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Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marathon

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Location:

St. George,UT,

Member Since:

Nov 05, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

I have ran 20 marathons. Utah Grand Slam 2003, PR's Swiss Days 5k 2008 19:48 Spectrum 10k 2008 39:08, HobbleCreek 1/2 2008 1:24:18 , SGM 2009 3:00:27

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3:00 marathon and sub 1:24 half marathon in 2010 but not put too much pressure on myself and ENJOY running!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep improving on my running and race times but at the same time be able to keep it very enjoyable!

Run a sub 3 marathon 2010

"No matter how good you get, you can always get better, and that's the exciting part" Tiger Woods (Haha, posted this quote when I started the blog and now it makes me laugh)

Personal:

Married for 6 years to a very supportive husband .Work part time as a dental hygienist in SG, UT. Just had first baby boy June 6 2009 and love being a mommy!

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Sat, Jul 19, 2008

Race: Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:24:57, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
3.00	13.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	16.10

So I am way excited to write this race report. A 2 minute PR, a 5 minute course PR, 1st overall womens and I am $500.00 dollars richer!!

So my goal going into this race was 1:25. I knew I wanted to run the first 2 miles around 6:30 (which is flat and slight incline) because then you drop into some steep downhill and I knew I could let gravity take me and recover from a fast start. I wanted to get those downhill miles around 5:45 to bank some time so when the flat and rollers came I could have a little edge room. Everything worked out fairly well.

1. 6:28

2. 6:44 (slight slight incline, ready for the downhill)

3.5:45

4. 5:49

5. 6:11 feeling good, not as steep, flattens and then down again but not super steep

6. 6:07 kinda suprised me when I saw this split, felt like I had slowed down more than I had

7. 6:25 through tropic, flat and some incline, the end of this mile I am feeling a little tired , I think to myself "I hope I can push through this, take 1 shot block .

8. 6:39 feeling better here even though I am slowing a little, not a lot of downhill anymore

9.6:52 a guy passes me here and I ask him where the next girl behind me is and he tells me the last he saw a girl was at mile 4. He says the next runners behind are a quarter mile back and there is no girls. I dont know if I should have asked because I relaxed and think I may have slowed down but I am not sure if I was getting tired or more at ease with my position. BTW he was the only guy that passed me and stayed passed me, 3 or 4 others did but I ended up chicking them all back.

10. 6:38

11.6:59 starting to feel tired here and it showed with this mile

12. 6:55

13.6:45

.1 36 secs

Felt so good to have a good day and get a PR. Ran a few cool down miles with Josse and talked with lots of other runners and bloggers I know. I had so much fun catching up with all my runner friends after the race, that was the best part! well... and the cash:) I also got the UGLIEST trophy i ever seen! Logan and I got some pic's holding them together, they gotta be priceless.

Comments

From Steve Hooper on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 18:17:56

Marcie - way to go on your 1st place and your prize money. What a great day!

From Bonnie on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 18:19:11

Congratulations on a great race Marcie, you must be giddy! I have been checking the race reports for you and Josse's results all afternoon!

From Ruthie on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 18:25:58

Holy cow, awesome job today Marcie! That is so great, I wish I could've been there to see you do such an amazing job in the race. Have fun with that money and keep it up!

From Andy on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 18:49:13

Sounds like a perfect day: you set a PR, ran your goal time and won $500. Congratulations on a great run.

From luzylew on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 18:52:07

Unbelieveable. I love hearing 'chicked-em' stories. Way to go!!!

From James Holt on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 18:57:35

Your rock! I didnt realize you where so close. Does that make me your pacer? And doesnt the pacer get a little something for the effort? You did awesome today.

From Mik'L on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 19:38:26

Yeah Marcie! That is so awesome! Clyde called and was excited for you...he said it was a pretty cool win. The $500 ain't bad either! Way to stick to your plan. You'll have to post a picture of you guys with the trophies.

From Superfly on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 20:02:29

Impressive! Your moving in the right direction for a killer marathon.

From Kim on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 20:07:37

Congratulations! What fun for you!

