Today I started out from about 3/4 mile from the start of the Snow Canyon 1/2 course, down the highway, this portion is mostly uphill. I wanted to warm up a little bit before running down the steep hills at the beggining. I then ran a good portion of the 1/2 marathon course. I cut short the west canyon portion by a little bit and adjusted the end to continue on Snow Canyon Parkway to the Running Center. The run felt pretty good except for the last 2 miles. My right heel started to hurt, I tried a differant insole, so I ended up dogging the last 2 miles with 10:00 pace walking a lot.I ended up 1:46:55 for the run.I was shooting to run 1:45 so I was off by about 4 minutes since I was going to run 13.1 and ended up short.
I am still feeling okay for the Snow Canyon 1/2 next week. I just need to get some more miles in this next 7 days. I spent most of the last week or so preparing for the 5K run. I plan on getting in 4 or so 10-15 mile runs in to get the stamina built up for the 1/2 marathon.
Splits: first 3/4 warmup 9:34/ 5:52/ 6:56/ 7:34/ 9:01/ 8:08/ 8:43/ 7:25/ 8:03/ 8:45/ 9:16/ 8:26/ 10:08/ 10:35 last .15 of run (8:14 average) | 