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Salt Lake City,UT,United States

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Sep 14, 2008

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Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

52 marathons, Overall winner 15 times, PR 2:20:25 at St. George 2013, Kona Ironman 2002, Zero DNF

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Stairmaster Lifetime Miles:						3252.63
Rowing Machine Lifetime Miles:						335.05
Swimming Lifetime Miles:						14.97
Treadmill Lifetime Miles:						1111.92
Saucony Kinvara 2 Grey Lifetime Miles:						994.29
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Salomon SpeedCross III Lifetime Miles:						263.03
La Sportiva Vertical K Lifetime Miles:						78.50
Nike LunaRacer +3 Lifetime Miles:						129.20
Nike LunarLaunch Lifetime Miles:						319.30
Nike Pegasus 31 Light Blue Lifetime Miles:						640.75
Altra Lone Peak 2.5 Lifetime Miles:						99.50
Nike LunaRacer V3 Camo Lifetime Miles:						76.02
New Balance 890v4 Lifetime Miles:						41.25
Nike Pegasus 33 Lifetime Miles:						12.00

Sat, Aug 17, 2013

Race: Park City Marathon (26.219 Miles) 02:39:39, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	26.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	26.20

I decided to run this race since I haven't run a marathon since SGM last October and I needed a reminder of the journey. This course is set up for a negative split because it's a loop and the first half is a gradual uphill and the last 10 are mostly downhill. I didn't quite accomplish that as I went through 13 at just under a 6 min pace and then miles 14 through 16 that climb up to Deer Valley and a few super steep hills through town wore me out. Overall it was still a great workout and it should set me up well for SGM. If you have never run this race I highly recommend it. It was great to catch up with the women's half champ Rachelle and meet another blogger Dale(?) after the race. Sorry if I don't have that name right.

Now it's time (after some easy days) to hit some track workouts.

Garmin does a great job dramatizing elevation charts by truncating the y-axis. It looks like we climbed Everest. The course was great with the exception of the little dagger they threw in there at mile 17.5

Mile	Pace	Elev (ft)
1	5:36	-5
2	5:56	85
3	6:07	92
4	5:55	-27
5	5:41	-73
6	6:02	79
7	5:45	-47
8	6:02	23
9	5:58	31
10	6:01	36
11	6:05	59
12	6:08	40
13	6:12	111
14	6:33	89
15	6:54	210
16	6:40	101
17	5:59	-50
18	6:06	-88
19	5:54	-175
20	6:18	-42
21	6:01	-134
22	6:10	-52
23	6:16	-91
24	6:11	-89
25	6:26	-24
26	6:16	-61

Saucony Mirage III Miles: 26.20

Comments

From Hille on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:48:13 from 98.202.107.135

Congrats on the win, you are the freaking man.

From Brandon on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 11:23:39 from 160.7.242.251

Congratulations Fritz!

From Jeff L on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 11:31:27 from 184.48.78.206

Congrats. I saw you right around the 25 mile marker and man you were making things look smooth and easy.

From Teena Marie on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 12:30:29 from 208.54.5.194

Nice!!! Your time blows me a way for that race! Absolutely great course though. :-)

I take it your ankle did well.

You definitely should be set for SGM!!

Congrats on the W. :-)

From Teena Marie on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 12:50:12 from 208.54.5.194

Btw, your red "not nice" cracks me up!! Was that at empire?? I'm guessing yes, but I can't remember! :-)

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 12:52:41 from 24.10.249.165

Congratulations Fritz.

From Fritz on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 12:54:35 from 97.117.62.242

yup, that was Empire. I swore the biker was going the wrong way then I saw a stupid blue arrow pointing UP.

From Jake K on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 13:02:58 from 65.127.208.182

Good race but more importantly, EXCELLENT use of Microsoft Paint!

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 16:01:22 from 98.202.242.213

Way to go Fritz! Nicely done, especially for that race. Sounds like a brutal course. I agree -- this will set you up very well for SGM. I, too, loved your "not nice" comment on the graph. Classic.

From allie on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 16:02:54 from 97.117.89.133

it takes a steady hand to write "not nice" so clearly with an e-pencil. A+

congrats, fritz. picking up right where you left off -- winning marathons. way to go.

From fiddy on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 16:37:22 from 97.117.89.133

Awesome Fritz. I estimate the extra 2000 feet and the giant hill added 5 minutes to a flat course in SLC.

From RileyCook on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 18:42:29 from 174.52.234.49

No big deal, just another marathon victory for Fritz...you're a machine! Congrats on the win in the first Marathon in almost a year. You will be ready to throw down at St. George.

From Toby on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 19:47:25 from 74.81.235.5

Great job today! You're going to do great in SG!

From Josh E on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 21:33:43 from 166.137.191.28

Extraordinary. And you've gotta love having won precisely one third of your marathons.

From Steve on Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 23:48:14 from 66.87.112.84

He's back!

From Seth on Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 07:19:07 from 98.202.250.24

Nice work man! That has to be a course record.

From Fritz on Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 22:12:16 from 67.177.4.64

Thanks everyone. My running and Paint skills still need some work but at least they are improving.

From Rachelle on Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:45:45 from 159.212.71.25

You are such an animal Fritz. Congratulations on the win!

I think this was a great training run for SGM. Keep on keeping on.

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