From Jody on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 20:21:23

Absolutely AWESOME!! A big huge CONGRATS from all of us! You ran such a smart race and I am sure Garrett is happy about the money but you treat yourself! Can't wait to see the trophy!

From leslie on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 20:42:20

Thanks for the note! I can't believe the women's first place runner wrote on my blog!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

From wildbull on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 21:49:47

super race Marcie. You would of chicked me for sure! :)

From laurie on Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 23:40:04

just a quick note to all.......I loved reading this blog. Marci wonderful race and it seems like such fun and you deserve be proud and be excited about reporting it. but I just had say how neat it is to read the blogs and everybody's congrats to a job well done, just pure support and no care about winning money (just a nice bonus) but it just shows that everyones main concern is running the best you can and I love seeing it...........

Okay off of my box but thanks everyone and congrats again Marci

From andee on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 00:45:41

CONGRATULATIONS!!! We are so super excited for you. Can't wait to see that awesome trophy - bring it by the house...the boys will think it's extra neat!! You are amazing - way to go!!!!

From Jon on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 09:50:45

Awesome job, Marcie. Very exciting to hear about your race. You better post that picture of your trophy soon!

From MichelleL on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:04:47

Congratulations on an amazing race and the first place! It sounds like a great course. I want to see the ugly trophy.

From Walter on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 11:06:54

Oh my gosh marcie! What a great day for the St. George runners! Im so envious of you guys! Especially in the winter. Now you have Logan and katie down there. Im so jealous. You did so awesome my friend, keep up the good work and dont spend that money on chocolates. Only running apparal! lol just kidding you earned it go splurge.

From Christi on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 11:24:10

Marcie- CONGRATULATIONS! You just keep getting faster & faster- amazing! Way to rock the PR & 1st place! Wish I was there- next year...My daughter was looking over my shoulder this morning and said "Who's that?! She's PRETTY!"

From josse on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 15:48:03

I agree with the UGLY trophy thing, mine goes straight the garbage can. Great job I was so excited for you, you ran an awsome race.

From Lybi on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 17:04:33

Holy cow, you are WONDER WOMAN! Way to go Marcie!!!

From dave holt on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 17:32:36

Marcie, that was awesome - a St. George sweep! It was fun to see you beaming after the race!

From MarcieJ on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 17:51:06

Thanks everyone for the great comments! That run was a well needed confidence booster. I have been trying to post a pic of the hideous lookin trpohy but I am computer dummy and cant get it to work but I will keep tryin. If you have any suggestions of how I do this let me know.

My BODY is trashed!!! I can bearly walk and it hurts to roll over and dont even think about makin me laugh cuz that really hurts:) My husband had to keep hold of me while walking to church cuz my legs kept givin out and I would almost fall over. I looked pretty silly! As for the spendin the cash....my hubby and I are Notre Dame football fans and over thanksgiving weekend they play USC in CA (tickets are pretty pricey) so I told him if I won some cash we would use it to buy our tickets!! (last year we actually went to Southbend to a home game which was the coolest thing I have experienced).Thanks again for all the WONDERFUL comments!!!

From jody on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 18:07:30

Okay- Notre Dame tickets are a good idea!

From James on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 18:40:57

Way to run girl!

From josse on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 19:15:11

I hear you about the legs being trashed. Mine haven't been this sore scence the last time I ran SGM.

From Hayden on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 19:59:44

Great Race Marcie. It is great to see two St. Georgians taking first. Great goal to get first and accomplishing that goal.

From Cal on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:10:37

Congratulations on an awesome race Marcie!

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 13:46:11

You beat your Hobble Creek PR and by quite a bit too, that is very good. Bryce Canyon is a slower course probably by about a minute. Sub-3:00 in St. George should be very achievable.

I'll take $500 + an ugly trophy over just a pretty trophy any day. In fact, I'll take $505 + no trophy over $500 + the prettiest trophy ever.

From Brent on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 18:03:08

MarcieJJJJJJJJ - Hammers down another race, very impressed with your time, leg turnover and a big smile as you were about to make the turn for the win. 1000 commando points for the win and PR.

Stay Kool, next time a bigger trophy, hey, B of BS Rools out

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