Ty did a good play by play write up of the relay here: http://runtyrun.fastrunningblog.com/blog-03-05-2011.html My first relay ever. My coaches gave me the thumbs up to do this, but at steady state pace (6:20-6:32). It was really fun hanging out with the ladies. AmberG set up the team, and there were five of us, Ty and I just met the week before at Dogtown, other than that none of us really knew each other, though we did by the end. We were the ShebraZ, a funny name, but we won best costume, so hey. To start off, Steve's in a skirt and reportedly Clyde was in bloomers (didn't catch a glimpse of that train wreck, dang) and Aaron Metler was sporting a mullet (so nice to meet him). I was leg 5 and leg 10. We had our 7something paced ladies in the first two legs, and our 6something ladies in the last three slots, so we were backstacked to begin with, which meant a lot of kills for Amber and Ty. For some reason I never got much. My #5 leg was supposed to be 4.35. It was gradual down for two miles, then a hill for about .5-.75 miles, then downhill on the fourth mile. Will finish later. . . Miles on first leg 1 - 6:03, gradual down, holding back, steady now. 2- 6:15, gradual downhill, that's a more appropriate pace, 3 - 6:23 uphill, reeling in my one kill, 4 - 5:57 downhill, this leg was supposed to be 4.35, but it was 4.1. I turned a corner and bam I was at the exchange, and the ladies weren't quite expecting me. Drank Endurox right away while doing a small jog. Kerry got lost on leg 6, ran twice her distance, I felt bad for her, out there frustrated, I was sure. She did 8.7 in 7:20 pace, what a trooper to keep going and going fast. She finally found her way and we were so relieved to find her. We lost about 32 minutes, we were up 15 minutes before, and we were now behind 15 minutes. The ladies on legs 7-9 had some great kills. I had the last leg, and we were down 3:40 when I started the leg from the #1 ladies team. It was supposed to be 6.35 miles, so I needed to be 30 seconds faster per mile than that team, but their lady was a 3:10 marathoner. Mile 1 6:11, gradual uphill then down, Mile 2 was 6:18, our car was there to give me water and told me the other team's lead was only 1:40. I am in it! 3 - 6:58, big bad dirt up hill, 4 - 6:18, I pass the ladie's team at around 3.25. Mile 5 - 6:32 backing off, Mile 6 6:31, .74 miles (that's the longest .35 I have ever run) 6:11 pace. We end up winning by about 4 minutes. Kerry getting lost sure made it interesting :)
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