Striders 1/2 Marathon We (Jon, Paul, and I) left Logan in a blizzard and headed to Ogden Valley passing warm and dry Ogden on the way. The weather in Eden was snowy and cold. Oh, did I mention windy too? The race was a humbling experience to say the least. Not that I was planning on winning or anything, but I was hoping to run closer to 1:16. I felt that I was within reach of my PR assumming good weather. None of that happened and I was only racing to survive. I started out fast with Walter and Tim. It was probably a bit aggressive and I am sure I paid for it later. Walter soon pulled away and Tim and I ran together until mile 5 when he pulled away for good creating his own roadkill. From that point on, I was on my own. I also really started to slow down and hurt pretty bad for the rest of the race. Exiting the canyon, we encountered a stiff headwind that really took it out of me. The race continued to decline until I was inching along for the last 5K. Enough whining now, but this race was really frustrating. Lessons learned: - Traveling is not good for training. I was away for 2 weeks
- Eating out while traveling is also a bad idea. 5+ pounds of weight gain really hurts.
- Stress from life really takes a toll.
- Running into a headwind sucks.
Mile splits: - 5:29
- 5:37
- 5:47
- 5:49
- 5:41
- 5:56
- 6:04
- 6:06
- 6:17
- 6:17 (59:00)
- 6:46 ouch
- 6:37
- 6:44
- :35 (with the wind finally)
Final 5K - 20:42 (6:41 pace)
T-1:19:42 (6:05) 176 ave 185 max 3 mile cooldown with Jon and Paul at a blistering 9:43 ave pace.
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