Woke-up feeling pretty stressed about how tight I still was from the expo but, tried to ignore how I felt due to not being able to do much about it. I kept telling myself I have had many runs in the past that turned out great where I started off feeling like crap. Met everyone in the front of the Rec Center and drove up on the bus together. Once we got up to the start I left Kendra and went into the elite coral, went to the bathroom, warmed-up and chatted with everyone. I felt like I was in a daze, I just kept thinking about how jacked I felt and was trying to ignore it. My goal was to just take it easy as possible and see if I could work through it - it didn't really work out too well.
So here's the breakdown of the race: 1. 6:06 2. 6:11 3. 5:57 4. 5:50 5. 5:51 6. 5:48 7. 5:50
8. 6:57 - Going up Veyo I really felt like I was feeling beat-up already.
9. 6:35 - Cresting the hill was the beginning of the end. Everything was feeling forced.
10. 6:20 - Started running with this guy from SLC and couldn't hold onto him.
11. 6:31 - Just couldn't get myself going. My legs just felt trashed.
12. 6:18 - Started pumping my arms more just to get my legs going.
13. 5:58 - Got to the Half Mark 20 seconds slower than last year, except I knew I was in trouble by how hard I was having to work.
14. 6:06 - Started feeling crampy in my calves which made me even more stressed.
15. 5:57 16. 5:53 17. 6:05 - Hami froze up on me and stopped me in my tracks but kept pushing as much as I could.
18. 6:22 19. 7:11 20. 8:22 - More Cramping, tried to get going after I worked it out but, as soon as I started going it would seize-up again. So, I had to just shut it down and get it done. I was pretty pissed at the time. But I knew I was having problems from the beginning. Oh, well.
21. 9:31 22. 9:21 23. 9:42 24. 9:38 25. 9:50 26. 9:06 26.1. 8:00 - My sprint to the finish.
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