After getting a few hours of something sort of resembling sleep in Van #1, our team got ready for their final legs. However, I cannot complain because it was absolutely freezing outside and my teammates woke up in frost-covered sleeping bags. Early this Saturday morning, I completed my final leg and the most challenging leg for Runner #3 of the Wasatch Back Relay. The 7.9 miles of descents and ascents to and around the Jordanelle Reservoir absolutely tested my conditioning. My mile splits were as follows: 5:25, 5:52, 5:48 (these first three miles felt great), 7:16, 7:23 (felt the burn on these middle two miles), 6:46, 6:37, and 5:07 (just kicked it into gear to finish off of these last 2.9 miles). It felt great to finish this leg with an average pace of 6:25 (total time: 50:41)! What felt even better was crossing the finish line in Park City at The Canyons with all of my teammates (I could not be more proud of them). This was the third year we finished the Wasatch Back and we achieved a team best pace of 9:36 minutes per mile (total time of 30:21:29)!
Finally, I completed a short non-running workout after the race, which consisted of 300 sit-ups and 30 push-ups. | 