I run therefore, I am!

Ran 5.5 miles this morning with Jody.  Got to get to know her and she is very passionate about running just like all us crazy runners.   she's in good company of friends from this blog including marcie and josse.  She told me about scrapping and Ive got to look into that. Ive never heard anything about it before. 

I ran the park trail this morning with Misty, Danielle, and Angelica.  We did 3 miles north from Gardner villiage slow 9 minute warm up miles.  then we did a tempo run back.  I sustained a 7 minute mile with Danielle until mile 5 and then I ran full race pace and got a 5:37 for the last mile.  I was upset because everytime I looked down at my watch it read 5:15 pace.  Ive got to do more tempo runs!  I then ran back until i met up with Misty and Angelica.

I ran from my house to the Daybreak loop and back.  Lots of runners out this morning! My time for 6 miles was 37:50  I kept feeling discomfort from my right achilles heel. It was a killing me!

Ok I drove up to Bear lake saturday morning from Logan to run the half marathon.  It was pretty unorganized from the get go and we bussed up to the start and there were no porta potties. Just a farmers field with alfalfa about 18" tall.  I went as far away from the start line as I could and went with several others doing the same.  I went to the start line and took my warmup clothes off and there was no clothing drop!  I went to the official and complained about it and one of the volunteers had a suv that we threw all our stuff in.  The race started at 8 am and the sun was up with a slight head wind.  We started on the South East corner of the lake and made our way around to Garden City park.   The miles were in a count down fasion so we actually started at 13.1 and counted down. I actually liked that. When we started everyone was running so slow and you know me, I like to bust out of the gate!  I actually ran a 6:31 for my first 1.1 mile which was about a 6 minute pace. I felt good, the scenery was the best but the course was so straight that it got boring quick and after 2 miles I grabbed a drink and looked behind me and found myself alone!  I then kept a 6 minute mile for a few miles and I got bored so every water station I stopped and drank the water and gatorade and talked for a few seconds to the volunteers.  After 7 miles I started playing a game of what I thought I could run the next mile in to keep my mind off the long straight parts.  I guessed a 6:15 for the first one and slowed my pace down and nailed it! the next mile I told myself to break a 6 minute so I sped up a bit and got a 5:57.  Then I tried to do a 6 even mile and hit a 6:01!  That was the only thing that kept my mind off the course.  I finished in 1:19 which is not a banner Half for me but with WBR next week I used this as a good training run.   The second place runner came in at 1:25 and the 3rd was a lady with a 1:26!  This is my first Half marathon win so I feel real good have finally won a race of this caliber.  I won $100 bucks, a free entrance to next year, and a trophey.  I also saw Chad and Jon up there running the 10K and they did a 2nd and 3rd overall with some good competition up there for that race from the sounds of it so make sure you read there blogs.