Catch me if you can

I picked up Cheris and we drove over to Michelle M.'s house. We did the big 10 mile loop. It was chilly this morning. Average pace 9:30.

Met the BBK's at the Riverfront parking lot.  I got there early and ran 1.5 miles.  Then I ran another 3.5 easy miles with the early group.  For the main workout, we started at the bottom of the hill by the cemetary.  We ran up the hill, around the cemetary and then recovered on the downhill 5 times.  Then we did it 5 times in reverse.  We ran easy back to the cars and then finished with a 1.5 mile tempo run.  Average pace for the last 7 miles was 7:58. 

8 slow boring miles by myself.  Average pace 9:35.

I ran by myself.  I ran out 2 miles, did the old SJ 5k route and ran back home.  Average pace 8:38. 

I got up at 3:45 this morning to meet my crazy running friends at Cheris' house to carpool to the race.  The race started late.  I knew it was going to be a hot one and I don't do well in the heat.  I tried to hold back a little at the start.  I'm not sure if that helped or hurt me.  My sister Angela and I passed each other back and forth up until mile 10 when she took off.  I almost caught up to her at the end.  We finished about 5 seconds apart.  I was hoping to get in the 1:34's but I just couldn't do it.  I felt pretty strong the whole race although I did have some stomach issues.  My splits according to the white mile markers were  7:15, 7:14, 13:45 (for 3 & 4), 7:23, 7:12, 7:15, 7:14, 7:28, 7:11, 8:09, 7:27, 8:15, and 7:15.    

Overall it was a great race.  I was hoping for a PR but I couldn't pull it off in the heat.  I will be doing some running in the heat before St. George for sure.  It was fun to see and talk to so many friends.  Thanks Kelli for coming out and cheering us on.  You're awesome.