So much fun today, the only bad thing about races like this is that the day has to end. Getting free massages after winning a race is one of my favorite experiences in life. This race was incredibly packed though, credit to the people putting it on the only thing there wasn't a line to was the porta potties- that is huge. I started out at 5:20 pace and it felt very easy and smooth, no one was going with my by the time we hit half a mile. Knowing the course is long kind of messed with me mentally a bit and I decided to prioritize winning over time so I ran conservatively the next few miles. Splits were 5:24, 5:28, 5:33, 5:28, 5:29, 5:14, last .3 at 5:10 pace. I could have run the last mile 10 seconds faster if there was someone to race. My strava 10k split was 33:42. 33:42 closing in 5:14 and on 3 hours of sleep is not bad, it felt more like half marathon pace for most of today and that was a big confidence builder for Ogden. Leaning towards running both crossover half and Ogden and going conservatively for sub 72 at Ogden for the free entries- crossover was too much fun last year to pass up the free entry they gave me. |