It was such great weather for a race--not too hot and there was some wind--which was nice when it was blowing in the direction I was running.
I must admit my expectations were a little high going into the race. I heard it was a fast course, so I was thinking fast as in Provo River fast. However, it was more challenging than I realized.
1- 9:02 I ran with Andrea and Alicia. Due to their being 10,000+ runners, we did some weaving in-between people.
2- 8:50
3- 8:41 Andrea and Alicia ran ahead at this point.
4- 7:54 This was the downhill stretch on 2100 S.
5- 8:17 I saw Andrea and Alicia when they made it through the turn-around point.
6- 8:28
7- 8:11 It was starting to feel hot and I was running out of gas.
8- 8:16
9- 8:20 I ran by John with Salt Lake Fit. I couldn't really hold a conversation since I was breathing too hard.
10- 8:53 Liberty Park. I really felt like I didn't have much left in me at this point.
11- 8:34
12- 9:10 I had the "Rocky" theme in my head. I wanted the race to be done!
13.1- 9:43 I did a little push at the end.
All in all, it was a good race. I was a little disappointed with my time, since I wanted to be under 1:50, and my Moab Half was also a 1:52, but I need to consider the amount of people that were there and it wasn't as fast of a course that I expected.
It was fun meeting up with Coach, Jude, T-2, T-1, Andrea, Alicia, Marie, Miriam, and Johnny afterwards. Esther ran her first marathon today--a 3:18! She got first place in her age division. She hit the wall at mile 20. Amazing performance!
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