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Ogden Half Marathon

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Location:

South Weber,UT,United States

Member Since:

Mar 05, 2013

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Current PRs

5K: SLCTC Winter Series 19:06

10K: Phoenix 10K 2014 39:11

10 miles: Striders WRC 2014 1:06:13

Half Marathon: Dogtown Half February 2014 1:25:09

Marathon: 3:19 I ran the Ogden Marathon in May 2009

Short-Term Running Goals:

Our family is complete with 4 sweet girls. Now it's time for me to shed the weight and get back into running shape for good. I'm ready to work at it again in 2017!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Long-term running goals, Sub 3 hour marathon and 1:20 half marathon.

Personal:

I'm married to my great husband Riley Cook. He helps me accomplish my running goals. We have 4 daughters Evelyn, Hannah, Nora, and Iris I'm also excited to be running for Utahrunning.com.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics Flat Pink Lifetime Miles:						138.47
Brooks Ravenna Lifetime Miles:						348.10
Asics C. Lifetime Miles:						345.37
Adidas Lifetime Miles:						15.90

Sat, May 17, 2014

Race: Ogden Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:25:18, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1

Total Distance

15.50

This was my first time running the Ogden Half and I loved the scenery. I ran the Ogden Marathon a few years back but didn't enjoy running down Ogden canyon like I did today. I felt the downhills today on the course and remember thinking, "where were these hills when I ran the marathon?!" Today, I wasn't expecting much since I'd only been back to training hard in the last 3 weeks from taking 4 weeks off with a sciatic nerve injury. Riley encouraged me not to wear my watch so I didn't stress about pace and just run off of feel. It's really nice running a race with no pressure or expectation. I took the first 5 miles easy and then decided to work the canyon portion of the race. I looked ahead and just slowly started picking off people. When I got out of the canyon and onto the parkway I started feeling fatigued and by mile 11 I was hurting and hoping to hang on and finish the race. It was a slower finish for me but that'll come back again with more running. I was surprised to see my time at 1:25 when I ran in and am way happy with it! 4 out of the top 5 women places today were taken by utahrunning.com elite team wahoo! Special shout out to my friend Katie Thompson who won! She's not on the blog but a great runner I'm happy for her today! Here's some pictures taken by Riley today.

Here's some of the Utahrunning.com elite team:Angie wheeling in!!

Allyssa finishing

Katie winning!

Asics Flat Miles: 15.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From allie on Sat, May 17, 2014 at 16:38:21 from 174.23.149.245

nice race today, amy. i have some video clips of the finish line -- i'll post it later tonight. you looked great!

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, May 17, 2014 at 17:01:37 from 50.168.224.197

Great race!

From RileyCook on Sat, May 17, 2014 at 19:03:38 from 73.52.134.194

Nice run! I love the no-watch, surprise yourself approach. You did excellent. You didn't worry about pace or time you just went out and raced! We can all learn a lot about that kind of racing.

I'm proud of you, this was an awesome effort coming off all that down-time for the injury. I hope I can comeback even half as well as you once my injury is over.

From Jake K on Sun, May 18, 2014 at 14:45:53 from 98.202.128.218

1000 blue-collar runner points for going watchless!

Nice run... especially coming off limited training.

From AngieB on Sun, May 18, 2014 at 15:01:01 from 174.239.65.7

Nice race Amy! You lost nothing being injured. Keep up the training. Good things coming your way. Ps I'm stealing some of these pics if its ok w Riley.

From josse on Sun, May 18, 2014 at 17:38:26 from 71.199.39.138

Great job on the race and watch less that's impressive.

From Lesley on Sun, May 18, 2014 at 22:44:53 from 172.250.164.30

Nice race Amy! Awesome time. Way to come back from your injury. I was so jealous of all of you guys on Saturday. Glad it went well for a lot of you.

From Lesley on Sun, May 18, 2014 at 22:47:40 from 172.250.164.30

I just noticed you and Angie are listening to music. I have never raced with headphones. Not sure I could do it. Maybe I should give it a try! Seems like it works for you guys.

From Amy Cook on Mon, May 19, 2014 at 08:28:32 from 73.52.134.194

Lesley, I listen to music when I'm running alone on training runs so I'm use to it and depending on the race I'm doing I'll listen to music. I didn't wear headphones in the Phoenix 10k or the Striders 10 miler. All of the halfs I've run this year I've listened. I enjoy it but Riley thinks he's more focused in the race if he doesn't wear them.

From Rachelle on Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:07:15 from 159.212.71.77

Fantastic watchless race Amy! You are coming back so strong and are such a smart runner. Congratulations!

It was nice to meet you in real life. :)

From SpencerSimpson on Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:51:32 from 67.137.129.50

Great race Amy. It will be fun to see your progression happen over the next few years. I know you and Riley are planning on having 8 more kids but in between. You'll be fine ;) jk, Glad to see you run really well. MIH

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