The St. George race was fun, and I enjoyed meeting everyone. I ran a 2:39:29, and that was good. Although it wasn't an all out effort. I was too conservative in the beginning and felt I could have ran a lot faster time. I had a lot of energy at the end and really I'm not that sore other than tightness in my calves. That tells me I didn't go all out and push until really the second half of the race. But I met the goal that I wanted to reach, and that gives me confidence for future races. I think my main concern in the first half was not really knowing the course that well. I ran the first half in 1:23 so that tells you how big of a negative split I needed to get under 2:40. One thing I'm thankful for is that Ted is alright through this whole weekend experience. The race started a little early and I was just getting into the elite
corral so I was caught off guard and not where I wanted to be in the
elite corral. I felt kind of sluggish the first couple of miles, and it
might have been from all the carb loading (6:21, 6:18),
and I didn't warm-up. I caught up with two runners Dustin and Steve that were going to pace for a 2:40. We seemed
to be running great for the next 5 mile splits hanging around a 6
minute mile pace and dipping in the high 5 minute mile pace. At mile 8
starts the Veyo hill and I slowed down way too much, but the hill wasn't a problem (7:07). I'm not sure what happened I remember just not paying attention to my pace and just looking at the hill.
The next 3 miles is a gradual decent but not bad, but I went slower
than I should have. I'm not sure why we went so slow from
miles 9 - 11. After mile 11, I abandoned the Dustin and Steve and went on my
own. I picked it up the last two miles before the half way point (6:11, 6:10), and was at a 1:22:59 or 1:23 time. I would need a huge negative split to get 2:40, and that's exactly what I did.
I got in such a rhythm that I felt unstoppable. At mile 20 they had a
digital clock at the mile marker, and the time was 2:04, so I knew for
the next 6 miles I needed to average 6:00 per mile to hit 2:40. Well, I
did that and better with one mile left all I needed was a 6:20 to get
2:40.
I felt so good that for the last 6 miles I averaged a 5:50 pace. I
still had plenty of energy crossing the finishing line. My official
time was 2:39:29. I felt good, but I do feel I didn't go all out and
could have ran faster (2:3?),
but that's okay because I accomplished another goal, and there will be
other faster times. I'm really not sore other than tightness in my
calves, which is normal for me after a marathon.
Mile Spits
6:21
6:18
6:00
5:59
6:04
5:55
5:58
7:07( Here's where I could have picked it up better)
6:38 (ditto)
6:28 (ditto)
6:47 (ditto just ugly times)
6:11
6:10
6:03
5:55
5:40
5:52
5:59
6:13
5:57
5:45 (run for my life the next 6 miles to get 2:39)
6:00
5:48
5:37
5:35
5:35 (felt like I could have kept running)
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