Spanish Fork 1/2 Marathon

September 6th, 2008
Division
Age Division: 35 - 39

Place in Age Division: 16
Time 2008: 01:52:37 Pace per mile: 8:35
Time 2007: 01:57:35
Overall Place: 118 out of 311

A lot of us(family) have been running this year and since this was my first 1/2 marathon exactly one year ago I wanted to run this race again to see if I could beat my time from last year which I did and I'm excited about. The race was 13.1 miles in distance and had two significant hills. Last year I ran too fast for the first 6.5 miles, had to hit cruise control at about the 8th mile and could only hang on for the next 3 and about died during the last 2 miles. This year was totally different. I ran strong with energy to spare for the first 6.5 miles, accelerated up the hills, felt great through mile 10, ran faster through mile 11 and 12 and finished strong. I train casually at about a 10 minute mile, 15-20 miles per week, so I'll enjoy it enough to get out and keep training, but I'm not kidding when I say, come race day, a run like that hurts for about 12.9 miles, but with Courtney and the kids there at the end cheering me on, the pain completely disappears for about 30 seconds. I can't say I'll be signing up for a 26.2 mile marathon anytime soon, my legs still hurt 36 hours later, but I'll keep running for sure so sign me up for another one!!