AM: Easy run to shakeout the legs. Got to sleep
in for once. Ahhhh heaven. Nice morning in SLC. 70 degrees at 9:30
promises for a warm day, but luckily the race is in the mountians.
T-26:30 (7:35) 150
PM:
Alta Peruvian Downhill Dash. Downhill is quite an understatement. Very
steep painful course. Cool race though with a laid back feel. Nice
prizes and a nice BBQ afterward. I highly recommend this race. I ran
some warmup (2.5 miles) with Sasha, Paul, Bob, Nathan etc. It was
harder than it should have been but we were at 8500 feet.
I
was shooting for between 4:50 and 5:00 mile average for this race,
which seemed weird as my 1600m PR is 5:00. Pretty cool to beat that
time for ~5 miles. The race began and the usuals went out hard and I
found a tall guy to hide behind for the first two miles. That was nice
as the headwind was pretty noticable. Here is how it went:
|
Miles
|
Time
|
Ave HR
|
Notes
|
|
Mile 1
|
5:02
|
171
|
Just trying to stay in control and draft.
|
|
Mile 2
|
4:58
|
183
|
Sweet, Mile PR! |
|
Mile 3
|
5:04
|
184
|
Passed my drafting buddy and got out by myself. Had to work harder in the wind. |
|
Mile 4
|
5:06
|
184
|
My feet are on fire and my legs hurt bad. Will this be over soon? |
|
Mile 5 (.99)
|
4:37
|
187
|
No one to catch, no one has passed me since mile 1. Try and finish strong and not trip |
Finish
Time Official: 24:47 (5:00 ave) Sweet, I set a new 8K PR for my year of
PR's and also a few others (dowhill aided of course) along the way. The
Garmin (and other peoples there) had the course at 4.99 miles so it was
a tad long, but no big deal. My ave time according to the garmin showed
4:58.
I was pretty much spent at the finish and wasn't able
to run back up to the start like some of the others. I made it 1.25
miles up the 9% grade in 12 min/mile pace with my HR hovering around
180. I bummed a ride and finished my cooldown up around the lodge (5
miles).
Paul, Sasha and Bob all ran great and I wont spill
the beans for them, but they ran awesome. I won a cool hardbound
National Geographic book of portraits as a prize and also a gift
certificate for a free breakfast at the lodge for my 3rd in the age
group. Not a bad day. Everyone got something.
http://www.altaperuvian.com/dash.htm | 