Woke up feeling tired but still excited to run! Ran my warm up from my house to the start because babe was still sleeping and we have one car. Glad I grabbed my hat last second for the rain.
Race started with a group of 5-6 women. Devra, T (Christina), Allie, Emily, and I, and Rachelle not far behind. It was really fun to run as a group.
Then after the SHP loop Devra surged and the group strung out. I attempted to go with her, but my breathing wasn't great, and I felt it was too early to pick it up and suffer for 7 miles. So T went with Devra and they held a solid pace, gradually pulling away. At mile 8 I decided I would try to catch them, but I let them get too far ahead, and I only made up a few seconds. So by mile 9, I stopped trying and gap continued to open.
The last 2.5 miles were not fun. It started raining harder and we were running into a nice head wind. I tried to pick it up at mile 12 and just get it over with. I finished third and we all measured the course about .12 long. My watch said 1:20:45 for 13.22 miles at 6:07 AP.
So glad it's over. The rain just kept coming and I was freezing! Forget the cool down, grabbed my clothes and jumped in the car. None of the top 3 women stayed for awards. Sorry.
T won and ran a personal best (1:19:4x) and Devra right behind her. Both training for the Ogden Marathon. They will do so well. Allie finished fourth, Emily fifth, Rachelle sixth. I really liked the new course, just not the weather!
The fans were great. So much support and cheering. And the race was well put together. I would have liked to hang around after and enjoy the band and food and friends, but I was frozen.
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