I've been training for a full trail marathon next Saturday but most of my lunch
time running buddies were running the Salt Lake Half, so I caved to peer
pressure and ran it this morning. My goal time? I didn't have one but figured
with the net ~600 feet of down hill I should be able to beat my 1:29:xx at
Painters and still save something for next Saturday.
It was an ideal
morning for a race. A few clouds and temps in the mid 40s. I took Trax to the
start and made it to the very crowded starting line with about 3 minutes to
spare. Yikes! Anyway we started right on time. I gotta say, despite all the bad
press I really enjoyed this race. The 1/2 course is very nice and this years
organization for the 1/2 was great! I ran smart and stayed strong to the end and
even feel like I will be ready for next Saturday. All my running friends also
had great days! 
1 - 6:43 165 bpm
2 - 6:33
168 bpm
3 - 6:33 169 bpm
4 - 6:56 171 bpm
5 - 6:45 172 bpm
6 - 6:37
172 bpm
7 - 6:39 173 bpm
8 - 6:44 173 bpm
9 - 6:48 175 bpm
10- 6:51
170 bpm
11- 6:39 177 bpm
12- 7:15 175 bpm Up State Street and uphill to
South Temple (These last miles were different from last time I ran this.)
13- 6:11 178 bpm Downhill!
.1ish- 5:40 185bpm. Kicked it
in.
1:27:40 ?(I need to check the results when posted online) 172bpm
ave
60th overall? (Where did all these fast people come from?)
7th in
40-44 age group?
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