On the road to BOSTON!

Getting close to race day- easy miles around the hill- 8:23 going over to the DC, 8:03 coming back-- this portion was up Tonaquint.

Splits: 8:03/ 7:45/ 7:18/ 7:45 bathroom/ 7:17/ 7:03/ 6:59/ 8:13/ 8:40 veyo hill/ 7:49/ 9:00 don't know what happened here/ 9:43 bathroom/ 7:29/ 7:31/ 7:09/ 6:51/ 8:21 ledges/ 7:15/ 8:23/ 7:36/ 7:26/ 8:11/ 8:20/ 7:06/ 8:14/ 7:33/ 6:00

This was my first negative split marathon of 3:59!!!

Jogged over to the Dixie Center to get my packet for the Senior Games....came back most of the way and was picked up by Jody.

Ran the Senior Games this morning- Felt pretty good for coming off the marathon. Went out steady and remained at the same pace throughout the race. I stuck yself right off the shoulder of Kelvin- (from California). I maintained whatever pace he was running to the bottom of Snow Canyon. At the parkway I slingshotted past him and tried to keep ahead for the last 1 1/2 miles- slight uphill. I ended up beating him by close to a minute. Felt great, just not full of energy. Now I have 3 days untill the 1/2 marathon.

3 miles on the 5k course for tomorrows race- averaged 7:12 pace

Ran the Senior games Half marathon- Had decided to run the 5k but as I went to change out, changed my mind. I would have been gaurenteed at least a 3rd place in age. Instead I ran in a group of 9 in the age group and had much more pressure.

I went out at a fairly good pace and held onto 5th place through 2 1/2 miles. I then moved to 4th. At mile 4 I stopped to get a bottle that I had planted on the course and had a drink....fell back to 5th. I remained in that position throughout the race. My foot started hurting at the halfway point but didn't want to loose ground and there were 2 other runners within 1/4 miles or less. I gutted it out and ended up closing the gap on 4th place to a couple strides.

As we entered the last mile I decided to not worry about my time but worry about my placement. The runner in 4th was in my agegroup. I started running more smoothly and remained as quite as I could. With 1/4 or more to go he began to up the pace and I just kept with him. As we rounded the past turn into the parking lot I pounced and gave it everything......beat him by 5 seconds over about 100 feet to the finish. It was a fun race and my 2nd Silver medal for this years games.

Ran from Dixie Eye to home- 7:46 warmup mile then 7:11 pace to home

Ran with Steve, Kendra, Amber and others. We basically ran the Snow Canyon Half course without Entrada- Went out with the pack and decided the pace was ok. Didn't want to know what it was. Talked with Steve for several miles and felt great....slightly pushing but still able to talk easily. After about 6 miles Steve stopped for the bathroom and the girls stopped to chat. I kept going and decided I needed to keep a solid run going. Got a bit tired towards the end but ended up running 7:02 pace for the run.....I will miss the Snow Canyon half, I think I could PR this year.
 

DC and back-  8:09 pace  46 degrees slight head wind going out.

Nice 7 mile run this morning- Ran the first mile at 7:45 pace then worked my pace faster each mile with the 7th mile @ 6:37 pace (7:11 average for the run)

5 1/2 miles from downtown St. George to home- 6:34 average pace( ran 1/2 miles at about 95% effort then walk out 20-30 seconds then repeat)

3.10 mile sin the morning and then the race at midnight.

3rd overall-------

To DC and then around to Pilot to home  7;49 pace

past DC then up over Tonaquiunt to home- slow 8:07 pace  39 degrees