Warmed up a little over a half mile and then won the Coldwater Traverse 11 miler! Well my Strava said it was 11.75 and the 3rd place guy had 12.2 for distance. Regardless, it was a fun race! I averaged 8:20 pace the first few miles during the ascent, about 400 feet of elevation gain per mile. Then I averaged low 6 minute pace on some rolling hills. I was averaging 7:30 when I hit mile 5 and had like the entire descent to go so I was thinking I'd average sub 7 for the run... then I hit the technical section. Like miles 6 to 9 were super technical. No one went with me at the start of the race so I was more focused on time and running a course record, which I think I might have done if the course wasn't long this year, my average pace was 7:27 per mile and Jake's was 7:29 when he set the record. Guess I'll have to run it again next year! Becca and Whitney met me at the finish line, Whitney got to see some puppies and drink all of my chocolate milk- twice. I also got $75 to Ogden running center which is cool. Very fun race! Nice to get a win in before I go get wrecked at the BYU meet next week. |