Great Race Today! New "Old Man PR". Went up to the start with Bull, Mike, Scott and Winnie Poo (Art). It was a bit cold before the sun came up so we snuck into Steve Bingham's city vehicle and spent about 20 min. warming up before everyone lined up for the start. At the line-up I did the usual look around and only saw Walter and Brad O. I thought I'll at least get third but, wasn't sure if we were going to have any surprises. As the race started Walter and Brad took off and I didn't see anybody the rest of the race. Here's how it went down:
1. 5:27 - Decided during my warm-up that since I felt good I was just going to go for it from the beginning of the race. Brad O. and Walter took off quite a bit faster. They must have hit the first mile in 5:10.
2. 5:34 - Started to get into a decent rhythm and new I was clicking today.
3. 5:25 - Going down around the valcano started picking up more speed. I could tell Walter was going a bit faster and still slowly pulling away. Brad O. was gone by now.
4. 5:13 5. 5:10 - Looked like I was gaining ground on Walter. Felt nice and relaxed. Saw LaDawn taking pictures in the canyon right about here.
6. 5:08 7. 5:20 8. 5:57 - Going up behind the sand dunes I had a hard time shifting gears on the hills and rollers. As I came up to the aid station I saw Walter pop out of the Porta-John. I came up beside him and he was obviously having stomach problems but not bad enough to slow much.
9. 5:36 -I knew about here the I was probably going to hit my "old man pr" if I just kept solid.
10. 5:48 - Snow Canyon prkwy.
11. 6:04 - Entrada, felt like the hills were just eating me up. Lost form pretty bad through here. I just felt like I was sucking so bad, no power.
12. 6:07 13. 5:53 - Had a little down-hill to give me a break and get the legs going until the end.
13.1 0:41 - 5:33 pace - Heard Kendra and the kids cheering and feeling pretty excited about the race.
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