so, decided I'd run the xTERRA 21k this morning. Super race! Tough, but THE perfect day/morning for it. I knew going in I'd like to maintain an 80% ish effort during the run with St. George 26.2 next week. So, Yukon dropped Chad and I off about 15 minutes before the race started at the Port ramp on Pineview (love local races). Good crowd good energy - ready to roll. Since I wasn't trying to kill it I decided to run with my nathan pack..Next year will probably drop the pack and run with a hand held if anything... Anywho - They fire this huge cannon and we were off - The first 1.5 miles are on the highway getting us to Wheelers canyon - Just tried to find a good groove up to East fork - a little before hitting east fork/greenpond I ran into a guy who was cursing and sputtering - with no real goal other than to have a sweet time - I told him to stick on me and I ended up pulling him the rest of the way - it was pretty cool to help him get to the finish!! He cursed and asked about miles the rest of the way - pretty funny really. Good times - definitely will do this NEXT year!
Splits: 8:11, 7:47, 10:25, 10:49, 11:01, 9:56, 12:04, 8:14, 10:25, 12:04, 11:02, 9:05 last bit...
Vert 3,050 ya baby... | 