1:36:56/7:24 7:33, 7:12, 7:33, 7:11, 7:11, 7:19, 7:26, 7:19, 7:29, 7:29, 7:31, 7:19, 7:10, 1:10(7:15) I wasn't sure what I was going to do today. I was pretty tired all week but I still felt like I could push through to at least do what I did in Striders so that was my goal. Stayed at Josse's and met up with a bunch of fine ladies to drive to the top. This was fantastic to not have to wake up super early and ride the bus. Ate some coconut flour banana bread. a hard boiled egg and milk for breakfast and some banana right before the race. It was cold up top but I was actually comfortably warm. Did a little warm up and striped down. I wasn't nervous at all. Probably because I was just thinking of this as a training run. I was sooo nervous for Striders. I started out way too fast in Striders so this time I wanted to be conservative. I started just behind the 1:35:00 pacer and stayed right there to see what it felt like. I didn't feel like it was smart to keep up with him so started just running my own race. Took all of the first 3 miles pretty comfortable and then started to work a little once it flattened out some. I think this worked well for me to not try and push those down hill miles too hard. I tried a flask out today to see if I would want to have it in Ogden. I really liked it. I took a shot at mile 6 and then again a few miles later. I don't know that I needed it but it didn't hurt. I had a bad stomach after the race. Not sure if it was from the extra gel or just from running faster. I also used compression socks for the first time during a race. I kept having little twitchy pains behind my knees and upper calves but I think i like them. I am barely sore. I feel like I ran well. Comfortable but still hard and had enough to push at the end. This way of racing is still new to me so I was scared to push harder and burn out, but I was thinking while I was running and now that I could have done more. I'm still happy with the result. I needed this race to go well to build some confidence for Ogden. I felt really good the whole time and hope I can feel this good in 2 weeks. | 