Case Racing

RACE: Quad Cities Distance Classic (C)
DISTANCE: Half Marathon
LOCATION: Rock Island, IL
DATE: 05/13/2012
TIME: 1:15:14 (5:45 / mile pace)
PLACEMENT: 2nd / 531

Happy Mothers Day.

The week of 5/6 was my highest week ever, putting in 96 miles in 11 runs.

RACE: Lake Run
LOCATION: Bloomington, IL
DATE: 05/05/2012
DISTANCE: 12K
TIME: 41:48
PACE: 5:36/mi
PLACEMENT: 1st Overall / 352

Another solid week of training, I went into the Lake Run a bit tired. Straza, Sharon, Mike and new team member Scott head out for a quick 3 mile warm-up. I mess up my warm-up - instead of doing 5 minutes at tempo, I run mile 3 in 5:39 - wrong (that cost me later) .

RACE: Illinois Marathon
DISTANCE: Half Marathon
DATE: 04/28/2012
PLACEMENT: 9th Overall / 6756, 2nd 30-34
TIME: 1:14:35
PACE: 5:41.5
CONDITIONS - 25MPH SSE Wind, 45 Degrees

RACE: CIDA Eat Em' Up
DISTANCE: 5K
LOCATION: Peoria, IL
DATE: 03/31/2012
TEMP: Cool, Breezy
TIME: 16:45
PLACEMENT: 1st Overall

RACE: Shamrock Shuffle
DISTANCE: 8K
DATE: 03/24/2012
TEMP: 60, Ideal Conditions
TIME: 27:42
PLACEMENT: 143OA

RACE: Illinois Club Relays
LOCATION: Champaign, IL
DATE: 02/25/2012
EVENT: 3000M Indoor
TIME: 9:28

Another crack at the 3K, this time with a strong field 17 deep. Mark Talbot was extremely open to an unattached runners participating - so again, I took my goal , based off my daniels VDOT, and added a conservative 15 seconds to my seed time. This placed me in the fastest of 5 large heats (17 in my heat).This was my second 3000M run ever.

RACE: USATF Illinois Masters Indoor Champs
DATE: 2/18/2012
LOCATION: Sterling, IL
EVENT(s): 3000M, Mile
TIME: 9:32, 4:53
Placement: 1st Overall, 1st Overall

A bit of rest after Austin and my training has slowly ramped back up. Coach has me focusing more on the speed side of the house (something that obviously is not entirely required to run a half, however , the faster you are in conjunction with a solid aerobic base, the better), therefore we are mixing things up for a bit. I always love to support

RACE: Austin 3M Half Marathon
LOCATION: Austin, TX
DATE: 01/29/2012
DISTANCE: Half Marathon (13.1)
TIME: 1:12:28
PACE: 5:31/mi
PLACEMENT: 10th Overall / 6000
CONDITIONS: Cool (low 40's) and Calm
RACE PHOTOS/VIDEOS: Brightroom.com - http://www2.brightroom.com/88137/2878

Enjoy the journey.

Marathon Road from Paul Sanft on Vimeo

RACE: Kewanee Hardcore 5K
LOCATION: Kewanee, IL
TIME: 16:52
PLACEMENT: 3rd Overall

I headed to Kewanee for a challenging 5K and to watch one of my athletes show off what one year of training can prove. I planned on a long warm-up (6-7 miles). Those that have ran this race know how tremendously slow the course is - bad footing, virtually nothing flat the entire race and a 180 degree turn at the half way point.