Great morning for a race - good weather 41 F at 9am with no wind. Here's the splits:
1st - 5:55
2nd - 5:58
3rd - 5:48
4th - 5:45
5th - 5:55
6th - 6:02
7th - 5:51
8th - 6:03
9th - 6:09
10th - 5:57
11th - 6:01
12th - 6:03
13th - 5:55
13.1th - ?
I was really happy about this race. I struggled a bit more than I thought I was going to the last 6 miles. Going around the second loop past the Dixie Center I had to keep telling myself to push out of my comfort zone and not just set back and cruise. I haven't done any tempo workouts past 4 miles since September so my body and brain weren't liking the discomfort. I was shooting to go under 1:18 and I made it - by only 5 seconds, but I made it.
It was great to see Paul, Michelle, Jeff and others from out of town. Almost everyone had a pretty good race. I really think it's going to be a great year of racing for the group.
Moving Forward: My next race is the DogTown Half Marathon in Washington, UT the end of Feb. I'm going to drop a few more lbs. in the next month. I'm still at 170lb - my best race weight is 155 - 160. I'm hoping that will help a bit. Also, I'm planning on bumping the weekly miles up from 50-60'ish to the 70's for the next month as well and continue with the Tues & Thurs speed and tempo workouts. | 