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Wasatch Back Relay

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Location:

Glendale,AZ,United States

Member Since:

Dec 16, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

Pocatello Just Be Cuz Half Marathon 2008 -  1:14:40
4 mile race 2008 - 23:22
5k PR 2008  - 15:52
Pocatello Marathon 2008 PR 2:36:18 -  I won the Race
Pocatello Half Marathon 2011 1:34:59  -A year recovery with the new titanium rod first race back.

Short-Term Running Goals:

May 5, 2012  Law Day 10K  38:39  4th Place

May 19, 2012 Tommy Vaughn Half Marathon 1:26:34  3rd Place 

Marathon Debut form my accident some date (unknown) 

September  1, 2012  Pocatello Marathon  2:54:57 6th overall

November 3, 2012 Just Cuz Half Marathon 1:19:04 second place overall.  (what a difference a year makes)

 


Long-Term Running Goals:

Worship the Lord and praying early in the mornibgs and keep doing that. Staying humble and desperate for the Lord and praying for end-time revival for America.

My Long Term goal is to just run whatever I can.

Hebrews 4:16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.


Personal:

Married, three kids all grown up... now four grandkids and two living with us

Psalm 119:105 NKJV Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

The sound of God is a travelling wave that never stops. It knows no time nor is there any substance it can't penetrate.

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Race: Wasatch Back Relay (181 Miles) 18:54:03, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.400.0010.600.0012.00

Hand-off 2 Leg 21: 6.2 miles in 36.32 (a gradual incline) overall 5:58 pace and beat the predicted 6:07 pace.

Before this leg we all got about an hour sleep in the second exchange location on the parking lot in sleeping bags. I ate a Bagel and a Powerbar and some G2 gatorade before this leg.

The first mile of this leg I didn't want to look at my garmin I wanted to run by feel in a headwind. When I finished the mile I felt like I was running faster than I was but I only ran a 6:12 pace. That was enough of that poor mile on a course that gradually went up 224 ft. The next miles were a lot better.  I wanted to be conservative and have enough left for Leg 3, I learned this from Del Sol, because by leg 3 I was wiped-out there. But I also was going to beat the predicted time.

Mile 2: 5:53 in a headwind but passing a lot of runners, oh what fun I was having.

Mile 3: 5:49 still in a headwind and still having fun passing runners at 3am in the morning. No real problems with the knee that I was thinking about at this point.

Mile 4: 5:53 I passed one runner with headphones on and scared her to death. I was just praising God through this whole night leg. This was a real spiritual experience to be out in the nice beautiful scenery and sky.

Mile 5; 6:01 Went under an overpass and up the hill, and I was somewhat conservative, because I knew I had enough incline in the next leg. Still passing runners quite frequently.

Mile 6: 5:58 Ran up the little hill and down the hill still having fun passing runners, but still fighting the headwind. The last 100m's or longer was a downhill and I gave it everything I had going into the exchange.

I felt that I did save some for the last Leg and was hoping the results would be good. I lost track of how many kills I had on this leg, but it don't really matter because were all runners out there doing the same thing. But it's nice to see that you excel on your leg.

Before the next leg we ate Pancakes and Eggs, Bacon at the School. Thanks to Cody for wanting to go here. I think it really helped me and it was the food I needed for the next leg. Thanks Cody for all that you did.

Hand-off 3 Leg 33: 3.55 miles in 29.49 (I was doing the "You got to be kidding me leg 33") 8:23 pace and be at the predicted 8:30 pace.

Here was the leg that I knew if a team was close could make or break our lead. When I was assigned my legs this was the only one I was real focused on, because of the 1,400ft and something elevation gain. I kept kidding everyone that I would need a jet pack to get up the hill, and I kept kidding Bill Campbell (WildBull) that we need to switch legs. There was something inside of me after the first two legs that motivated me to prove that I belonged on this team and I wanted to perform well for my team. The fun was over this was a serious leg for me, and I needed to get mad to be ready for this leg. On the outside I was joking with everyone about this leg, but on the inside I was serious and focused on trying to do well.

The first .5 of the first mile was flat, and I ran this at a 5:50 to 6 pace and I could have easily ran this faster but I knew what was up ahead. The last half of this mile started up the dreadful climb. There were runners already walking, and there was no way in the world I was going to walk up this thing. The next Mile was just steep and I was passing several runners that were walking and they gave me great encouragement along with other vans. I finished this mile at a 8:30 pace. I really didn't feel too bad and my team was great because they kept giving me encouragement. Bill Campbell would get out of  the van and encourage me. What a great guy to meet. Cody was great at encouraging us all through the whole thing. The next mile I just got mad going up steeper and stayed focused. One guy I passed ask if he could strap a rope on me and pull him up. I had so many kills on this leg, and pretty much every runner was walking. It's a tough leg and I felt for every runner when I went by.. I finished the third mile at a 10:10 pace. My wrist band strap fell off and I and to go back a few steps and retrieve it so the pace would have been a little faster. It fell off when I slammed my water bottle to the ground, because I was getting mad knowing I was conquering the hill and even wanted to push myself faster. Through the whole run there really was no break from this steep incline. There was a van that drove passed and asked if I wanted sprayed down and I gladly  accepted that.

When I reached 3.3 I knew right around the bend was the exchanged so I pressed even harder and made the next hand-off.

All in all I felt thankful to be done and very happy to have beat the predicted pace and knew that I had to have increase our lead from the fourth place team.

I want to thank Cody Draper, Bill Campbell, Steve Olsen, Stephen Cuttitta, James Moore, Andrew McClellan for being such great teammates and new friends. This van experience was just fun and we had some good laughs. I had great conversations with all of them and got to know each one personally. This relay is just not about running, but building a special bond with your fellow runners, and working as a team to have fun and motivate each other. I think the Blue team achieved above what was expected and in the end that felt great.


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Comments
From James on Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 19:57:30

8 minute pace for "you gotta be kidding me" is flat out moving! Your van ran great. Looking forward to the details.

From Adam RW- on Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 23:50:45

Kory, GREAT race you spanked me in all three legs!

From Jon on Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 09:36:38

Outstanding job! Your last leg is especially impressive. You didn't have to prove that you belonged, but you definitely did.

From JimF on Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 09:59:24

That was an awesome 3rd leg. I saw the leg profile on the web and that is an unbelievably hard leg. Great job!

From jtshad on Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:00:35

What a stud runner, beating your projections by almost 3 minutes...and you said you weren't ready for this event! Hah! Great job my friend and thanks again for driving. It was great seeing you again, keep running strong.

From wheakory on Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:43:25

Adam RW - who cares what legs were better for me. Were still all one team in my book. Thanks

Jim F - The profile of the leg was definitely how it was. I tried not to look up as I was going up the hill.

James - Thanks my whole goal was just to beat the projected time.

Jon - Thanks. I felt like I had something to prove to the team being one of the older runners.

From wheakory on Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:44:32

Jeff - Thanks! It was great having conservations with you, and you had some awesome legs.

From Paul Ivory on Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 23:10:32

Kory, what an awesome experience. And your knee behaved so well, great!!

From Dave S on Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 15:14:46

Kory, great job beating all your projected times. You did awsome.

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