prlmanrunning

Started off way faster than I had planned but I was feeling relaxed and the pace was just there. I hoped I was not burning myself for late in the race but it is a case of either be sore or be sorry tomorrow. Kept a fairly faster pace figuring I would at least bank some time in case I needed it later. Hit the half in 1:34 not sure if I could back it up but kept on smooth and steady fast but still controlled pain ha ha. Then hit the rollers before dropping down the canyon carrying about the same pace but feeling it a little by now. Winding down Ogden canyon on increasingly tiring legs feeling like I was slipping a bit time wise feeling more labored looking at my watch duh i was actually running faster.. too fast. So I slowed a little back to the pace I was at previously. Then with 3 to go I was feeling spent but convinced myself ONLY A 5K to go you can run a 5k easy. So on I go getting to the bottom knowing I am tanking it feels like I am running slow motion. Just make the finish line I willed myself to keep turning it over. Just when I thought I couldn't go any more I didn't have to YAY I did it. When I crossed the finish line I could swear my watch said 3:12 which was perfectly good for me 3 min faster than goal pace, 10 min faster than my pr and 13 min faster than I needed for a BQ. After the finish I was a bit wobbly and at some point restarted my watch ha ha. Then looking at the official results later it shows a 3:10 i could hardly believe it. I guess picking up the 3:10 pace band last night and putting it on this morning more for comparison was maybe an omen :) Any way sorry for the long rambling post my glycogen must be low I am being goofy

Splits were

 6:53 7:15 7:01 7:02 7:01 7:14 7:18 7:14 7:29 7:23 7:31 7:20 7:20 7:12 7:25 7:09 7:03 6:59 7:03 7:20 7:02 7:06 7:07 7:23 7:17 7:29 and the last chunk is skewed since I accidentally resarted my garmin as I was wandering around in the finishers area