Provo City Half Crunch - Dave Taylor

It's good to run like the monster again, no holding back. I went out with Fritz and the lead group, tremendous depth today. No trouble hanging as usual for the first half mile, the dropped back a small amount at the mile(5:18). I had a surge of energy in the second mile and I felt like I might catch them (5:17) but I didn't. That would have messed with their heads! I did the flat mile at 5:43 so I knew I as in great aerobic shape after Boston, still waiting to see if the glucose had filled back up. Then Brandon and his group caught up with me and dragged me another mile at 5:30, he was looking good! I dropped back about 100 feet and got dragged 3 more miles (5:42, 5:45, 5:54) then Brandon had some minor issues and stopped several times so I could get a little surge each time he passed (5:49). Very nice. But Boston caught up with me by mile 8 so I was down a little bit on the energy for the rest of the race, but still able to turn it over with some consistency (6:04 6:04 6:09 5:59) - you wouldn't even know there was a hill in there! Mile 13 I was really starting to feel it so I eased off a little (6:09) but still had a nice kick at the ending .1 (4:58). All I wanted was a 5 handle and I barely got it, 1:15:59.97 ! Very satisfied with the race, but 40 seconds slower than last year. I should be completely back for the Timp Trail Half though.