Park City Marathon. 2:43:32. 1st place overall. This was the 2nd race of the Grand Slam circuit. I recovered very well from Ogden and wanted to run Park City at "up-tempo" pace, and not make myself hurt too bad, if such a thing is possible in a marathon. I also knew the race was winnable. I ran good even pace for the entire race, and the second half was about a minute slower than the first, which I was happy with. Competition came from Fritz Vandekamp, a good runner, but he had been living at sea level the last several months. Fritz and I ran together for the first 10 miles, but I had dropped him by the half. After ascending the hill into downtown Park City, I tried to pick it up the gradual downhill/flat along the rail trail. The last 2 miles there was some struggle to maintain pace, but all in all, I made my goals for the race and felt pretty good afterward. Mile Splits/Ave HR 6:05/164 - good slow start 11:51/165 - two-mile split (5:56 pace) 5:57/166 6:25/165 6:06/163 6:28/167 6:07/160 6:04/159 - HR still good and low 6:18/166 6:12/165 6:27/175 - gradual uphill into Park City 6:24/175 - 1:21:10 for half 6:32/175 6:41/176 - steeper uphill to top of downtown Park City 6:21/171 - flattens out again. Still feeling strong 19:14/170 - missed two mile marks, so 3-mile split (6:25 pace) 6:00/168 -- slight downhill, starting to roll again 5:58/172 6:06/172 6:07/174 5:54/179 - starting to work harder 6:08/178 6:27/180 - struggling a little 1:39/184 - last 0.22 | 