Scott and I decided to pace the provo city half marathon. We wanted to run somewhere between 1:15 and 1:20 as a good tempo run. I was a little apprehensive about such an effort this soon after SLC and my tender hamstrings but I just told myself if they flared up I'd quit. Toni dropped us off at Vivian and we jogged up to South Fork. Chatted with a few folks and then continued up the canyon. We met up with Justin Park and finished his cool down with him. There was a lot of positive race energy at the start. I felt like we were cheating, all the fun and none of the stress! We started out about the same pace as Spencer, Melody and Kassy. Spencer dropped back after 3. Scott and I ran a steady pace, breaking the wind for Melody and Kassy. Melody dropped back a touch at 10 and Scott went back to support her. I pulled Kassy along to the finish. Splits for the half: (5:55, 5:48, 6:07, 5:52, 5:48, 5:52, 5:56, 5:52, 5:52, 5:55, 5:57, 5:52, 5:52) Hamstring was a little tight but it held up the whole way. It was fun to see so many great performances today. |