Going into this race I wanted to just run my very best. It was going to be the first time that I had not run with Kimmy and I was really nervous about the race. If I did poorly it was all on me no excuses. My goal was to come in under 2:00:00 and if I pushed really hard I wanted to pr and come in under 1:53:03
When we got to the race I went to the POP and ran into Adrian, a guy on our Wasatch back team. I jokingly said I wanted him to pace me. He said he just wanted to run this race for fun and that he would!
Not only did he pace me he coached me every step of the way. He told me how to breathe better, improve my form and everything in between. Long story short he coached me to a 1:51:20 15th in my age group! I am not sure if I will ever be able to beat that PR. I had several people ask as we passed them if he would coach them. He totally pushed me to my limits and then made me go past them!
The only sad part to this story is that I really wanted Kimmy there right beside me during this race especially at the finish line! Stink!!!!
Splits 8:33, 8:07, 8:08, 8:10, 8:18, 8:10, 8:20, 8:20, 8:31, 8:12, 8:34, 8:31, 8:45
You can really see where the wheels started to come off and if Adrian had not been there I think I would have stopped and walked for sure!
Side note my mom took 2nd place in her age group for the 5K! | 