So, I am late in posting my race because I wanted to get the official results posted and assess things in comparison to my watch. According to my watch I finished at 1:41:54, but the clock had me at 1:42:58, quite a difference. All in all, it was a great race and It is a beautiful coarse! I was a little frustrated at first getting over the start line and weeding through the people, but once the road became less congested, it got better. The only other thing that I feel could have helped me is the temperature, I do not perform well under heat, but like Tom said, it was probably good practice for St. George, so I'll take it. I started the watch when I actually crossed the start line in comparison to when the "siren sounded", so according to my watch, here are my splits.
1. 8:45 (trying to get through the people seemed a lot more difficult this year)
2. 7:45 3. 7:37 4. 7:41 5. 7:41 6. 7:43 7. 7:57 8. 7:38 9. 7:51 10. 7:54 11. 8:01 (darn hill got me, I really wanted to stay under 8 mins on each split, dang) 12. 7:54 13. 7:40 Average pace: 7:51 So, Kim, in answer to your question, according to the clock, you beat me by 8 seconds. So, if you would have waited to start your watch when you crossed the start line, you would have actually been at 1:41:48, IMPRESSIVE!!! Way to go! It was a great race. It was Heidi and Heidi's first one, they have been training really hard this last year and wanted to do it in under 2 hours, they smoked that by doing it in just under 1:53, WAY TO GO GIRLS! I just ran Provo a couple of weeks ago at a little over 1:44, and wanted to improve my time by at least 2 minutes, so I feel good about the outcome. It is my best time so far and so I am happy about it and I must admit, a little proud of myself. Good job everyone.
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