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Siskiyou Out & Back

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Location:

North Bend,WA,USA

Member Since:

Jun 07, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

5k - 18:20 2009
10k - 36:58 2010
Half - 1:25:09 2010
Full - 2:58:32 2009

Short-Term Running Goals:

I'd like to bring my marathon time below 2:50 by the time I turn 50 in a couple years.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Staying healthy and keeping age at bay are my long-term goals, and running is my medicine!

Personal:

I'm married to a wonderful woman who is also a runner and we have three terrific and unique daughters.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Inov-8 X-Talon 212 Lifetime Miles:						76.65
Mizuno Inspire 6 Lifetime Miles:						289.90
Asics Speedstar 3 Lifetime Miles:						97.70
Brooks Cascadia 5 Lifetime Miles:						340.30
Brooks T5 Racer Lifetime Miles:						30.41
Brooks Ravenna Lifetime Miles:						436.60
Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Lifetime Miles:						187.65
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles:						5.00

Sat, Jul 10, 2010

Race: Siskiyou Out & Back (31.1 Miles) 04:47:17, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 4

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
31.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	31.00

My first 'ultra' is in the history books. I thought the 50k would be easier than it turned out to be. Imagine that! The heat (80* or so) and especially the elevation (started at 6500') reduced me to walking some of the hills in the last 8 miles. I'd hoped to turn a 4:30 or less but ended up with 4:47. That was worth 13th overall and 4th in AG though.

Inov-8 X-Talon 212 Miles: 22.00	Brooks Ravenna Miles: 10.00

Comments

From Snoqualmie on Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 16:45:54 from 24.18.192.33

Wow! You did great on your first ultra!! And especially in those conditions. Congratulations!

From DaveL on Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 21:20:54 from 209.206.250.53

Thanks! I may some day even do another :)

Next time though I will have to do much more training including lots of back-to-back long runs. I don't want to have to walk again.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:06:43 from 24.8.167.243

Congratulations on completing your first ultra. Those sound like some tough conditions, especially the heat. 4th in your AG is not bad at all.

From Snoqualmie Ridge Runner on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 16:26:14 from 24.16.197.35

Dave, what's the deal...more info on about the race...don't leave us hanging...

Congrats on finishing!!

From DaveL on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 18:01:59 from 209.206.250.53

Well, here's a little more of a report for you!

http://runninwithdave.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-first-ultra-siskiyou-out-back-sob.html

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