Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marathon. This is my 5th year doing this race. Every year I've run it faster than the last, but knew that wasn't going to happen this year. I pulled out the split times from my 1:23:48 year a few years ago and shot for that. I was worried about being trained for the distance, something I don't usually think about with 1/2 Marathons, but it turned out ok.
Splits: 6:36, 6:41, 5:56, 5:58, 6:10, 6:07, 6:21, 6:27, 6:37, 6:30, 6:32, 6:34, 6:28, last .1 6:14 pace.
I was pleased with this time. I know I'm not in as good of shape as I was the last two years. Melanie and I drove down together without our families for this one, and stayed at her friends house the night before. We iced in the river afterwards. The 23 1/2 hour trip was fun. |