Coming into this race I was really nervous because I had a horrible week of running. Legs just never seemed to come around. Arrived in Ogden around 11PM last night to stay at my sister's friends house. They were very nice to leave the house unlocked and a blow up mattress on the floor for me. Slept great, got around 5:30 to get ready. Then the friends husband gave us aride to the starting line. Got there about 15 minutes before start time so I did a little warm up and got to the line. Starting line Now I've had problems here in the past because slow people tend to go where they shouldn't so I figured right on the line ought to be good. WELL a girl in some Vibram 5 Fingers and her friend step almost on top of me to get in front of me. HAD it been a girl that actually looked like she hadn't read Born to Run one to many times I might not have been upset. Within 5 yards of the starting line I just about threw her and her friend out of the way. Side note she didn't palce anywhere close to the top because she wasn't with anyone that did as I watched the finishers. Miles 1-4 I was a little worried about starting out right and getting to the right pace fast, but a little group formed and hit first four 5:57, 6:04 (touch of an uphill), 5:58, 6:03. Group broke up around 3ish and a couple dropped pace a little faster and the rest dropped so I was in no man's land by myself for the rest of the race. Pace was feeling good at this point. Miles 5-8 I knew I would need to get in a few faster miles here in case I had some trouble holding on. 5:41, 5:58, 6:00, 5:59. Turns out I was pretty locked into a pace and recovering on some of the down hill. Miles 9-10 Last fast part of course and I needed to push it a bit, feeling the fatigue a little here. 5:42, 5:53 Mile 11 Blackest part of any run I've ever been on. It was really hard to get through this. I felt pace just sink here. Had to fight through it. 6:30 Miles 12-13.1 Holding on here just telling myself it would be over soon and to keep driving the legs. 6:12, 6:14, 1:23 Overall extremely happy with the results. I kept telling myself an A+ day would be anything under 1:20. I did it!!
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