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Location:

Layton,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 24, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

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2016 Races

3-12 Rex Lee 5k 22:39

3-19 Tour del Sol Stage Race 3:30:45

4-16 East Canyon RR 

5-7 Provo City Half(SU)

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6-18 Utah State TT Championship

7-9 Echo Tri

8-13 Jordanelle Tri

8-16 Hotter Than Heck?

9-10 LOTOJA

10-8 Layton Half

Personal:

I can't decide what sport I want to be good at so I do them all sorta good.

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Race: Ogden WRC Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:42:28, Place overall: 20, Place in age division: 6
Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
21.000.000.00

This race went surprisingly well for me. I didn't have high expectations going into it. I wasn't even really considering this to be a race I would "race". I've been pretty tired from my training lately and I did hill repeats on my bike on Thursday that left my legs feeling dead so I wasn't expecting my legs to feel fresh and strong. I was happily surprised that they felt pretty dang good and what started out with what I intended to be a training run turned out to be more of a race pace effort than I thought it would be.
The race is the exact same as the first half of the Ogden Marathon. It starts with about 4 miles of downhill, flattens out for several miles and ends with several miles of rollers. I wore a watch but rarely looked at it and mostly ran by effort. I checked my heart rate randomly and glanced a few times when it beeped my mile splits. When I saw that my legs were feeling good I made sure I was pushing at an effort that was difficult but sustainable. I really worked on staying mentally focused and relaxed. The last 5k I tried to really turn on the mental side of racing and worked through the fatigue I was starting to feel. I worked hard for those last three miles and I am really proud of my effort. It's hard to race when you're not feeling "it" and I'm glad I could switch gears and prove to myself that I can push.

Splits: 7:45, 7:56, 7:38, 7:38, 7:39, 7:42, 7:49, 7:51, 7:55, 7:47, 8:03, 7:52, 7:51, 1:11(7:26)

Finished with a 7 mile cool down w/ Josse.  Good day :)

Kinvara5 Miles: 21.00
Comments
From Burt on Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 16:57:16 from 184.101.203.22

Wow! Great job, Ericka!

From josse on Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 17:21:04 from 70.208.3.227

Good job sissy you finished stronger than me:)

From Ericka on Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 17:48:21 from 71.199.45.206

Thanks dudes

From The Warbeast on Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 18:09:52 from 64.255.92.205

Wow blog beast of the day for sure

From Ericka on Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 22:26:06 from 67.186.251.147

I'm a horrible blog comment responder :) but thank you, The Warbeast.

From Zack Ericksen on Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 16:57:07 from 74.81.234.23

Wahoo!

From Connor Baller on Sat, Jan 09, 2016 at 13:11:49 from 75.169.236.196

Lol zack

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