Saturday morning I found myself driven up the canyon, dropped off on the side of the highway and huddled around a fire at 4:00 in the morning. It then occurred that I was paying for this, and that I was paying to make myself run all the way back to center street. I don't know what it is, I just love running. I remember my freshman year in high school when I got a letter explaining when all the sports started for the upcoming semester. I looked at it and thought "hey I'll run cross country, why not". I love to run and love long courses when I can see the sunrise and the magnificent views that Utah has to offer. Katelyn and I decided to run this one separately so she could listen to her iPod and could see how fast I could complete the course. My goal was to finish the 13.1 miles in 1 hr 45 min (8 min mile pace). I started out with the 1:45 pace group knowing all I needed to do was stay with them and I would finish on time. Well, after 3 miles I started picking up the pace and ended up catching up the the 1:40 group. I ran with them until we hit mile 11. I dropped back and keep telling myself that I was almost to the finish and that the faster I ran the faster I would be done. Well I finished in 1:42:15 -- 2 min 45 sec ahead of my goal and 13 min better than my previous best. Needless to say I was very happy and very much in pain. I can still hardly walk because of the soreness. Katelyn was happy with her time of 1:55 (about the same time as the last one). A poster around mile 10 said said "Tough times don't last, but tough people do". I found this very applicable to that stage of the race. And the race motto sums it all up, "Pain You Enjoy".
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Utah Valley Half Marathon
Saturday morning I found myself driven up the canyon, dropped off on the side of the highway and huddled around a fire at 4:00 in the morning. It then occurred that I was paying for this, and that I was paying to make myself run all the way back to center street. I don't know what it is, I just love running. I remember my freshman year in high school when I got a letter explaining when all the sports started for the upcoming semester. I looked at it and thought "hey I'll run cross country, why not". I love to run and love long courses when I can see the sunrise and the magnificent views that Utah has to offer. Katelyn and I decided to run this one separately so she could listen to her iPod and could see how fast I could complete the course. My goal was to finish the 13.1 miles in 1 hr 45 min (8 min mile pace). I started out with the 1:45 pace group knowing all I needed to do was stay with them and I would finish on time. Well, after 3 miles I started picking up the pace and ended up catching up the the 1:40 group. I ran with them until we hit mile 11. I dropped back and keep telling myself that I was almost to the finish and that the faster I ran the faster I would be done. Well I finished in 1:42:15 -- 2 min 45 sec ahead of my goal and 13 min better than my previous best. Needless to say I was very happy and very much in pain. I can still hardly walk because of the soreness. Katelyn was happy with her time of 1:55 (about the same time as the last one). A poster around mile 10 said said "Tough times don't last, but tough people do". I found this very applicable to that stage of the race. And the race motto sums it all up, "Pain You Enjoy".
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