2nd run (14th leg) = 6.71 miles and 1 mile cooldown.
3rd run (26th leg) = 6.33 miles and 1 mile cooldown.
2nd run = I started my second run at 1 AM. It showed a huge downhill section but once I got going their was a little bit of uphill all throughout. I really wanted to get moving on this leg to see what I could do. I knew it was going to be fast. Here are my splits:
1- 4:43
2- 4:57
3- 4:52
4- 4:59
5- 4:57
6- 4:58
.71- 4:56
I ran 32:55 for 4:55/mile overall. I was stoked about this run. I finished and was screaming all over. Their was probably over 100 people there and the guys from the team were hooting and hollering after they heard my overall pace. People started cheering and it was a lot of fun. I had personal bests in the 5k and 10k during this leg. I hit just over 15 minutes for 5k and then 30:30 for the 10k. I also dropped the guy from the Running Store by 4 and a half minutes. This shocked me! I was really pumped up after this leg. I started feeling the effects of dinner at about mile 2 but just blocked it out. I went on my cooldown and started to really cough. I don't want to get that discriptive but I lost my dinner and all of the Gatorade I had been drinking. It wasn't a pretty sight but I felt much better afterward.
3rd run = I got a total of maybe 30 minutes of sleep but got a decent warmup in and knew this was my last run. The first 2 miles were downhill and then just over 4.3 miles was straight uphill. I had a little bit of headwind on this one but I was used to it by know. Here are my splits:
1- 4:56
2- 5:04
3- 5:16
4- 5:41 - My right quad started acting up.
5- 5:47
6- 5:51 - Dirt road and running on car divots.
.33- 5:36
I ran 34:24 for 5:26/mile overall. It was not my best leg but I was happy to be done. That 4.33 miles straight uphill really got me working and extremely tired. I was done though. Clyde was the 4th runner and eventually passed all of teams so we were in 1st place with two runners left in our van and then all of the runners in Van 2. We were smoking everybody. We hurried to the finish and hung out all by ourselves. We waited for Steve Ashbaker to come in and then we all ran in together for the winning time of 17 hours 4 minutes. Our entire team averaged 5:38/mile overall. That is just mind boggling to me. Their was no one in sight to watch us come in since all of the other teams were still out there. We had a little bit of pressure from the Running Store in Tucson but Google was not a problem at all.
I had a blast on this relay team. It was so much fun spending time will all of these great guys. I would write down a lot of the crazy things we saw and talked about but when I talk with many of you in person, it will be that much better. It was a great experience and I can't wait for Wasatch Back now. I was thrilled with my times also. It is making me very antsy and excited for the Ogden Marathon. I will keep training hard to see how the marathon turns out. | 