Ran the Bryce Canyon Half this morning. 1 1/4 mile warm up. A beautiful day except for the smokey skies at the start. The smoke cleared off as we got a couple of miles down the road. Hit the first 2 miles on pace on the flat. Then dropped down the steep 5 miles in the Park. I loves this part of the race. Hit 6's for most of the downhill. On pace after 8 miles then I started to crash. My body was feeling fine I just didn't have the lungs and mental strength to finish strong. This will be my focus for the rest of the summer. The altitude I am sure had something to do with the breathing. I did not reach my goal of 1:35 but I am amazed at how well the body feels tonight. After the run I jumped on the bike and road for 10 miles. We then went hiking in Bryce and put in 3.75 miles of fast hiking/ running. On one portion of the trail I put in a tenth of a mile at 4:53 pace...felt great.Did some trails that felt straight up and then had to run down them!
Now for the training to have a great HobbleCreek run....lots to work on for sure. Splits: 7:08 flat/ 7:29 slight up/ 6:20/ 6:26/ 7:41 bathroom/ 6:58/ 7:59/ 8:23 pepsi break/ 9:25 hill/ 8:29/ 8:17/ 8:42/ 7:52/ 6:34 (7:46)
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