Official Time = 1:46:30 (8:07 min/mile)
768th out of 10,715 overall
630th Male out of 4633
110th in Age Group (30-34) out of 655
I accomplished 1-1/2 of my 3 goals for the race. I came out uninjured and I improved on my PR for this race (by a whole 20 seconds), but not my PR for this distance. I also failed to run a negative split.
Here's my splits:
Mile 1 -> 8:09 (8:09)
Mile 2 -> ????
Mile 3 -> 23:52 (8:01)
Mile 4 -> 31:57 (8:04)
Mile 5 -> 39:44 (7:47)
Mile 6 -> 47:57 (8:12)
Mile 7 -> 55:52 (7:54)
Mile 8 -> 1:04:31 (8:39)
Mile 9 -> 1:12:35 (8:04)
Mile 10 -> 1:20:45 (8:10)
Mile 11 -> 1:29:08 (8:22)
Mile 12 -> 1:38:04 (8:56)
Mile 13 -> 1:45:49 (7:45)
Mile 13.1 -> 1:46:30 (6:50)
As you can see, I was all over the place. Once again, not being able to keep a steady pace hurt my overall performance. First half was done in 52:18, second half in 54:12...not exactly the negative split I was shooting for!!
Weather held off and it turned out to be a beautiful day to run. My legs just didn't cooperate. I started to feel it around mile 8, but I didn't want to push it so hard that my legs would be shot for this upcoming week's workouts. So I settled in at a comfortable pace and then pushed it once I got past mile 12. The fact that I ran the last 1.1 miles at a good pace means that I had something left in the tank, but this race was meant to be a training run for me, not one where I'm dead at the end.
Open water swim at Taylorsville Lake in the morning, should be nice and cold! Can't wait to try out the new wetsuit!!
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