Red Rock Relay (van2)
Leg 1 - 4.65 miles @ 38:24 (8:16)
Hard Uphill from navajo lake up to the lava flow pull-out. It rained and blew hard, and the elevation was close to 10k. Last year I ran the same leg. I was faster this year by only 15 seconds per mile. This didn't get any easier since last year. Splits: 8:02, 8:24, 8:29, 8:43, 7:18(last 0.65 mi which was slightly down and my only down hill)
Leg2 - 5.15 miles @ 38:38 (7:32)
I had to finish the summit up the mountain just south of Enterprise for the first 1.5 miles, then a nice gradual slope down for the next 2 miles, and then a gentle climb back up to mountain meadow. It was the middle of the night and I had most of my kills on this leg. I was very happy never to be pasted by another runner this year. Splits: 8:27, 7:34, 6:53, 7:15, 7:27, & 7:31 (last 0.15 miles)
Leg3 - 6.7 miles @ 50:25 (7:32)
I ran this same leg last year too. The first 2 miles was downhill and then climbing the rest of the leg. Some guy tried to catch me going down the hill. I guess he didn't like me passing him at the start. I dumped him on the uphill. :) I ran this leg much faster than last year too!! Splits: 6:45, 6:47, 7:15, 8:00, 7:38, 8:25, & 8:17 (last 0.7 miles and this had the steepest incline of my whole race... ugh!) I knew I was almost done so I punched it to the finish!!
Our whole team did really well. Heath, Craig, and John ran under 7:00's pace. Heath had the fastest times, but two of his legs were downhills. Craig would have been faster but he had a very hard hill climb on leg1 and the longest run on leg 2 and another hilly run for leg 3. Our total race distance was about 185 miles in 24:24 time. Still waiting to see our placement.
I ran 2 miles with Tige to help him finish out his last leg. | 