Felt pretty good starting out and like I'd do well today. Just over 8 minute pace to warm-up, then dropped to 7:44 and 7:15 for the downhill sections. Maintained just over an 8 minute pace through the flat and uphill sections and made it to the water stop (just before 7 miles) in about 53 minutes. Felt good after the brief rest and pushed it for the next couple of miles, but started to feel like I might have overdone it a bit on the uphill. Recovered a bit after the uphill in Alpine and the second water stop. Maintained a pretty even pace to the light on 48 and then tried to see if I could do a sub-eight minute pace on tired legs (just barely as it turned out). Felt pretty tired the last mile and slowed to about 8:30 pace. Average pace for the whole distance was 8:10 which is exactly my goal pace for St. George. Total time was 2:02:38. | 