Sandy Firestation Half marathon. Sunny, temps between 55-60.
Last year they had this run but it was 18 miles and it made it by 5 firestations. This year they changed it to a half marathon and the race only went by two firestations.
Race morning was near perftect temperatures and zero wind. There were only a few people at the start that I thought may be able to beat me. There were only about 60 people in the race. As the race started a guy named Tom Perry that looked near my age or slighty older than me took off. I let him get about 15 yards ahead of me after only a quarter mile and then I decided I wouldn't let him go at least for a few miles. Tom and I were by ourselves the whole race. A few times the first 5 miles I considered letting him go because I didn't want to over do it before the SGM. But I just couldn't let him go knowing that I was staying with him. Finally after about 6 miles I could tell he was finally slowing down just a bit and it felt much better and I started getting some confidence that I could win the race. We ran side by side alot of the time.
I stayed with Tom until 1.5 miles left in the race were the course is level and down hill and then I decided to put him away. I think I won by about 50 seconds.
| YR2011 |
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| 6:17 |
|
half level half down |
| 6:55 |
13:12 |
Up hill |
| 7:28 |
20:40 |
Up hill |
| 6:27 |
27:07 |
mostly down |
| 6:25 |
33:32 |
easy down |
| 6:32 |
40:04 |
easy down |
| 6:46 |
46:50 |
easy down |
| 6:47 |
53:37 |
easy down |
| 6:30 |
60:07 |
Down hill |
| 7:03 |
67:10 |
mostly up |
| 7:44 |
74:54 |
Up hill |
| 6:36 |
81:30 |
mostly level |
| 5:45 |
87:15 |
Down hill |
| 0:32 |
87:47 |
level |
| 1:27.47 |
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Mile avg. - 6:42 | 