Another half marathon and another 2nd place. The race started at the East Canyon Resort then headed south along the highway for about a mile. From there it was an out and back along the dirt road that connect East Canyon to Parley's. The first half has more elevation but throughout the race there are some good sized hills. I think my second half was about 1 minute faster than my first. The guy who won obviously ran a better race because he was patient enough to wait until the half way point to pass me. I managed to stay near him for the next mile after the turn but then he slowly got away. Considering the hilly course and elevation his time of about 1:15:30 was very impressive. One annoyance however, was that from mile 5 to the turnaround I was running into a decent headwind and the guy who beat me was drafting the entire way by running about 5 ft. behind me. I realize the benefit isn't close to as much as biking but it still makes a considerable difference when running in windy conditions. With a few exceptions in biking it isn't acceptable to stay on a wheel without doing your fair share of work. Is there similar etiquette in running or should the front runner just slow down or move to the side if it bothers him or her? When I have been the trailing runner in the past I have always offered (or just jumped ahead) to take turns because it makes sense to me.
| Time |
Distance |
Split time |
Elev. chg. |
| 0:05:49 |
1 |
5:49 |
104 |
| 0:11:52 |
2 |
6:02 |
52 |
| 0:18:12 |
3 |
6:19 |
137 |
| 0:24:29 |
4 |
6:17 |
55 |
| 0:30:40 |
5 |
6:10 |
12 |
| 0:36:43 |
6 |
6:03 |
47 |
| 0:42:27 |
7 |
5:44 |
-7 |
| 0:48:12 |
8 |
5:45 |
-25 |
| 0:54:12 |
9 |
6:00 |
-48 |
| 1:00:14 |
10 |
6:01 |
-69 |
| 1:06:10 |
11 |
5:56 |
-131 |
| 1:12:08 |
12 |
5:57 |
-73 |
| 1:18:03 |
13 |
5:55 |
-45 |
| 
