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Pocatelo Trialthlon

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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: Pocatelo Trialthlon (15.6 Miles) 00:01:02, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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I finished my first Triathlon and to my surprise I finished in 4th place overall. The first event was the run (this is a reverse Trialthon) where the Run is first then the Bike then finally the Swim. I really didn't get a good warm-up for the run because I slept in this morning because I was so tired from this work week. Last night I got up about 4 times to go to the bathroom (too much caffeine pop yesterday), and really didn't sleep well. It I would have slept the whole time I would have got 9 hours, because I went to bed early. The first mile in the race I took conservavtive because I didn't know how I would feel in the bike transition. I started out in 4th place just comfortable, and I was trying to get used to running in Tri shorts with a pad. This was different with the shorts being longer. Then I picked it up and past the third/second place runner. I messed up on my Garmin so I don't know the splits. The first place guy was a 19 year old track guy and I was starting to reel him in when we hit the third mile. At the Bike transition I went in the wrong way and ran an extra 200 meters, because I didn't hear the instructions right at the beginning of the race. I thought the race director said to take the second entrance into the park bike transition, but I was suppose to take the first. I did finish in 16:07. In the bike stage I got past by two biker's, and they past the first place guy in the running stage (this is a 12.2 mile course). Now I'm still learning and I don't have the fancy shoes or pedals I just used my running shoes. I was riding real well and was pretty close to the leaders. On the second to last mile I noticed my tire was getting low (I ended up getting a flat), but I manage to past the guy that fininshed in first on the run so I was now in 3rd place overall. I finished the course in 34:23. I also messed up on the Bike transition where I got off right after the cones entering the swim area where I could have road another 200 meters, and lost valuable time where the 4th place guy caught up to me. Then I had to run back to my bike, because I forgot to take my shoes off so this put me in fourth place. The swim went fine I did it in 23 minutes and didn't lose my position at all, and I could have kept going and wasn't really tired. I needed to do more swimming to get better technique. Because I only did four training sessions. All in all a good experience and I learned from my transition mess-ups, but it was for fun. I didn't go as hard in the run as I could of because of not knowing. Next time I would go all out 5k pace in the run. Afterwards I ran 6.32 miles at a 6:36 pace in 41:41 minutes home. My wife and everyone else thought I was nuts to want to run again. This tells me that my fitness is in great shape for the marathon on August 30th.

I'm going to convert the 12 bike miles to 4 mile run miles, because you really do use your legs hard in a race.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From Paul Ivory on Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 17:58:07

Kory, wow what a race and what a great learning experience for the transitions. Excellent results. Best to you for your marathon.

From JimF on Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 19:01:42

Awesome performance especially for your first Tri. Sounds like a lot of fun.

From Adam RW on Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 22:34:04

Congrats on a good new beginning. Seems like you don't even need an introduction you just jump right in and tear it up in three sports.

From wheakory on Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 23:18:31

Paul - it was a learning experience. I know that I need to get clip on bike shoes that would help in the biking. I also need to get better in transitions. The swim I need to work on technique. But I wasn't tired at all and was ready to run when I was done.

Jim F - I'm happy and in it's own way was more fun than a marathon.

Adam RW - I will do another one the reverse way. They have one next week in Rexburg, but I can't do that because I'll be out of town with my family at a church function. Thanks for your comments. I'm waiting for your race report now.

From Jon on Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 01:22:59

Nice job, especially for a first Tri. To hold your own on the bike and especially the swim is very impressive. Keep up the good work.

From wheakory on Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 02:26:30

Thanks Jon. Minus a couple mistakes in transitions and I would have been second overall. But it was just for fun.

From jtshad on Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 08:32:28

Nice job on your first tri! I have heard the transitions are a learning experience and where you can really lose some time. Without the issues, you would have placed higher.

You are ready to dominate at Poky (I registered for the HM, so I will see you at the finish).

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