Cathy, Elijah, and I ran part of the St George Marathon course today. I dropped Cathy and Elijah off a mile ahead of me. They only ran 12 miles. I started in Dammeron Valley and soon realized my error. I had the 2 miles of hill to climb right at the beginning of my run.
The hill was good for me, and it sprinkled a little. The weather was perfect and the early morning was beautiful. It took me 19 minutes to get up the hill, then I found my groove, and I felt like I blasted my way down to St George. It took me 2:13:14 to do my 16 miles. This averaged out to a 8:20 pace. This is my goal pace time and my body feels GREAT!!! I think 3:40 marathon is going to be easy.... yeah!!!
Cathy and I swam and biked a lot of miles this week. I did just under 4 miles of swiming this week, and biked 66 miles. I may still get a ride in today!? I also signed up for the Oceanside California 70.3 Ironman in March 2010. I am very excited!!!!! | 