I found out Monday that I had won a free entry into the Utah Valley Half Marathon. I was pretty excited. I told my sister and she ended up signing up too. That same day I starting getting sick. I've been sick with a head cold all week. Angela and I decided to stay in Provo Friday night. I worked a 10 hour shift Friday and went straight to Angela's house and then she drove us Provo.
We went to the expo to pick up our packets. We were able to listen to Sasha speak. He gave us some great tips. It was nice to meet him and his cute wife. We finally got checked in and settled in our hotel room at about 9:00. It was at this time that I realized I'd left my running shoes in the trunk of my car at Angela's house. I was more than a little stressed out. I called my awesome friend Cheris, and she went to my house and picked up some shoes for me. Luckily we managed to find each other before the race started. Onto the race.....
I didn't really know what time to shoot for. I still didn't feel that great and the lack of sleep the past week make it tough. I decided to start out slow and just run by feel. That worked and I ended up running much better than I had thought I would. We had a head wind for most of the race. I stopped at the aid station at mile 6 to have a Roctane GU and I took some Ibuprofen. I had forgot to take my Garmin off auto pause, so my time ended up being off by about 30 seconds because of this stop. I'm happy with how I did. I think this is a good starting point for my training for St. George.
My splits were: 8:12, 7:47, 7:58, 7:43, 7:26, 7:45, 7:23, 7:44, 7:31, 7:39, 7:47, 7:34, 7:34 and 7:00 pace for .18.
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