Marathon course from Dammeron Valley to church. Woke up at 4:30 to meet the club at 5:00. Drove up with Metler, Trevor and Cody in my car. Warmed up the first mile and or 2 and then after that most of my miles were under 7:00. Started running with Jake, Heath, another guy and Annie, but they slowed a bit at the first water drop at Diamond Valley and I left them. Ran the rest of the way by myself. The only guys in front of me were Hooper, Metler, Trevor, and Clyde. Overall average was 6:59 (avg moving pace was 6:56 after stopping a bit for water 3 times). My pace calculator says my average pace over these miles should be 6:47, so I feel pretty good about the effort. At 13.1 I was at 1:31:34 compared to my PR at Snow Canyon last November of 1:29:05. The effort today was a 100 times easier though. I really never felt like I was pushing it at all, just trying to keep it in cruise control and get a feel for the downhill running. Took a Roctane before I started, but it kind of upset my stomach a little so I never took the powergel that I also had with me. Legs are a little sore but I'm not wiped out like when I ran the half marathon. Now I just need to extend this to 16 and then 18 and then 20 and make sure I can keep the pace and get used to the pounding for 3 hours. Probably need to hold back a little next week for some recovery. We'll be traveling to Idaho, so it comes at a good time. |