Well a pretty darn good race for me, I paced myself and felt good and strong in the finish and broke the 1:25 barrier plus over a 2 min pr. Ran on new shoes which I think helped, my legs and been achy all week and I was in desperate need of a new pair of light trainers. Slept okay last night but did wake up alot looking at the clock. Got a ride with Julie E and a bunch of super fun girls, we got to the start and did some bush stops and warmed up 1 mile. It was down right cold but I knew once we got down from south fork it would be fine so I took off all my warm up clothes and we went to the start. My plan was 6:15 down the steep 2 miles and then 6:20-6:30's the rest of the canyon but really just run by feel. After mile 1 I turned my garmin to just overall time and didn't switch it back till 10 but only to see my mileage. Felt pretty good the whole way, giving myself little pace breaks every couple mile and then picking it back up. Stayed mentally strong through the whole race, all in all very happy. splits 1-6:15 Start with Melanie and we kind of play cat and mouse the first 8 miles it was fun to have her. 2-6:14 3-6:30 this is always a hard mile transitioning from the steep down to the gradual down of the path 4-6:15 5-6:15 6-6:16 power bar gu 7-6:29 8-6:19 9-6:31 10-6:33 11-6:44 country club hill but felt good, I am pushing myself by catching the next guy because there was no girls in sight I can see Jeff up ahead and think I need to catch him 12-6:36 vision is getting kind of blurry but I want to finish strong so I keep pushing for Jeff and I am catching him 13-6:29 I can see Jeff L and I want to catch but I am tired and kind of wimpering .15-:52 (5:45 pace) oh yes a pr!! Cooled down with some some awesome ladies and hung around for a little bit but had to get home for my sons Karate comp. I feel ready to race Ogden:)
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