Another SGM has come and gone, this was an awesome marathon and is always so well organized. One of the warmest start's and very hot once the sun came up. But most of my training has been in the afternoon around 4pm, so I think that helped for this years marathon. I stayed hydrated through the whole race, went through about nine gu's. But the heat never really got to me as it did to many other's. I could tell there were alot of runner's struggling with the temps. From about mile 20 on lot's of runner's walking, I stayed with the 4:30:00 pace group until mile 17. I was feeling really good so I picked up the pace and never looked back. No ITB problems this time, it is the firat marathon that this has not been an issue. So I think using the roller over the summer helped and kepted things loose. I felt strong the last 6 miles, passed alot of runners and can't remember being passed from that point on. I have surprised my self this year, did not know if I could do 4 mrarthons in a five month period. But with alot of support from family and friends and some hard work and faith we got through it. So the Grand Slam is off my bucket list, not sure how many marathons I want to do for next year. I do know that at least two I will think about, Utah Valley, and SGM again. Now time for some rest and recovery and get some things off my Honey Do List, that will make Wendy happy, and maybe try a small run this weekend. My mile splits are as follows.
Mile 1. 10:24
2. 10:25
3. 10:33
4. 9:53
5. 10:11
6. 10:35
7. 10:03
8. 11:07
9. 10:19
10. 10:52
11. 10:27
12. 10:46
13. 9:11
14. 11:03
15. 9:11
16. 10:19
17. 9:31
18. 10:04
19. 9:50
20. 9:56
21. 9:05
22. 9:38
23. 9:48
24. 8:41
25. 8:48
26. 8:55
.25 7:47
It has been a great year of running for me, had to battle through a few things but hung in there. I did miss my Bother Clay and Son Bryan today, looking forward to running SGM with them 2011. I hope everyone has a great run.
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