I'm not happy at all with how I ran today. For some reason I just think I should be able to run faster than I really can. I warmed up for about a mile before the race with Taylor. She was running the 5k. Michelle C. came and ran the race with me. The pace was really easy for her and so I tried to let her do all the talking. The first two miles I went out too fast. Shortly after that I was ready to be done. Just after mile 3 one of my friends yelled that I was the 5th girl. Then I started taking lots of walk breaks and kept getting passed. I didn't stop at the 5 mile water stop. I decided to just suck it up and get this thing over with. I felt like at least I finished strong. I am running the South Jordan 1/2 marathon in 3 days. I think knowing that was coming up I gave myself an excuse to not push as much as I should have. I did have stomach issues as well. It was fun getting to hang out with everyone from the running group. My splits were 7:31, 7:15, 8:04, 8:49, 8:14, 7:28 and 6:48 pace for the .2. Average 7:50. Taylor did great and took 2nd place with a time of 21:05.
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