Well I have some time to do a report now. This race was quite the experience for me. Learned alot of stuff from this one. I really enjoyed seeing all the people that I know. I am not even going to try and name them all. Since there was so many. It was great to have a running group and wished it would of worked out alot better in the end for us all. It was great running with MarcE, Jeffc, Mike Warren, JonA, Chad, Dace. And the few others that joined our group along the way. It was tough trying to keep a group on pace then if it was just me or 1 or 2 other people. It was great for the company. Would I wished we would of been able to keep it going. We lost MarcE at around mile 5. Next dropped was at mile 11 with JonA disappearing. After that it was Mike, Jeff and me. And then I dropped off at the hill and mile 18 or so. Really started fighting the doom and gloom from losing time and feeling the body did'nt have the strong finish left to keep up the paces. Mike tryied to rally Jeff and I on the hill. But my GI was giving me alot of greif and wasn't letting up. And they left me in the wake. At mile 22 is when it got worse. Each time I would take in more water or gatorade. It would act up until I could burp a few times. And even tryied to use the restroom with no luck. I had nothing left in me and just kept putting it in auto pilot. It was very rough watch as the 3:20 group passed me around 22ish. And then around 24ish the 3:30. I was able to somehow meet up with Jeff again just as you come off of Diagonal street. And we rallied together. He kept me going off and on and wouldnt leave me side. He was determined to get me my PR. And as we got into the shoot I had me first real cramp in my hammy. And had to stop. And was able to get going again. Heard and saw my family cheering and Jeff said something about getting some road kills and I just gave it all that I had left. Felt like I passed maybe 10-15 people in that last little sprint. And felt really good about being done. With a 1min and 4 sec PR thanks to Jeff keeping me going. It was great running with all my friends. And seeing how well RivertonPaul, Fly, Scott and a few others at the end do on there goals. Kathie with getting her PR. And Kristi doing her 2nd marathon with a 22 min PR. With a bad achillies. I am so proud of her and how she was able to do so well. Again I learned alot from this race. And feel that even though I didn't get my BQ I am getting closer and learned alot more in this training cycle. I felt really confident coming into this one with my training. But I have a few things I am going to change up to get there come either at Ogden or SG next year. Looking forward to resting for a week or 2 and going for it again.:)
Mile 1 7:29
Mile 2 7:31
Mile 3 7:15
Mile 4 7:08
Mile 5 7:20
Mile 6 7:13
Mile 7 7:14
Mile 8 8:27
Mile 9 8:07
Mile 10 7:55
Mile 11 8:11
Mile 12 7:43
Mile 13 7:27
Mile 14 7:29
Mile 15 7:08
Mile 16 7:12
Mile 17 7:16
Mile 18 7:46
Mile 19 8:24 Shoe tieing:(
Mile 20 8:50
Mile 21 8:05
Mile 22 12:02 Pit Stop at the Temple of Doom.:(
Mile 23 9:07
Mile 24 8:22
Mile 25 10:28 Walking to much
Mile 26 10:30 Walking to much here too.
Mile 26.2 2:12
TT 3:33:58
Wow a PR??? 1min and 4 sec PR. Can't wait to have it all work out right for me. We are getting there.:) | 