I was down in Salt lake with my son for the weekend so this race fit in perfect before he got out of bed Saturday morning! I was looking forward to seeing how my recovery was going and if the longer runs of the week had left a mark. I thought this was a downhill course until I talked to my uncle, a police officer running security for the race, where the course was and he laughed. It was one of the hilliest courses I have run for a bit!
We started out pretty slow and I was enjoying it since I didn't have a watch on. But then it turned up the hills into the Avenues and started getting fun. As we came back and started up the hill, a guy passed me and said something to the effect of, "come on you can make it, don't give up yet, keep it up". That was it. Just not cool to say that to an old guy. It took me nearly a half a mile to pass him and put a gap between us. :)
The ramp up to mileage has not seemed to affect that tandon so it's time to start getting some miles in again, yes! | 