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Sat, Aug 16, 2008

Race: Pine Valley 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:40:00, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 2

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It was a beautiful moring for a race. Nice and cool. The garmins battery died so I didnt have that to help keep me on pace. Steve O said he was going for 36-37 so I figured I would just hang around him and Id be ok. That stratagy was thrown out the window about 10 steps into the run. There was no way I was going to keep that kind of pace for the whole run so I just tried to keep within eye sight of Steve and the other guy and hoped for the best. There was a long old hill right in the middle of the race and man did that take some mental jucie to make up. Passed a home with several dogs out front and got a bit concerned but after seeing the first 2 guys make it by without injury I figured I was ok. If they would have wanted me I couldnt have stopped them. Tried to get closer to number 2 guy on the downhill and the last couple miles but he had more go and I was huffing and puffing like I'd just smoked a pack. I was hoping for a lot better time than this but even Steve O was off by a couple minutes so I wont kick myself to hard. Bit disscuraging as my marathon goal pace is faster than this race pace and I dont know if Im up for 26 miles at that speed.

Comments

From Dustin on Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 16:42:41

Good job on the race. Remember you were running this race at 6500 ft elevation so I'm sure that might have affected your time a little. Also, sounds like the hill made the course a little slower. I wouldn't get too concerned about your marathon time at this point. You've been training good all summer and I think things will come together nicely for you on marathon day.

From MarcieJ on Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 20:07:04

Good job James! Dont be discouraged at all. I heard it was pretty tough course. You will be able to hold your marathon race pace easier at SG. You will be just fine!

From Superfly on Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 20:23:22

Good job! The elevation is the key in this race. It's way harder to push out good times up in the mountains.

From wildbull on Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 11:50:21

In racing you will find that each course will have its own time. This race for instance had elavation and that Hill. If you keep traing your going to do great. good race. 3 place is awesome.

From Mike Warren on Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 21:08:08

James, no doubt tough course and major uphill gravel road. That is not a bad time at all. After the race, we ran to Veyo. Even taking it easy, those first 2 miles were tough on the breathing. You will be just fine in the marathon. By the way, what is your time goal?

From James Holt on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 01:12:39

Thanks for the words of wisdom everyone. It helps.

Mike - Im shooting for upper 2:40's.

From dave holt on Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 13:13:38

Hey don't worry about it - Last year I ran Swiss Days 5K slower than my marathon pace (and that was two weeks before the race)!

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