Didn't really know what to except from this race. Before the race I did 3 miles as a warm-up, plus I knew I wanted to get in some more miles this today, plus one of the buses was running behind and of course, the race started a half hour later than it was supposed. I talked a little bit with some of the workers after the race about needing to change the starting time to 6:00 am instead of 7:30, still pretty hot in St. George once the sun comes up. Anyway, there wasn't a lot of competition in the race today. I knew Dave and Clyde would run faster than me and they started out at a good pace. I ran the first mile close to them, but then dropped back a bit. Ryan was also there pretty close behind me the first few miles. 1-5:42 felt good 2-6:04 slight uphill, pretty much running alone now.
3-5:50 4-6:11 5-6:00 6-6:13 another uphill, this course had a lot more hills than I thought it would. 10K split was 37:15 7-6:11 Coming out of the canyon and starting to hit the sun, and it is hot and muggy!
8-6:05 9-6:15 10-6:48 big hill, I just wanted to stop and walk, but I didn't! Got to the top of the hill and was really upset there wasn't a water stop there.
11- 6:12 12-6:34- pretty hot now and seem to be losing focus 13-6:48 another good hill to climb, and then home to the finish Final time 1:21:18 (6:12 average) Not the best time, but still a decent effort considering running pretty much the whole race alone, and the last 5 miles in the heat and tired. After the race I did 2 more miles, basically walking a lot of it, because my hip was really bothering me. Anyway, pretty happy with this week's training and being able to get in two good speed workouts. DS Trainer-98 I was going to wear the Ohana, but they are starting to feel a little wore out. With finishing 3rd overall, got a nice gift certificate from those good people at the St. George Running Center. | 