Ok Mike here is my race report. Today was the 30th annual St. george half. It was a warm wet rainy morning with the wind. I forgot my garmin so do not have any mile splits. I was tight from the beginning and had a hard time warming up. Hamstring and calf were ginving be problems. I got to the race start and Met up With Steve and Steve. Both of them were going to pace Bigfoot to a nice time. I decided to put caution to the wind and go out with them. First mile 6:07 pace. Nice first mile if i were running a 5 k. miles 1-4 were pretty consistant. around mile 7 Mr Decker caught up to me. We exchanged a few nice words and i pushed the pace alittle. He passed me again and i could not hold his pace. 9-11 were fun miles I really slowed down on thease miles and several people passed me. 11-13 i picked up the pace because i did not want the 130:00 pace group to pace me. They were only about 10 seconds behind me. I caught two runners. I estamated i was probably running about 6:40 pace. Things i learnied. Try not to get caught up in another runners race. Stay more consistant on pace. if i would of went out on 6:40 pace the race would of been better. Take my Garmin next time. It is esyer to keep track of my progress. Do not wear shoes that have holes in the bottom on a wet rainy day! I ended up averaging marathon pace for 3:00 hours. | 