Unlike previous Ogden races, I did not finish in 3:18, but only just barely- 3:17:13. Ave pace 7:32. I did not do much training specifically for this race, since it came 2 months after the Buffalo Run 50k, a slower trail run. Between the two I recovered, then added speed and tempo runs, then tapered. I did one crummy 18 miler and a bunch of decent 16 milers. I didn't have much of a race plan but sort of thought I might shoot for 7:00-7:15 pace for the first 8 downhill miles, then 7:15-7:30 for the rollers through the half, then pick it back up after the uphill. The first 8 went swell. Somewhere near the 1/2 my quads started to hurt. I was thinking, "this is way too early for this much pain, I'm going to die..." Well I couldn't pick the pace back up but I didn't die either. 7mi split-Pace 1/2 split-Pace 18mi split-Pace 23mi split-Pace 00:49:38-7:05 01:35:59-7:20 02:18:14-7:41 02:52:31-7:30 Here are my splits and heart rate for this year - 2008 - 2007 1- 7:07/154 - 7:31/153 - 7:43 2- 7:17/159 - 7:27/165 - 7:24 3- 7:09/159 - 7:25/164 - 7:07 4- 7:10/160 - 7:28/165 - 7:27
5- 7:09/161 -
7:21/167 - 7:36*
6- 7:10/161 - 7:30/166 - 7:20ave 7- 7:11/160 - 7:25/166 - 7:20ave
8- 7:11/160 - 7:27/165 - 7:20ave
9- 7:29/162 - 7:33/168 - 7 :32*
10- 7:27/163 - 7:31/168 - 7:32ave
11- 7:37/164 - 7:43/168 - 7:33
12- 8:03/161*- 7:34/169 - 7:18
13- 7:38/163 - 7:39/170 - 7:48*
14- 7:29/163 - 7:37/168 - 7:19
15- 8:05/163 -
8:01/170 - 7:34
16- 7:30/166 - 7:55/169 - 7:34ave
17- 7:30/166 - 7:55/169 - 7:34ave
18- 7:26/163 - 7:14/170 - 7:09
19- 7:33/166 - 7:19/171 - 7:09ave
20- 7:37/167 - 7:31/170 - 7:09ave
21- 7:36/166 - 7:28/171 - 7:09
22- 7:34/168 - 7:19/170 - 7:09ave
23- 7:35/167 - 6:48/173 - 7:19
24- 7:41/171 - 7:21/175 - 7:43
25- 7:44/171 - 7:56/172 - 8:00ish
26- 7:49/174 - 7:59/172 - 8:00ish ave 3:17:13 - 3:18:53 - 3:18:07 *pee stop. 2007 was a goal race. 2008 I paced people for the first 18. So I started and ended at a faster pace than in the past but my finish time was almost the same. I just had no speed coming down from the dam. My heart rate was slower. Is this just old age? I think the early quad pain tells me I need to do more downhill training, especially for St. G?? I stuck around at the finish for over an hour, but didn't see anyone other than Kathy. Why?
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