AM: DES NEWS HALF MARATHON
It was an early start to the day. I woke up at 2:30, got ready, and then met my Mom and Ben at the park n ride in South Weber. We caught the buses at Rice Eccles and got to the starting line with 1.5 hours to spare (I hate how early they bus you up there and then make you wait). Did a 2-mile warmup with Ben and Josh and found a secret bathroom during this time too of course!
The race started and Brett, Fritz, and I came gunning out of the gates. First mile was 4:34 with a lot of downhill. After that Fritz fell back a bit and it was just Brett and me for the rest of the canyon. We ran virtually side by side up until just after mile 7. Then, I just hit a wall. I went from sub-5:00s to 5:1xs in no time. I think I still have some residual fatigue in my legs from Bryce. Miles 8-13.1 were a grind, I just didn't have any juice. Brett pulled away quite easily and the rest was pretty uneventful, just me plugging along at a slower pace running in and out of slow 10k runners. I really wanted to hit 1:05:xx, but I just didn't have it today.
But, the time was still decent and I can't complain about 2nd place either.
Splits: 434 448 454 (14:51 5k) 455 454 449 (29:57 at 10k) 449 509 502 514 517 516 527 and 535 pace for last bit.
It was awesome seeing so many friends and bloggers at the finish. Just about everyone was there...good times. The 10k had quite the deep field and I was a little jealous I wasn't part of that competitive beast, sounds like it was a battle.
PM: 4 miles easy pushing the kids in the jogger and running with Amy on the Riverdale Parkway. All in all a pretty productive mandatory furlough day from work.
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