Just for Luz---- Provo City Half. I was instructed to do this at marathon pace, which I figured was about 6:30-6:35 for this course and elevation. Then I could go faster at the end if I wanted to. Of course I wanted to! Warm up- found Mack and Aub, and Josse, and Holly, and Luz, nice crowd of ladies that are very important to me. 2.83 @ 9:46 pace (must have had some stopping in there :D). Good stretching, switching shoes. At the starting line Marianne was kind enough to taunt me about whether I would be getting her course record (no, neither she nor I are in shape for that, unfortunately). Cassie Anderson (Harmon?) was there. I wasn't interested in jetting out, so at the gun a nice girly pack took off and I held back. Pace felt very conversational for about 2 miles Miles 1-6 (6:23, 6:28, 6:29, 6:27, 6:30, 6:26 pass a female relay girl, closing on Marianne). Mile 7 includes the tight turn onto the rivertrail. Luz was there! She could see my goal, Marianne 10 sec ahead Miles 7-10 were 6:27, 6:26 (passed her here), 6:33, 6:28. Plan was to pick up the pace starting mile 11, let's see how that went: 6:29, 6:28, mile 13 started great, in the 6:teens, but the overpass then the long long stretch to the end (at a slight incline) obviously kept me squarely in the marathon pace zone--Mile 13 was 6:28, I had .17 at the end at 5:55 ave pace. Total race time 1:25:10. So 13.17 - probably imperfect tangents. Third place, so $75 prize. Cooled down with MacK and Aub, Aub was sick most of the way and I was sick by the end, really should have eaten more before the cool down. 4.02 cool down in 8:34 pace. Then hung with Luz. She watched me eat and wouldn't partake, unfortunate for her since she missed out on the Magelby's syrup. Ice bath when I got home. A good workout, but my time stunk. Core in PM
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