Okay, long, elaborate race entries are not my style, but I'll try to give all info I can. I'm amazed at how much you guys recall in races. It pretty much all blends in my mind. Got decent sleep the last couple nights, so I had that going for me. Felt fresh and ready from my one-week taper. No excuses; I'm getting my Boston Qualifyer! Was worried because the car temp display showed 77 degrees at 3:30 am! The forcast said it should be about 69 degrees at that time. I wasn't looking forward to the miles out of the canyon. Realized that the start had no chip mat and that it was on the gun, so I got in close to the front right next to ? who was the female winner. Took the first 3-4 miles faster than I had "planned". It was dark and I locked my garmin bezel, so I couldn't see. I didn't really care. Just wanted to take the downhill without putting on the brakes and making sure I wasn't laboring too much. Surprised how good the downhill felt vs. the downhill on my recent long runs (overtraining?). 5:57, 5:59, 6:12 Don't remember the next few too much. Just remember I kept thinking "it feels so good to run fresh." All of my running lately has been so rickety. 6:34, 6:56, 7:06 Mile five (6:56) is where the uphill started. It seemed a whole lot longer than 1.2 miles or whatever it was supposed to be. The elevation on garmin shows it's closer to 2 miles. 7:50, 7:10, 6:33, 6:51, 6:35, 6:34, 6:36, 6:43, 6:34, 6:48, 6:41 I remember thinking on mile 15 that I had gone out way too fast (I know I went out faster than I should've and could've got a little better time with better pace management). I started to feel my quads murmur at 15. Kept plugging away. 7:03, 6:50, 6:52, 7:30, 6:39, 7:03, 6:50, 6:57, 7:45 and 7:40 pace for the last .2 (or .28 on my garmin). I was dead the last 1.5 miles and had no fight in me. A guy finished about 10 seconds ahead of me and I had been gaining on him the whole time, but fell apart the last mile. 2:59:26!!!, 18th place, and chicked-less!!. I need to find some new short term goals now that I knocked both of my goals out with this run. 3:36:59 in Salt Lake 3 months ago, 3:20:59 in Ogden 2 months ago, and now a PR by over 21 minutes! I was pretty excited. I don't feel too bad now. I'm walking around with relative ease and the Fam and I are heading out now to the community pool. Happy Pioneer Day!! | 