Running

16.08 Miles in 2:13:03 I think that's what my time was.

Needless to say, I'm glad to be back in the Utah weather and away from the humidity of Florida. Our trip was cut a day short due to the hurricane that was coming our way, so I took advantage of the day off of work to run up the Provo Canyon.  I was surprised to see the trail was open all the way.  I ran 8 up and 8 back.  I headed up South Fork once I hit Vivian. Legs were pretty sore at first, but then I started feeling better.  Hit a couple of miles at the projected Hobble Creek race pace of 6:30-6:50.

Lifted weights for 50 minutes. 

7.86 miles in 1:02:53.

Ran from home today with Mark.  He turned around at the 2.5 mark to go back home and I continued on for a bit more before turning.  Legs were sore and I had to hold back a bit.

4.12 miles in 30:03.  Trying to cut the miles back a bit today and tomorrow so that I'll feel fine for the race.  Legs are still a bit sore.

3.11 miles in 23:54. 

Goals for tomorrow's Hobble Creek run are to try and finish in 1:25.  I figure that the course will be a little bit faster than the Provo River course, but I know I'm going to have to really push myself.

This was a fun race and I finished about 2 minutes faster than my PR at Provo River two weeks ago. Can't beleive I finished first in my age division (this must have been a slow year or something). I will double check the overall and division places when the times get posted. I got passed from about mile 10 (the second to last water station) by several people. I had to stop and walk at about mile 12.5. I was just done at that point and I didn't care if anyone passed me. Did not feel good at the beginning, but was determined to try and go at 6:15-6:30 pace for the first six miles. Overall, I don't think the vacation (and sunburn) I was on within the last two weeks helped me with this race or all the food I've eaten over the past 2 weeks for that matter.

After checking the results, I really took 2nd in my age group as the winner was also in my age group.  However, I guess since he won the race they don't technically include him in the age group. 

Here are the splits:

6:24 - 1

5:59 - 2 Little scared to see below 6

6:22 - 3

5:58 - 4

6:09 - 5

6:12 - 6

6:28 - 7

5:57 - 8 Mile marker must have been off

6:30 - 9

6:39 -10 Wheels are coming off and I can tell I'm not feeling well

7:15 - 11 Hanging on

7:26 - 12 Pretty much done

7:53 - 13.1 Not feeling well

Ran an additional 4.75 miles in 39:45 with my brother Ryan in the evening after lifting weights for about 40 minutes.