Today I felt pretty good. It was a fun TOU half marathon. Got up at 4:45 am, dressed, and got Claire up. After a quick bite, left the house about 5:10. Got to the start and visited with a few folks--Daryl, Steve, Scott and a few others. I have taken it pretty easy for the last 2 days, and was pretty apprehensive
at the start. My garmin always reads a little long for this race - 13.2 --probably due to the reflection/refraction of the satellite signal off the walls in Hyrum canyon.
Started out well, maybe a little too fast at the start: 1 - 6:18
2 - 6:28
3 - 6:36
4 - 6:27
5 - 6:19
6 - 6:22
7 - 6:23
8 - 6:24
9 - 6:31
10 - 6:27
11 - 6:37 - Paced with another runner to this point.
12 - 7:08 - the only real uphill part. Slowed down quite a bit.
13 - 6:40
.2 - 1.07 Overall I think I could have pushed it a little more, but it was great getting a PR. I beat my previous PR by 3 minutes 4 seconds. (I don't do many half's).
Afterwards, I got some drinks, rested for a little bit, talking with Steve and a few others from the blog. Then jogged up to meet Claire and ran in with her. She got a PR and won her age division. I only made it up about a half mile and ran with her to the finish. Afterwards went on another 3.3 miles and got back before the awards were given out. When I got home, I decided to do a few more miles before showering, and ended running about 4. Overall got in 21.4 miles.
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