The Striders 30K Race didn't go as well as I had planned. I wasn't really looking to race, just wanting to get in a decent longer run, so that was pretty much my approach going into the race. It was nice to finally meet up with in person so many of the guys from the blog. (Paul, Cody, Dan, James, Sasha, Steve, Ted) The weather was nice and little cold for me at the start since I'm not used to being at 5000 ft at 8:00 in the morning. Anyway after a mile warm-up with the guys I figured I would just go out and try to run with some of the guys for awhile and see how I felt. I still was feeling some fatigue and sickness from my workout Wednesday and being sick Thursday and Friday. 1-6:10 took off with most of the guys, but slowed down a little and ran with Dan 2-6:19 another mile with Dan 3-6:10 I picked up the pace a little bit, trying to catch Cody, James, and Bob 4-6:13 I catch up with some of the Logan guys, which makes the next few miles go by 5-6:22 6-6:21 7-6:52 around this point I really begin to slow down. Cody, James, Bob, and Nate all take off, and I feel like I really just drift off to sleep, in fact the next 7 miles really just feel like I'm going through the motions. I didn't run with my I-pod which looking back now I wish I would have taken. I wasn't that impressed with the rolling hills and passing all the farm houses, I just felt like I kept running past the same things. 8-7:06 9-7:06 I stopped for a second to take a GU and drink some water, also do a little stretching 10-7:08 still feeling slow 11-6:36 decided to try to pick up the pace a little 12-6:37 around this time Dan has caught back up to me and running pretty strong he passed me in route to a good run. 13-6:50 my right foot starts bothering me, I can feel a blister developing on the inside of my foot.
14-6:57 These last 4.5 miles were just terrible, I was really not there mentally, like I said earlier just going through the motions one step in front of the other.
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16-7:56 17-7:48 18-7:53 .6-5:14 Finish 2:09:07 (6:55) At the finish it was nice to see how well so many of the guys from the blog ran. After running this distance today, I really think I might change from running the full Ogden Marathon to running just the Half. I think it might be a better experience for me and a better way to begin my summer of hard training for the St. George Marathon.
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