Well, Becky and I did this same marathon relay last year in 3:27, and this year it was 3:36, and it wasn't Becky who was slower. I was 9 minutes slower than last year; I chalk it up to hip/hamstring/piriformis issues that I've struggled with for the past few months. Oh well, it was good to get the mileage in. Overall, I tried to keep the pace from getting too uncomfortable. Peggy was nice enough to run me in the last I think 3 miles--everything was kind of hazy there at the end, and it was nice to have her there to talk to and to keep my mind off the misery. The others from the blog and my running group did really well. Cheris and Julie were both well under 4 hours, PR's for both of them, so fantastic job ladies!! Peggy ran a great half marathon and then ran several more miles, so it was a great day for her too.
So I ran the Painter's half in January in 1:44, the Moab half in March in 1:47, the Salt Lake half in April in almost 1:56, and this half in 1:51:40, so for the first time this year I haven't gotten slower in a half marathon; I'm hoping that means I'm on the road to recovery. We'll see. Congratulations to all the other bloggers for some great races; it was fun to see all the fast running blog singlets go by at the lead of the marathon when I was waiting at the half way point. Sasha, do you ever acknowledge the people cheering you on or are you in a zone? I thought for sure you would finish 3rd when I saw you, so congratulations on finishing 2nd. After the race I went to BYU for several hours to watch my son run in the state track meet, so I saw lots of running today. What a great day!! |