Got to wake up before 4 and ride up on the buses to Tibble Fork. Half mile warm up and some strides to get ready. We had 5 guys running it. Me, Chicken Nuggett, Sean, Asa, and Josh. I was wondering what pace I was gonna go. I ended up just sticking with Sean and Nug for the first part. We were in the canyon for like 8 miles and everything was going great. My splits were
6:05
6:05
6:04
5:50
5:53
5:58
6:02
6:05
Then when it leveled out sean left me and nug and we were getting tired. Behind lone peak nug stopped to go to the bathroom, i got some gatorade and kept going. We hit highland glen park and I was soo tired. A little while after I got the drink I stopped for a moment and stretched. Climbed the only hill on the course and it wiped whatever I had left. Nug passed me with 3 miles to go, something like that and I held on for dear life from there. Other splits went like this
6:22
6:28
6:32
6:35
and 6:59 haha. Didn't stop my watch while I got a drink. But at least it wasn't over 7.
It was a very fun experience! Sean killed it, he got 7th place overall with a 1:16:55, then nug got 1:19:43 and 11th, and I got 1:21:59 a 6:16 avg pace and 17th overall place. Most miles I've ever done haha so I my training wasn't for half marathons but it was a challenging and fun day. Half mile cool down and some strides.
Shout out to the guy who won cuz he ran it in 1:04:24.......thats a 4:55 avg!
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