Well - on the hottest day of the year so far I managed to get round.
4:37:23 - which i count as sub 4:30 with the delays at the start...
To you Utah guys you'll laugh at the temperatures I'm sure, but when I've been training in snow, rain and wind it is a big shock to the system running in the heat. Temperature was 23 degrees so in the sun I'm sure it was heading for 30 degrees (felt like 40!)
First 17-18 miles were comfortable and was averaging sub 10, near 9 having been severely held up in the first two miles (just with the volume of people), but the last 8 was just survival. Thankfully it clouded up for the last 4 miles so the heat wasn't as bad.
Enjoyed a lot of it but am now glad it is over.
Sasha - you should set up another blog - slowrunningblog.com :-) | 