Ethan Cannon

St Croix Crossing

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Location:

Medford,OR,USA

Member Since:

Aug 07, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

NCAA Champ

Running Accomplishments:

High School:

XC 5K: 15:57.3

1500: 4:04.55

800: 2:01.05

400: 53.07

3000: 9:18.43

College 

5000: 13:59.58 (UW Indoor Invite 2021)

Mile: 4:07 (converted from 4:12.07 at altitude; also converted by NCAA to 3:48.8 for 1500)

10000: 29:38.73 (Mt. SAC relays 2022)

Indoor 3000: 8:13 (converted from 8:24.76 at BYU indoor race, 1/16/21)

800: 1:55.6@ (solo time trial at Provo high school, 2019)

400: 51.84h (solo time trial at NMHS, 2015)

 

Post-College

Half Marathon: 1:06:23 (Garry Bjorklund Half, June 2023)

Road race 10K: 30:27 (Get in Gear, April 2023)

13.1 miles: 1:06:16 (Hobbler Half, July 2023; not counting this as a 1/2 PR because of ~1100 feet net elevation loss)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

-Qualify for the 2024 Olympic marathon trials

Long-Term Running Goals:

-Run a few fast marathons. Grandma's, St. George, and Boston are on my target list. An Olympic Trials qualifier would be amazing. 

-Break stroller records? 

-Stay fit for a very long time. I believe what goes into making a competitive runner at age 60 is much different than age 20, just like what goes into making a good marathoner differs from a good sprinter. I hope that by taking care of my body, I can be very fast for my age as I get older. 

 

Personal:

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I served a mission in Rome, Italy from 2015 to 2017. I eat a whole food, plant-based diet, which I believe helps my running. I like chocolate shakes on sunday nights and I will always call the Pacific northwest home. 

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Miles:This week: 37.00 Month: 257.50 Year: 798.00
Adi-zero Tempo 9 Lifetime Miles: 225.00
Nike Vaporfly Next% Lifetime Miles: 140.75
Hoka Clifton 9 Lifetime Miles: 853.50
Peg 39C Lifetime Miles: 587.25
Saucony Triumph 20A Lifetime Miles: 591.00
Saucony Triumph 20B Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Asics Gel Nimbus 25 White Lifetime Miles: 101.75
Race: St Croix Crossing (13.1 Miles) 01:06:48, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
15.25

First half marathon ever, first time being taken to the medical tent. That being said, I think the kind officials and fellw runners who helped me out haven't seen college runners before. If they thought I looked bad on the ground, they should've seen the carnage of NCAA XC Champs March 2021. I felt relatively recovered sleepwise, but a little fatigued from everything, incluing actually some great news I got yesterday that may have just distracted me a bit. Overall, I was probably in a bit better shape at my last race, so my time today was fairly expected. A 67 would have been dissapointing and a 65 would have been exciting. What this does tell me is that I'm a ways off from Olympic Trials. Running sub 63 sounds crazy, even if I had competition and the course wasn't up and down like it was today again (though more down this time). I would have to qualify with an actual marathon. I plugged this time into a couple conversions and they gave me 2:19 as a projected marathon. On a good course, I think I could get it done. But that assumes you are equally fit for the marathon as the half. Running 5:06 pace kind of made me chuckle because it appears no matter what the distance, my body settles into 5:00-5:10 pace on the roads. So I think I have good marathon potential, but to harness that I would need to learn how to take calories while running (today by stomach was in knots again and I couldn't stand to think about having some gatorade), and I would need to do more long runs in the 20 mile range. I would perform woefully off of the 13 mile LRs I've been doing recently.

Splits: I have a hard time beleiving them. I was sure tired at the end, but tired Ethan running downhill is usually faster than conservative Ethan at the beginning of a race. I feel like all the early miles were short and the late ones long. Either than or I have poor perception of pace! 4:56, 4:59, 5:01, 5:02, 10:17, 5:21, 4:51, 5:10, 5:05, 5:26, 5:03, 5:01 (pace for the last 1.1).

Nike Vaporfly Next% Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Starman on Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 14:42:06 from 135.26.195.237

Congrats on your first half marathon! That was pretty consistent pacing too. I would like to try a half someday, but I need to put in a lot more consistent and higher mileage for that.

From Tyler on Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 11:30:21 from 161.69.122.14

I just came across this. Fantastic result. Yeah you have the talent that you might get down to 63 eventually, but the marathon qualifier is much softer.

Do you have a coach or are you doing this solo? A good stretch of long runs and "big workouts" (look up Paul Petersen's or Fritz's old blogs) would probably get you there.

You just have to practice with nutrition and see what you can handle. Salted watermelon GUs and Gatorade work for me, but I know others who have had good success with Maurten products. Lots of different stuff out there to try.

From Ethan Cannon on Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 19:32:26 from 131.212.251.36

@Tyler Thanks for the advice! I don't have a coach right now so I will definitely check out those blogs for some workout inspiration, and try out those products once I start building up to longer distances.

From Tyler on Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 16:33:06 from 161.69.116.11

Yeah, there used to be a really solid core of marathoners on the blog. Still lots of good nuggets in the archives.

I also found Daniels' Running Formula helpful (2nd edition). I patterned my 2nd and 3rd marathon builds roughly off the 2Q plans in the back. Everybody is different, but I found I responded well mixing in a bit of the 5k pace work early in the build. The Big Workout concept isn't explicitly stated but can be worked in pretty smoothly. Can be a great resource for the self-coached.

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