Showed up early enough to run the full 10K course. Confirmed another brutal Striders Ogden race! Mile 1: 5:57. Started conservative in about 10th or 12th place. First 1/2 is uphill then screaming downhill. Mile 2: 5:33. More downhill with a few small uphills. I move into 9th place and happy with the pace. Mile 3: 6:07. Good climb then nice gradual downhill. I was able to move up to 8th place although the split was slow. 5K split: 18:15. Nice split considering all the work coming up! Mile 4: 6:19. Start the climbing. I was able to move up into 6th during this section. The wind is swirling and it begins to shift from the South to the North...YES! Mile 5: 6:56. Huge hill. It felt like I was walking, but was able move up to number 5 and can now see the 4th place guy. Mile 6: 6:42. Trying to survive up the hill. The wind is actually behind us know...weird. Last 0.22: 5:32/1:10 pace. Was able to get moving again and pulled within 5-10 seconds of the 4th place runner...too little too late. Overall, pretty happy. These courses are tough. Your really run against the competition and not the clock. Last 5K split: 20:25! Wow, that's so slow!
At the finish was able to visit with some other bloggers and do a cool down with some friends (another lap on the course). Way to go Tara--1st Female!
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