Super happy with this race. I haven't run under 1:50 since 2009 when I left sea-level so that was the big goal for today. I wasn't sure if I could do it on this course, but I wanted to try. I generally don't wear my garmin for important races because I know that the miles never match up. Not thinking, I wore mine today and for the first 8 miles or so I was only focusing on my average pace and not paying attention that my miles were recording way before the race markers. I thought I was running 1:47-1:48 pace easily. Then the 1:50 pacer went by me. I thought "oh, he's going way too fast." At mile 10 I was able to do the math, and I realized that he wasn't too fast and that if I really wanted to break 1:50, I had to pick it up. It hurt, but somehow I managed to pick it up to the finish. After the race, I walked back to Liberty Park and ran a 2 mile cooldown home along the marathon route. I thought it would pump me up for Utah Valley, but it really just reminded me how much the marathon hurts!
Garmin splits
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