13.1 Mile at 8:10/mi pace. Beautful course - lots of rain. Rained from start to finish and temps were in the upper 40s-low 50s.
Mile splits (by my watch) were as follows: 8:52, 8:03, 8:14, 8:13, 8:11, 8:11, 8:21, 8:04, 8:09, 7:44, 7:49, 8:04, 8:00, 0:56
Felt great throughout the race. Ran a negative split and realized at the end that I could have pushed harder throughout. I started the race too deep in the pack crossing the start line seven minutes after the gun. I feel like I ran an extra two tenths in the first few miles zig-zagging just to get around all of the people. I also could have trimmed 15-20 seconds per mile for the last two miles while being held up on the narrow walking/hiking trail part of the course. There were about 3-4 others that were running together with me from about mile 3 forward. I was tracking them till about mile 9 and leading them and trading off the lead with them for the last few miles. Two of us crossed the line together in a sprint and the other two crossed within 20 seconds of us. Two of the others were girls in their mid to late 20s and the guy was probably in his early 30s. It provided a good bit of fun competition during the race and prompted me to shorten and/or skip several water stops. I stopped for 2 and a half water stops (1/2 meaning that I ran on the outside of the "chute" and grabbed a powerade and took only one gulp. I only walked a handful of steps through one other water stop and did not walk but merely slowed down for the other stop.
I felt strong at the end and pushed pretty hard for the last few miles even though the last 2.5 miles were flat. It was awesome running right by the new Ogden temple in the last mile of the race.
Was #19 of 109 in my age group, #366 of 3813 overall and #248 of 1336 men. So that means top 20% for age group and gender and top 10% overall. Easily my best placing in several years - also my best training in several years. One of the sad truths about this race is that it is one of the first races in a long time in which I have felt fully trained upon starting the race. I ran fully within myself and could have pushed harder and will push harder at later races in the season.
Merely placing myself at a better starting position at the lineup would have gained me 2 and 1/2 minutes putting me at #184 in my gender #260 overall and #14 in my age division.
| Runner Details |
Race Results |
| Bib: |
6270 |
| Name: |
Kevin Jessop |
| Gender: |
M |
| Age: |
50 |
| Hometown: |
Orem, UT |
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| Overall: |
366 out of 3813 |
| Men: |
248 out of 1336 |
| M 50-54: |
19 out of 109 |
| Age/Grade: |
62.63% Place: 332 |
| Finish: |
1:46:55 Pace: 8:10 |
| Chip Time: |
1:46:55 |
| Gun Time: |
1:52:45 |
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| Split Times |
| 5.2 Mi: |
45:34 Pace: 8:46 |
| 10 Mi: |
1:21:20 Pace: 8:08 |
| 11.9 Mi: |
1:37:15 Pace: 8:11 |
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