I did my other two legs in the Red Rock Relay on Saturday. My 2nd leg was leg #26, which was basically miles 10 to 16 of the St. George marathon. I felt ok here, i tried to push it as hard as I could, but i had no sleep at all, and it was now 430am in the morning, so it made it difficult to run well. The first two miles were gradual uphill, and I did those in about 13.35 minutes, so about 6.47 per mile pace. Then started the downhills, and i was actually quite disappointed. I know i didn't go 100% because of my ankle is not a big fan of running downhill, but my total time for the 4 miles either flat or downhill was 25.55, so about 6.25 per mile. ugh. I wanted faster than that. So for the six miles, i ran 39.30, or 6.35 per mile. Once again, I passed a bunch of runners.
My last leg started around 1040am, and it was miserable. If you have run the Hurricane Half marathon, I ran that route in reverse, but starting at mile 10 of the half marathon. Which is the beginning of the uphill on Hwy 9 going to Zion. It was straight uphill for about 1.5 miles or so. And, with no sleep, and already two legs in, I was not feeling too good. I was very tight, very sore, and just trying to put one foot in front of the other. After about 1 mile of uphill, they took us off the main highway onto a dirt trail, which was really cool, but it still went straight up, and the footing was terrible. During this portion, i am sure i wasn't even going 10 mins per mile, and i still passed 4 runners. I finally made it back to Hwy 9, and then ran 4 more miles to finish my leg. And it was miserable. I was done, shot, finished, kaput.....My average during these 4 miles was probably 7.30 pace, and it was either flat or downhill, so i was struggling. My total time for the 5.5 miles was 46 mins, so it shows you how difficult the uphill and dirt portion was. That 1.5 miles took me about 16 mins.
Overall, I had a great time, I think our overall time for the coed team was around 24 hrs and 20 mins, and i think we took third behind the UVU coed team, and also Clyde Behunin's team I think took 2nd Coed. | 