In all fairness I have no idea how many teams were in our division. I ran the first leg in 34:52 Mile 1 6:18, Mile 2 7:04 (it had a pretty big hill and I did not want to hurt myself over this), Mile 3 6:58 HRA 180, Mile 4 6:39 HRA 179 most of the downhill on this mile) Mile 5 6:41 HRA 183 very flat and I did some fighting here. I could see a few other runners chasing me down. Last .2 in 1:12 HRA 187 really found my oats here especially considering there was a lot of turns in the final stretch.
I was chasing down two guys and finished third in my heat 54 runners I am assuming most of the best runners went 1st and last they didn't do a lot of breaking down of times unless I wanted to do a lot of math what I did do I guessed I was about 5th or 6th but in all fairness the last legs were quit hot temperature wise but I also guessed the first leg was about 50 feet longer.
I felt strong when I did it but my overall HR was a little higher then normal. This is probably a sign that my overall fitness has falling the last two weeks with so little high HR miles. HRA for the race 179. I am using a different monitor than normal because I sent my other one in to the shop for repairs its done and they are sending it back this week so hopefully I will have it on Saturday.
Feeling tight this morning when I ran my 23 last run over 14 before St George. I will still be crossing my fingers. It was kind of fun to do it with a few teams from the gym. The women took 1st place. I was pretty surprised by our team I figured 15th to 25th. Felt good to feel some speed. Did 1.8 warm up before race then I had to jet to do soccer pictures and a game and came back to watch finish. Wife locked keys in car during her leg so I had to borrow a friends it was pretty crazy. Glad to have my eyes set on St. George. | 