I was down in St George for a bike race. Kelly and her friend rode in a 100 mile bike race, Kelly's friends husband and I were their support car. They did great. BUT as a side effect, I was there to support them and not there for my personal stuff. So I didn't get many miles in. There was on stretch they were on that was going to take awhile so I ran, got to about 4.67 before the girls caught me. On a positive note I was running in nice temps and beautiful surroundings. I was running towards Zions Nat. park. Very nice! The wind blowing out of Zions was horrible. I felt pushed back the entire time. When I started running I was thinking I could only get 2 miles before the girls would catch me, so I went out fast. Fast and against the wind, after the first little while I felt horrible. That and 20 min prior I ate a Blimbe 6" sandwich with bananna peppers, mustard, mayo....... About did me in. Took the rest of the 5 miles to settle down and feel like I could run for a little while. When Kelly cought me I didn't want her to have to slow to say hi so I sprinted. It was also out of interest to see if when I was feeling tired I could sprint. (Not that it would do ANY good.) I stayed right there with her (ok, I'll admit, she probably slowed WAY down before I knew it was her). My watch had me at 4:53 pace (11.2 mph). Cool. Well, it was fun seeing a different sports endurace event, not the biggest endurance event for biking, but still a GOOD challenge. I don't know that I could make it 100 miles on a bike without DIEING! I figure I will be starting more serious running this next week. I have to get going, got to get my mind in the game. Time to build miles and endurance so I can have a good running season! Having HUGE mind games right now! Have a great day everyone!
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