Burt, if you are reading this, I DID IT!!! I KILLED IT today! So freaking excited! My goal was for a 1:45 today and I even beat that. That is 8 minutes faster than last year's Hobble Creek and 7 minutes faster than my new PR set in June. AND, I was in the top 100 female finishers! NEVER expected that. All my hard work must be paying off :) My husband even set a new PR of 1:36 today. Great day all around. Here are my mile breakdowns: 1- 7:02 2- 6:59 3- 7:16 4- 6:55 (yeah, after seeing those 2 sub-7's, I was shocked and I knew I was going out too fast. But, hey, you gotta work those downhills!) 5- 7:32 6- 7:25 (at this point, the speed caught up with me. MAJOR side ache for the next 1 1/2 miles. This was also where my hubby caught up with me - he was a little concerned :) But, I toughed it out and eventually overcame :) ) 7- 8:14 8- 7:38 9- 8:40 (tough mile, with some uphills. Who knew the day would come when I'd be panicking to get an 8:40 mile???) 10- 8:08 11- 8:46 (another uphill on this one. Just had to keep telling myself I only had 2 more miles to go) 12- 8:11 13- 8:32 (I think this last mile is one of the worst. I HATE the straight road, especially at the end, but at least there are no more uphills :) ) .1 -.49 I gave this run everything I had. I knew I would regret it if I didn't and missed my goal. So, now the question is, what's in store for next year? ;) Next up, Top of Utah Half Marathon next weekend. Not expecting to break this PR, but would sure love a 1:45. We shall see. . . | 