Ran the Utah Valley 1/2 marathon unregistered. I wanted a bench mark for my conditioning. My goal was to run a 6:45 pace. I thought this would be easy coming down the canyon and more difficult on University Avenue.
Mile 1: 6:38 (felt good), Mile 2: 7:03(uphill and carrying on a conversation with the girl next to me, too slow), Mile 3: 6:04 (this felt too fast), Miles 4-8: 6:19, 6:30, 6:37, 6:39, 6:36 (just right and felt comfortable to maintain), Miles 9-10, 6:46, 6:44 (still felt good, but slowing down), Miles 11-12: 6:36, 6:38 (time to speed up, still felt good), Mile 13: 6:42 (the overpass was harder than I thought it would be) Last .13 49 sec (6:14 pace)
Average 6:36 pace. Would have placed 6th overall if registered. The top 5 were quite a ways ahead of me though.
Melody and I drove to the Riverwoods to cheer on the marathon runners we knew then back to the finish to cheer them on again. We saw Amber Green, but were too far away for her to hear us. Also Julie T, Melanie B, Amanda and Desiree.
This morning was so much fun. I was injured all winter and I really missed doing races. | 