Snowman Half 1/4/2014

The nicest day in a month, and it turns out to be race day. Got to love it! Nobody fast showed up so Toni was not going to be able to chase me down again, but it was 28 degrees instead of -2 so I would still be able to see at the end of the race. We started off briskly, uphill and into the wind for 2 miles. A 430 foot gain but I still got a 6:43 and a 7:39 (steeper). Not too hard but definitely into the yellow. I topped out well ahead of everyone and started cruising down into Alpine at around an easy 6 flat plus. With the exception of the little hill on North County drive (6:55) all the rest of the miles were 6:08 to 6:22 or so. The lights turned green as I got to them, the air was brisk and happy, and the sun was shining. Even the temple hill didn't look particularly difficult, and that mile was 7:07. I hoofed it in at a sub 6 to win by 8 minutes. I guess that makes me the Utah champ so far for the year, ha ha :)