Garmin time is 49:51 with AP 8:00. Official time was 49:49 with AP 8:01 so not sure why it says 8:02 but whatever. PR! Splits-7:36,7:44,7:58, 8:04, 8:19,8:32, (ha ha, slower and slower) 7.11 for .23 (sprinting to the finish) It was fun to run a race "with" my husband and we're both excited we'll be running the St. George marathon for the first time this year!! It was a beautiful drive to Ivins with the sun rising and the big red mountain rocks at Snow Canyon. Weather was cooler than I thought it would be up the canyon. There were rain clouds and some wind at the start line, but it never rained. I guess we should have started more toward the front cause I spent the first 1.5 or so miles trying to pass people. At mile 3 I noticed a cute, little, older lady in front of me that I was hoping to pass. I just couldn't seem to catch her. I sped up coming down that last stretch before we turned to the finish. I sped up more and started gaining on her. Then I sprinted to pass her. I did beat her by about 2 seconds. Kind of sad that I can barely beat a lady 20 yrs older than me. She was amazing!
It was a fun race. I'm too tired to write more details. Jeff had a great race and I'm proud of him! Oh, I think I saw RAD and Teena (teeny) Marie after the race but they have no idea who I am so I didn't say anything. Just admired from afar.
Jeff drove back to the trailer at Temple View Resort and I ran back. Had to run 17 miles today. It was a nice run but I took it way easy. The last 3 miles were tough! Time for the 10.8 was 1:53:23 AP 10:30. Fun to run on a paved path for most of it. Wish we had more of those here.
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