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Location:

OKC,OK,US

Member Since:

Feb 06, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

All races run

2015

Houston 1/2 Marathon - 1:13:12 (PB) Jan 

Phoenix Marathon - 2:34:08 (PB) Feb

Boston Marathon - 2:35:00 (CR)Apr

Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon- 2:38:59 (Single age state record 42) *6 days after Boston

Go Mile Arkansas- 4:55 (PB)

Fire Ball Classic Ada OK - 16:48

Riverside 5000 Tulsa OK - 16:17 (PB)

Brookhaven 5k Norman OK - 16:22

Medtronic Twin Cities Master Championship Marathon St Paul MN - 2:35:51 

Tinker 1/2 Marathon TAFB - 1:14:32 Oklahoma single age (43)

Tulsa Run 15k Master Championship - 51:58

 

2014

Naughty or Nice 8k 2014- 27:10 (PB)

 San Antonio Rock N Roll Marathon 2014- 2:38:17 (PB) 2nd overall

Tulsa Zoo 10k Run 2014 - 33:52 (PB) Overall winner

Tulsa Run 15k Master National Championship 2014- 52:53 4th overall (sb)

Brookhaven 5k 2014- 16:31 (SB)

Little Rock 1/2 Marathon 2014- 1:14:03 (SB)

2013

Boston 2:41:22 -2013
Tulsa Run 15k Master National Championship 2013 - 51:33 (PB) 3rd overall
Race for Hope 12k- 2013-40:54 (PB) single age usatf  OK state record
 Run for Mums 2013 5k - 16:30 (PB)

Short-Term Running Goals:

 sub 16-5k

2:35:00 marathon

1:13:00 1/2

2:33:00 full

  

Long-Term Running Goals:

stay healthy and run the best i can

Beat Jake 

 

take down as many OK LDR records as i can.

Personal:


 

43 yrs old

Married - 21 yrs

3 boys

1 dog (my little girl Sophie)

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Race: Oklahoma Memorial Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:41:31, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
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I got up to my normal parking spot a little later this year and found someone had already grabbed my spot. I ended up getting a real good one on 5th and Broadway which worked out perfect for my quick get away to Church services after the race. I had planned on hanging out in the pancake church till about 15 till start. I took my racing shoes and a bag up to the church and hung out and ran into  Eric and his daughter, Jimbo and his son, and Roger. Roger question me about having a backpack which I totally goofed on that one... I hurried back to my car and decided to change there and leave my stuff in the car. Thomas my brother was going to be crewing for me along with my nephew Carl and Mary. I just hung out and waited for them to get there and gave them my Nuun bottles. Then we made our way to the pancake church and hung out there till about 15 till. 

   I got down to the start line and ran into a bunch of buddies. J-hat was doing the quick Boston turn around and I told him to get up there with me but he declined and hung out a bit behind.

I overheard Patrick Gomez saying to some of the 1/2 marathon guys what his plan was 5:22 pace. I knew there was no way he would be able to get the course record this day with the warm temps and wind  this being his debut as well. I figured if he could run that pace I couldn't keep up with him anyhow... My plan was to try and go out at 1:16-1:17 on the first 1/2 and hope that I could hang on to that pace coming back and at least try to get the single age (2:37:ish) or the main goal all time master (2:36ish) both which I know I am able to run and in shape to run. The real challenges with these records are the weather vs the time of year the marathon is ran in OK.

       

We took off and Patrick took off with a big pack of 1/2 marathoners and I was running with a few myself.

We thinned out real good going down Lincoln towards the capitol. mile 3

After the 10k split I passed a Coyote going up gorilla hill and pretty much ran a solo race the whole rest of the way.

 

 I had my crew give me water/nuuns at mile 7, 12 and 21.  I hit the wind at lake Hefner and saw Patrick about 1-1.5 miles ahead of me going down Lake Hefner trail.

When I got down to S&S park Scotty D ran with me for about a mile. He was waiting at the relay station there. 

I saw Craig Thompson at mile 10 and 18 taking pics. He gave me some encouraging words. 

When I got down to mile 21 Mary told me that Patrick was 8 min. ahead of me. And I knew the hell I was fixing to pay going down Classen blvd into the wind for the next 3-4 miles.  Toward the end of Classen I had a dude go flying past me and I realized he was the Tulsa Runner Relay guy. The last few miles were a real struggle and I basically went into survival mode. Jazz (OK Runner Relay) caught me and ran with me for about a 1/2 mile at mile 25 and I told him to go catch the Tulsa Runner Relay just ahead of us.. I found out later that 1st place  Patrick Gomez was cramping pretty bad and I was catching up to him. He is a great runner and has a lot of talent and I was happy for him. I was impressed at the fearlessness he had going into the race..he was on pace at the 1/2 to get the record. He ended up only beating me by a couple of minutes.

Comments
From DPonder on Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 14:57:07 from 104.52.197.209

Way to hang tough Jason! That was an amazing effort for the day we had.

From Bob on Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 07:33:55 from 163.191.36.14

Great effort and report.

From butlerbrunning on Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 07:39:24 from 166.137.125.62

Thanks Danny and Bob

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