Training weekend in St. George
Had a wonderful weekend. Warmer weather, running in shorts, awesome training, and fun
time with new friends! It has been so dang cold where I live so it was super nice to pack up and get out of town for the weekend.
Kicked the weekend off pacing St. George Half Marathon, 1:40
group. Finished 1:39:55. I love pacing. Such a wonderful feeling helping people reach
their goals.
Super cute girl, Lauren, came up
before the race and wanted to sub 1:40.
She looked so strong the whole time and totally crushed her goal... so proud! Ran a
cool down with Rachelle and a few others getting me a little over 17 miles for the day.
After the race went to the Washington Rec
Center and had a nice
swim workout, in an actual lap pool! Oh how it would be to regularly swim in this facility.
Sunday biked the 70.3 course. Teresa had told me to just get out, experience the course, and that is exactly what I did. No tough efforts, just getting to know what I am going to be up against. I was worried about getting lost but the
course is pretty straight forward. Everyone duct tapes course directions to their arm right?! ;) 
Lots
of climbing along with some fun, speedy descends. Climbing snow canyon
was not as bad as everyone makes it out to be.
Don’t get me wrong, legs were burning; but I expected it to be a bit
longer. It was awesome making it to the
top and then zipping back down in aero was fabulous. I might have chicked a male cyclist going up who was decked out head to toe in expensive gear which Made.My.Day;)
Got a flat at mile 50 so I didn’t get the
entire course in. Called Rachelle to do
a T-run with me.
The run course is No.Freaking.Joke. So dang hilly. Our first mile was a
8:40!! Rachelle reminded me we were going up a 9% grade. Awesome to have
here there for the run portion. She
pushed me and we finished strong with a 6:16 mile that felt controlled!
This weekend was such a confidence boost that I needed.
I feel so much
better about my training for STG now.
3 months out!
