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Utah Valley Half Marathon

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Location:

Layton,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 24, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

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2016 Races

3-12 Rex Lee 5k 22:39

3-19 Tour del Sol Stage Race 3:30:45

4-16 East Canyon RR 

5-7 Provo City Half(SU)

5-21 HITS 70.3 Tri

6-18 Utah State TT Championship

7-9 Echo Tri

8-13 Jordanelle Tri

8-16 Hotter Than Heck?

9-10 LOTOJA

10-8 Layton Half

Personal:

I can't decide what sport I want to be good at so I do them all sorta good.

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Race: Utah Valley Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:55:51
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I wasn't expecting anything fantastic.  I was going to skip the whole damn thing and take a mini vaca but I decided to run and just concentrate on finishing.  My runs lately have been few and far between and every run includes several instances where it feels like my heart goes out of rhythm or I'm having a panic attack and then I get a surge of lactic acid and have to stop.

I started slow and just ran what felt comfortable.  I didn't push at all to start with.  After a few miles I was surprised at how good I felt.  It was a pleasant surprise. I started feeling hungry around mile 5 and realized I left my Hammer Gel in the car so I grabbed a Gu at mile 6 and held it until mile 8 aid station.  I felt a big difference and it was welcomed.  With 4 miles to go I was still feeling good and just tried to keep my pace steady.  About a mile to go I picked a girl to try to pick off a little ways ahead.  I caught her and she wasn't letting me pass so I was about to give up on that until she told me to go ahead.  I was feeling pretty dead so I told her to go for it.  She said she couldn't so I decided to go for it.

All things considered, I feel good about my effort.

9:28, 9:08, 9:02, 8:44, 8:06, 8:28, 8:50, 8:44, 9:02, 8:44, 9:07, 8:38, 8:38, 1:11(.16)

8:48 ap

Comments
From Burt on Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 17:47:57 from 72.223.90.79

Great job. Way to have an argument over who was going to lose at the end. Glad she had a better argument than you and let you win. :)

From Ericka on Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 00:05:53 from 71.195.209.128

Thanks, Burt. You always know just what to say :)

From allie on Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 01:52:10 from 24.10.191.18

nice job, erika. i am glad your body responded well to the race and that you felt comfortable running today. and way to go picking off the other girl at the end. :)

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