169.244.46

Thanks Jake! Definitely can see my fitness getting better weekly.

From SpencerSimpson on Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 13:27:18 from 63.82.19.2

fantastic run and great tempo. That's a tough course I am sure yall did too. I am sure the scenery was top notch. Look forward to seeing you do well at TOU...

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