What a great day for a race. Great temperature.
Rode to the start of the race with Paul and Teena. Met many of you from the blog which was nice. However, I spent too much time visiting and not enough waiting in line for the potty. This meant that I was still in line as the race started. I was not worried knowing that the chip timing is what mattered. It was still difficult to see the masses start and go. When I finally got started I had a good race, but not a great one. The splits and comments were as follows:
| Mile |
2009 |
Comment |
| 1.0 |
0:07:19.8 |
Best first mile at St George |
| 2.0 |
0:07:39.1 |
Passing lots of people because of my delayed start |
| 3.0 |
0:07:17.2 |
Feel fast because I continue to pass people |
| 4.0 |
0:07:07.5 |
Finally find Teena, thanks for waiting |
| 5.0 |
0:07:46.5 |
Still going strong |
| 6.0 |
0:06:48.4 |
|
| 7.0 |
0:07:40.3 |
|
| 8.0 |
0:08:13.5 |
Feel okay going up Veyo |
| 9.0 |
0:08:56.4 |
Fall into a trap of pacing with those around me |
| 10.0 |
0:07:18.2 |
Kick it back up, but hard to adjust |
| 11.0 |
0:08:20.1 |
Hard to keep my pace around without others to pace with |
| 12.0 |
0:08:04.2 |
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| 13.0 |
0:07:43.8 |
Pass the 3:45 group |
| 14.0 |
0:07:56.0 |
|
| 15.0 |
0:07:20.4 |
|
| 16.0 |
0:07:11.5 |
Finally the steep downhill |
| 17.0 |
0:07:34.4 |
|
| 18.0 |
0:07:56.0 |
I hate this mile |
| 19.0 |
0:08:07.3 |
I hate this mile |
| 20.0 |
0:08:10.1 |
I know I need to start dropping some 7:00s for a 3:20 |
| 21.0 |
0:07:17.1 |
Nice mile |
| 22.0 |
0:08:39.1 |
Where did my energy go |
| 23.0 |
0:08:02.2 |
Lost my motivation knowing 3:20 slipped by |
| 24.0 |
0:08:09.8 |
Too slow |
| 25.0 |
0:08:16.5 |
Again, too slow |
| 26.2 |
0:10:34.4 |
Worst finish at St. George in my last five, but still my 5th best marathon. |
| TOTAL |
3:25:29.7 |
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