13.1 miles -- in 2:04
Moab Half Marathon. My sister came with her friends from DC. It's been pretty in Moab and Arches. But MAN, that canyon was cold waiting for the starting gun. They make you give up your sweat clothes an hour before the race so they can bus them down the canyon ahead of you. We met runners from New Jersey who had run the Marine Marathon in DC, and who had just come from a half marathon in Las Vegas the weekend before. I love half-marathon tourism. I'm game for that myself. I ran really slowly, staying with my sister for the first 6 miles (she paces at about a 12 minute mile, it's painful, but I only see her once or twice a year). The skin drum earth women were fewer this year than in years past. I don't blame them, they moved the date up a week and the temperature of the race day dropped at least 20 degrees. | 