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runner # 7 after work forced taper and not being able to update much hopefully things will settle in again so i can have a bit of time to get things back into a somewhat schedule so here is the basics on the Vegas Ragnar first leg was 6 mi with an altitude gain of about 800 feet finished the leg in 45 min roughly timing was not a key role ha ha and yes i wore my crocs to run the first leg :) best guess 7.5 min mi not bad for up hill my second leg was almost identical to the first except it was through town on paved streets for the most part and late at night with similar time about 7 to 7.5 min mi figured i was doing well did not want to burn myself up with my big one coming up 3rd leg for me #31 10 miles grueling up hill 1300 feet altitude gain over 6 miles feeling like my legs had rocks in them but willed myself not to stop and at that point sleep deprivation not real good hydration fatigue from the first two legs and lack of fuel besides grabbing a bite here and there were all playing factors just figuring i would gut it out no matter how slow felt like i was crawling but still managed to pass quite a few finally reaching the summit starting the downhill my legs tried to buckle  but soon i was in downhill mode letting the grade work found a good stride and rythm and let it roll finishing in 1:15 so another 7.5 min mile which surprised me as tired as i legs like jello glad to be finished or so it seemed except one of the girls on our team was in bad shape she couldnt do her final 4.5 leg so with about 45 min recovery i was back out for more fun lol sucked up a little over 3 of hers averaged about 8 min mi not sure how lol and i was finished  with a feeling of acomplishment 

After another fun filled week driving and not being able to log or blog on here lol finally get a chance to try and catch up.

 Saturday morning out the door at 5:30 costume in a bag on the way to the Halloween half get to the mall at 6 find Andrea and finally Anna we get on the bus and  up the canyon .

Milling around and getting dressed up (something between a smurf and an oompa loompa ha ha) the race is almost ready to start not planning on an all out race since I had promised myself to #1 run it in my CROCS (thanks Mike) and #2 making a pact with Andrea to help her set a new P.R.

This course is smoking fast next year think i will try to set a record for myself the first 4.5 or so are all fairly steep downhill and quick flattening out once we hit the highway for a few miles and onto the provo river trail to finish with another 3 or so of gradual down grade .

Running and pacing with Andrea keeping 9:30 to 10:00 pace somewhere (or so it felt ) was nice relaxing pace she did great had to walk a couple times with side stitch I pushed her a little past her comfort zone but in the end finished a minute ahead of her previous best very rewarding for me to be there and help her to accomplish her goal .

After the race and milling around a bit we got in line for the bus it was so long we decided to do a warm down and slow run back  to the mall another 3 miles surely we got back before the bus would have gotten us there ha ha 

sunday bla morning got onto the treadmill for some slow low impact with my book keeping a steady relaxing pace getting some good reading in been a while since i have done this it was nice for a change of pace