At about 3 am I ran leg 22, 6.4 miles with a slight uphill finish. I just locked into pace and hammered away for 35 minutes until the finish. I felt strong, but with BYU over 20 minutes ahead there was no reason to kill myself yet. I had to be patient for Ragnar. I knew I could make up some serious time there.
I should preface this entry with a big thanks to my team, St George Running Center, and Fastrunningblog.com, but especially the guys in my van, Dave, Adam, Taylor, Clyde, Logan, and my brother in law Jake. They really were the key to the success we had in our van. Anyway, I ran Ragnar at about 10am. The weather was warm, but not nearly as hot as last year. I ran super hard the first mile, 8:02, but I couldn't breath. I was super congested. I thought the record was out of reach, but I still pushed to try to win the overall award. Mile 2 was faster, 7:30 range. By now I was feeling better, but I still didn't think the record was in my grasp. I hammered the last 2 miles well under 7 min mile pace and ended up 29:12 on my watch,(old record 29:13), so we will see how the official results come out.
PS My legs felt strong and healthy, no big knots, Sunday and Monday. This is the best I have felt after WBR. | 