What a nice day for a race. The weather wasn't bad the company of fast blogger runners was great. First off I wanted to thank Paul and his wife for allowing me to stay at their house it was a blessing. Also meeting Sasha, Steve, Cody, Jon, James, Logan, and Paul was a treat. Sasha, Paul, and I all got up at 4:45, although I have to admit I was up at 4:00. I was so excited to run for some reason. Sasha was too, he was ready to box, and lucky for me I wasn't near him. Although, he might not have the body like Roy Jones he could out run him. My initial intent for this race was to be somewhere under 2:50, since I really didn't want to push too hard after running a marathon two weeks ago. I made this decision during our warm-up before the race. I felt really good in the race. I decided I would try to average between a 6:15 and 6:20 pace and that plan was a success. I ran with Cody almost the whole race, and we had a good conversation going. Cody is an awesome guy. At the half-way point Cody and I checked in around 1:22, and I figured that under 2:50 was in the bag. I just didn't know by how much. I really did hold back quite a bit, but that's okay because St. George is coming. For a little bit Cody and I traded taking the pace, and that worked well. At Mile 18 I held back a little to go up the hill, and I feel now maybe that wasn't such a good idea. (mile 18 6:24, Mile 19 6:28 and Mile 20 6:39). I really felt strong until Mile 25 or 24 where I made a wrong turn and Cody yelled at me and got me going in the right direction. Who knows where I would have ended up, because the Cop patrolling the street wasn't paying attention and never saw me turn the wrong direction. If it wasn't for Cody yelling at me I would have ran a lot further today. But that stop and turn around kind of broke my pace and I felt some fatigue set in (Last two miles 6:31, and 6:31). It was good to see the finish line knowing that I broke 2:50. My fuel strategy was about the same in this race like all the others. I drank water at almost all the aid stations and had a gel at mile 11, and mile 17. I think though it might have been a good idea to take another gel at mile 21 just to experiment what affect it would have.
Overall, I felt I could have ran faster but saving some for St. George I think was a better strategy for me. For me the best part of this whole race/trip was meeting and talking to all the fast runner bloggers. I really feel I've gained some good friends.
Miles-pace-speed-calories
| 1 | 6:16 | 1.00 | 10.7 | 115 | | 2 | 6:22 | 1.00 | 10.3 | 118 | | 3 | 6:16 | 1.00 | 11.0 | 116 | | 4 | 6:07 | 1.00 | 11.2 | 116 | | 5 | 6:14 | 1.00 | 11.0 | 117 | | 6 | 6:21 | 1.00 | 10.3 | 117 | | 7 | 6:24 | 1.00 | 10.5 | 118 | | 8 | 6:12 | 1.00 | 11.6 | 117 | | 9 | 6:18 | 1.00 | 11.2 | 117 | | 10 | 6:22 | 1.00 | 10.3 | 118 | | 11 | 6:20 | 1.00 | 10.3 | 117 | | 12 | 5:59 | 1.00 | 14.5 | 116 | | 13 | 6:11 | 1.00 | 13.0 | 120 | | 14 | 5:59 | 1.00 | 11.0 | 116 | | 15 | 6:05 | 1.00 | 11.0 | 117 | | 16 | 6:12 | 1.00 | 10.7 | 116 | | 17 | 6:15 | 1.00 | 10.7 | 117 | | 18 | 6:24 | 1.00 | 10.3 | 117 | | 19 | 6:28 | 1.00 | 10.1 | 118 | | 20 | 6:39 | 1.00 | 9.8 | 119 | | 21 | 6:13 | 1.00 | 10.5 | 116 | | 22 | 6:24 | 1.00 | 10.7 | 117 | | 23 | 6:30 | 1.00 | 11.0 | 118 | | 24 | 6:34 | 1.00 | 11.6 | 118 | | 25 | 6:31 | 1.00 | 10.7 | 119 | | 26 | 6:31 | 1.00 | 11.2 | 117 |
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