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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: Snow Canyon Half Marathon (13.16 Miles) 01:08:28, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.250.0013.160.0015.41

Snow Canyon Half Marathon what a great course and Beautiful scenary! Couldnt have asked for better temperature for the first week of November in STG. My entire goal for the race was to hit under 1:09 so I could got to Houston in January with Riley and Bryant for the USA Championships. Once in a lifetime opportunity and definitley felt that the goal was attainable.

So Riley was nice enough to come get Dave and I for the Half at our hotel so we didnt have to catch a bus to the top. Worked out perfectly. Was able to get in about 2.25 miles in with about 3X100 meter strides in before the race started. I was telling Dave that my stomach wasnt feeling so hot and that I felt like I had to use the bathroom one more time before the race started and unfortunetely I didnt get it that in. 

Well the race started and within a minute the pack was already seperated down to 6 guys. Matt, Walter, Jacob, Dave, Trevor and myself. First mile went out a quicker then expected I was roughly around 5:09 and goal split was supposed to be around 5:16. Then for some reason the 2nd mile slowed around to 5:245 split so I decided to push the pace a little bit for the 3rd mile to get the group going and it did. Dave, Matt, Jacob all came and from there the race was on!

The 4 of us ran together through mile 6 then Matt gapped us slowly and looked comfortable at doing it. I think his mile split was 4:38 and I was 4:48. Around mile seven unfortunetly that bathroom break that I didnt get in had to come out so I immediately pulled of the trail and pull a sweeping S.P. and lost maybe 10 seconds at the most. Split was 5:10 and shouldve been around 5:00 flat or a little quicker. Around mile 8 I caught back up to Dave and he stated that he was done. Mile 8 was pretty rough and it even put myself into oxygen debt and took me about a half mile to recover. Arond mile 9 I could see Jacob up ahead and just kept my sight on him and was hoping that I could close the gap or just be somewhat close to him towards the finish. Well around mile 11.5 I caught him on a uphill portion through entrada and never looked back. Just ran as comfortable as I could and tried to hold on for the finish. I got to Snow Canyon highschool and started around the track at 1:07:30 and realized that I had 90 seconds to run 300 meters basically to achieve my goal. ended up finishing at 1:08:28.

Overall loved the course. Wish I didnt have a bathroom break at mile 7, and also wished I couldve pushed Matt more. I wouldnt have beat him today but wouldve been fun trying or to make him sweat a little more ;)

But #1 glad that I accomplished my goal and set a PR in the Half Marathon. Houston should be fun!

Splits were 5:09; 5:24; 5:05; 4:50; 4:46; 4:48; 5:10(Poo break) 5:26; 5:11; 5:19; 5:28; 5:30; 5:30.

Nike Zoom Streak Miles: 15.41
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Steve on Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 15:53:47 from 66.87.112.202

Nice race, congrats! Sounds like the Championships are going to be a lot of fun.

From Dave Olson on Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 16:55:23 from 67.182.237.143

Nice run dude and thanks for being good company on the ride home. See ya tomorrow to start it up again!

From RileyCook on Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 09:21:47 from 208.54.5.242

Awesome work Benny Van! You looked super strong and smooth at mile 10. I knew you were going to catch Howell.

Fantastic way to cap off the comeback year. Now next year it's the PR train!

From Brandon on Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 09:46:18 from 67.214.231.170

Wow Ben! Awesome to see you running so strong. Congrats on the sub 69!

From josse on Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 15:08:16 from 70.196.195.254

Great job! Way to get through your poo break;) those are never fun.

From Cody on Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 15:28:07 from 76.27.36.99

Nice Run Ben! Way to go! Nice Comeback this year!

From Jake K on Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 15:35:33 from 159.212.71.25

Nice job Ben. Houston will be quite a race. Its a lot of fun to be a part of something of that scale, and it will definitely keep you motivated as the weather starts getting colder! :-)

From Superfly on Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 17:58:02 from 74.211.21.81

Great race man. Congrats on the qualifier. That will be special. Stay healthy through the winter and your gonna be a beast come spring.

From Holt on Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 18:39:08 from 67.2.243.253

Well done Ben! It would have been fun to be pushing with you guys, but that will have to wait until us mere mortals recover from the marathon.

From Ben VanBeekum on Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 01:51:53 from 216.206.44.14

Thanks everyone for the support! Been a crazy great year! Next year is looking big! Hopefully great things to come.

From jtshad on Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 09:12:24 from 141.221.191.225

Nicely done! Great time and congrats on making the time for the championshipds.

From Dave Olson on Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 09:25:31 from 66.87.113.60

There will be epic things next year. More and more and more PRs.

From Matt Poulsen on Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 09:57:08 from 174.52.216.185

Excellent race, Ben! Very impressive. It was sure a lot of fun running up front with you. Your comeback has been special!

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