Leg 2 of the Relay was an easy 3 (2.92 measured) miles on a virtually flat country road. I received the baton at 12:43 am and by then, BYU and Weber were ahead by a good margin but we still had a chance. My leg (16) was 2.92 miles long by the Garmin and had a net gain of 43 feet. I was expected to run it in 18:33 and did it in 16:59. I had the honor of passing my first 2 runners on this leg. I ran splits of 5:47, 5:56, 5:17 (5:45 pace). Ave pace was 5:50, Ave HR at 180 max at 186. I feel I ran well this leg beating my projected pace. The cool weather and easy course had a lot to do with that.
Leg 3 of the relay was a hard 5 (4.93 measured) miles at Jordanelle Reservoir. It climbed, plateaued, climbed more, then dropped for the finish. I was expected to run it in 32:09 and ran it in 31:00. I received the baton at 7:17 am. I had a great time passing TONS of people. I don't understand how so many people were congregated on this one leg. I swear there were groups of 5 and 10 running together all over the place. I lost count after 30 people I passed by mile 3 and stopped counting. My splits were: 6:38, 6:54, 6:11, 6:14, 5:03 (5:28 pace). My ave HR was 175 and my max at 185. I feel I could have run faster if my legs weren't already toast from the 2 previous legs. Well, duh, of course that is the point of this relay.
I was sure glad to be done and enjoyed a breakfast of Pancakes and eggs and Bacon with milk and OJ at the High School. It was warming up fast and felt sorry for Van 2.
Funny story...Sasha was out running and Van 1 got out to sing a pathetic ensamble of "BINGO" and afterward we went to shut the door...slam. Nothing. Slam... Oh ohh the door wont close. We fiddled and played with it during sasha's run but to no avail. Bungie cords would have to do.
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