7:21, 7:01, 7:06, 6:47, 6:54, 6:55, 6:51, 6:53, 6:45, 6:38, 6:44, 7:04, 6:51, :50(6:04 pace)
Decided to do this earlier in the week. Josse convinced me it would be good SGM training. I'm always up for down hill and this is some crazy down hill.
Had the trusted banana w/ pb, egg and milk before leaving and took some E7/3Fuel with me for the bus ride and 5hr energy. Rode down with Josse, Mom and Rebecca. The bus ride took forever and there were gauge alarms going off almost the entire ride. The bus driver shining a flash light on them every couple minutes didn't look promising, but we finally made it to the start. Rachelle's bus didn't...
Did a bit of a warm up with the sunrise coming through the aspens. It was gorgeous! Took half of the 5hr. The race started a few minutes late due to the bus issues. I started out with the 1:35 pacers and my first mile was VERY conservative. decided to pull away at the first water station and just ran steady. Gained on a few people and stayed close behind a girl that was pacing about the same. Took water at every station and a gel at mile 8(i think). I tried to take the rest of the 5hr at the last water stop but none of it actually made it in my mouth. The race went this way until about 2 miles to go where I passed her and pushed to the end. Passed one more girl and a couple guys. Felt good with the effort and how I felt. I don't think I needed to take the first mile so slow but I seem to do better with a slower first mile.
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