I guess fantasy sports are real...
Had a great day and PR at the STG Marathon. Will write a race report as soon as I can get to a computer. Congratulations to Riley for winning the race with a huge PR!!
Alright for those who read my blog or follow me still. Here is a simple race report from the STG Marathon.
Leading up to the race I had a solid year and some fast "fantasy" PRs as such in the Half. Was really focused on doing workouts with a downhill grade to get the legs ready for the pounding. Coming into the top of utah half I had a solid course PR but as the weeks progressed after I never seemed to come out healthy from that race. I struggled with workouts, my weight was low, really felt exhausted. Well about 10 days before STG I started coming out of the slump but felt like I never recovered to 100%. Going into STG I was hoping to salvage out a good race.
Morning of the race I had some toast and UCAN for breakfast. Picked Riley up and headed to the start. About 40 minutes before the race I had another serving of UCAN, hit the bathroom, stretched and felt solid and ready to go.
Plan for the race was to focus on about 5:30 avg for the race. Figured it was doable and would still bring me a PR.
Talked to Nate before the race and it seemed like we had the same idea for the first half of the race so as the gun went off we started working together immediately. Tagged onto the lead group for 2 miles then they took off. Nate and I stayed content and started working the downhill portion of the course. We passed a BYU grad around mile 7 looked like he was having some calf or achilles issues. Nate and I hit Veyo together with about a 5:25 avg pace. He gapped me a bit on Veyo. I closed the gap and came within 10 seconds around mile 11. After this mile I passed Toshio Suzuki(Ibigawa Winner) and that pretty much sums up the race. Came through the half around 1:12:30. Little slower then I wanted. Then slowly picked up the pace. Last half was pretty boring for the most part. Didnt pass one runner though I could see the group ahead. Around mile 20 Ken Richardson jumped in and ran with me the last 10K which was nice to have some company. Overall came into the finish with a 71 minute second half and a 2:23:29 finish time, 8th place overall.
Overall somewhat disappointed with my race. Felt like I trained for a better time. Also I am my worst critic and never satisfied with my success or overall result. Also felt like I might've over raced during the summer and early fall. Which I will watch next year if I want a better result.
Looking to the positive. Had a nice course PR and I'm hungry for better times.
Great day for the Ogden Crew though. Finished 1-2 and 8th. Really happy for Riley and Bryant. Both ran a killer race and pushed eachother to the limit. Always fun to see.
Congrats to all the finishers.
Link to Strava for my splits
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