First 4 miles were awesome. felt like 20 minutes. next 4 were ok, getting a little winded. mile 8 was all incline. totally took my breath away. amazing difference what being back in Dallas for a month makes. The altitude killed me. I was right on track, actually before my goal time the first 1/2 of the race. I was so excited... then came the inclines. Had to walk most of mile 8. But it was ok. Its was so beautiful. no wonder it was rated top 10 in the country. So Walker and I got to enjoy the view! Yeah, Walker did it with me. What a great friend! she hasn't been training and was worried. But with my training and lack of altitide lungs, and her living at altitude, we were pretty well matched. She actually felt better than me i think. So much for training. We walked probably about 2 miles overall and we stopped for a potty break, which had a line. With all that, I was only 10 minutes shy of my goal! I think if I had run closer to sea level, I would have rocked my goal.

Run at sea level or live in the area. In my defense, I was living at 8,200' when I signed up for the race. An unexpected move back to Dallas was not part of the plan.

walked around, water, sandwhich


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Great race. I wish I was better prepared for it. Unfortunately, I don't think I could have done too much different except train at the same altitute as the race course. I'm disappointed in my rankings, but I guess it's expected.