total warm and cool for these two legs was only 1.25 miles. Way too little. But I wasn't really into it as much as I should have been - and then I really didn't cool down at all. early AM - (Leg 20 - 2nd - 5:28 pace) Started my 2nd leg at 2:11 AM. It was a 7.07 mile run; with about 5 with a nice steady downhill section and 2 with a gradual up to it. Never really felt like I was racing in this section (should/could) have gone quicker; however, it was my funnest section. This is where I recorded 44 kills! Basically I just had a steady stream of people to go get the whole run. But once I reached 32 I thought I was done. Then coming across the overpass I caught a grouping of 6 people and pulled up to 38. I was thinking how cool it would be to get 40, but I saw no one in sight and I knew the end was coming soon. Then, as I rounded a corner about .5 out from the end of my leg, I saw another large grouping of people. At first I didn't think I could get them, but as I started to accelerate a little, I just started eating up ground on them (I am sure they were hitting some amazing pace!). With just about .1-.05 left in the leg, I zoomed by them all, eating up six more. I yelled at Adam, as he didn't know I was coming in and then let out a "44!" Like I said, I really didn't run that fast, but it was fun to catch that many people. 1-5:20 another 5:20 first mile, but this time I was just easing into it. 2-5:14 I start to let the downhill take me a little. 3-5:13 still just moving along. 4-5:29 a little more of a flat section. I only looked at my watch on the mile
splits on this leg and mostly just tried to use it as a solid practice
for downhill - with chest up and a good lean out of the bucket. 5-5:22 Tried to keep it decent on the last section of down and flat. 6-5:48 Started gradual uphill through town. 7-5:45 The goal to hit 40 kept me on pace through this uphill section. .07-Just finishing it out. Forgot to turn off my watch, so it ran for a few as I talked so my time was off a little. morning - (Leg 32 - 3rd -6:06 pace) 3rd leg started at 8:11. This was a more difficult leg, but not killer. A flat mile and then about 5 weaving climbing miles to the base of the big climbs. Throughout the run, I was thinking that it was rather cruel to end a relay on a leg like this for an old man; but I really didn't want to complain, knowing what Seth and Adam had coming up. Didn't warm up hardly at all, just figured I would do it on the run. I wasn't out to break anything (records or me). 1-5:58 too slow, but I was stiff. 2-5:58 Had passed four people and it looked like that might be it for the run, so I was just kind of going. 3-6:07 I had kind of resigned myself to the idea that I would just hit 6:00's through the rest. Did end up catch a few more throughout the run though. 4-6:11 I am almost done with this junk! 5-6:10 1 more mile! 6-6:11 I actually worked this one pretty hard to catch my 10th person. WBR Finished! I don't know if I will ever do a really again (or at least for a long time). They really beat me up, and I have a hard time coming back to back to back. They are for the young. Happy to see my boys team get 10th overall and my mixed team pull off a solid run and get top 150. Great job guys and gals! (Stratus 506.8) (Ohana 73.13)
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