Splits: 6:04, 6:18, 6:30, 6:16, 6:12, 6:11, 6:08, 6:08, 6:08, 6:15, 6:21, 6:12, 6:20, 0:59 Very happy with the way things went for me today. This is about 30 seconds faster than what I ran at this race last year and over a minute faster than Provo City Half several weeks back. Great weather. I liked running on the other side of the road. I gave back more time than I should have on the two climbs in the canyon, but I paced things pretty good overall. Stomach never felt great, especially in the first few miles (Thai food yesterday was a bad idea). Started off and and pretty much ran the first 4-5 miles with the girls who were running 3rd and 4th place. We eventually split and and one girl fell back and the other girl kept running strong. It was interesting to see her trying to catch Allie for pretty much the whole race. Others would occasionally catch up to me and then fall back, and I eventually caught 2-3 people when we came out of the canyon and started on the straightaway. I just kept thinking that I had to keep clicking off at least 6:15's around mile 8 on, and was able to do it for the most part until mile 13. Overall I felt really good until the last mile. I had a guy about 10 yards in front of me from about 9 to the finish and I just couldn't get him, but he helped me sustain my pace. Good race. Next up for me is probably DesNews Half, and hopefully a lot of good, solid mileage and a little weight loss. Went to Crossfit.
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