Perfect conditions. Cool start, 45° warm finish, probably mid 70s?
Woke up 1:35, left house at 3:30, parked west side of the bridge, drove slowly, had plenty of time.
Not my fastest but one of my best races. Held the paces I wanted to hold from the first mile to the last. At 52 I'm probably through with PRs, so the goal now is how much better than BQ can I do. To guarantee a trip the Boston you have the hit the last early registration window which is BQ - 5 minutes. I ran BQ - 6:17. I feel confident I'm in if I decide to spend the money.
1 7.19
2 7.55
3 7.27
4 7.40
5 7.53
6 7.36
7 7.36 (missed marker, ran 2 miles in 15.11)
8 7.34
9 7.49
10 7.45
11 8.00
12 7.43
13 9.31 (1:45 pit stop)
14 7.36
15 8.01
16 7.57
17 7.46
18 7.44
19 7.40
20 7.49
21 7.40
22 7.29
23 7.28
24 7.41
25 7.50
26 7.35
.2 1.42 (8.30 pace)
A second place finish in this race is a dream come true. Podium finishes in a Utah marathon not named St. George is my ceiling. I finally did it. It took about 25 attempts. I've been running long enough to know that I needed a couple of fast guys to stay home today, and they did.
2nd out of 50
97 out of 1161
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