Monday, July 20, 2015

Wasatch Wellness 10K (and belated Freedom 10K) - Emily

I'm apparently a slacker at posting, but I figured a few belated posts would probably not be too obnoxious.

The Wasatch Wellness run was a little rough, to be completely honest.  It had been a rough week--we summited Timp on Tuesday, and did 10 miles at Sundance on Wednesday, and my uphill muscles were fried.  Suffice it to say, the 3 miles up the canyon were brutal on tired legs.  Going down was much funner, but still far from feeling good.  I ended up second for women behind Melody Jenson, who has been tearing it up lately.  In the end, it got chalked up to a great workout--and not a great race.

Place: 2nd
Time: 37:29

Freedom Festival 10K

The Freedom Festival 10K was a BLAST!  I got to run with a former teammate, Nicole Lyons, for most of the way.  The first hill up 9th wasn't too bad, and we cruised through miles 2 and 3.  After the hospital, I lost Nicole a bit, but still chased her up the 9th East hill (which was crazy and crowded as always).  In the end, I had almost a minute difference between mile splits, which was far from ideal, but given the course, made sense.  I came in about 15 seconds behind Nicole.  There were two real victories for me, though.  The first, was that I ran about 2 minutes and 50 seconds faster than last year--something I was really excited about.  It's nice to see the actually proof when you feel like you're faster and stronger than you were.  The second was that I got to run with my husband through the finish line of his first 10K--and that was AWESOME.

Place: 4th
Time: 37:23

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