♠ Posted by Paul Naylor
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Big Cottonwood Canyon Half - Race Recap
♠ Posted by Paul Naylor in Half marathon,recap
The Big Cottonwood Canyon Half 2014 is in the books, this is a race that keeps getting better every year. I really love this race! This is an event that I'll be coming back to every year. I know that for my goal is traveling around to run a race in every state, but this is a race that I'll come back to. It is very well organized, the volunteers are amazing, and the scenery is beyond incredible.
Even that this was a great race, there was a different feel to it through out the training leading up to the event, during the race, and even after the race. I think that focusing so much on...
Tracking my race
♠ Posted by Paul Naylor
Here is a link that is going to track my pace through out the race:
Tracking link here
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Race week
♠ Posted by Paul Naylor
I have been doing more visualization, trying to get my mind seeing the race and mentally preparing for many circumstances that may occur. Thing that I have been trying to work on the most is trying not to get too excited for the race, such as I don't want to psych myself out of the race. This can be easy to do, especially since so much time has gone into prepping for the race, and I want to run a great race.
Much of this week will be mental prep, most of the physical prep is pass. I look forward to this week and I hope that the rest of my preparation this week will go well.
The race...
Runners drive Fiats
♠ Posted by Paul Naylor
About four months after moving here to Las Vegas, I got myself a new car; 2014 Fiat 500L Trekking.
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Pacing Big Cottonwood Canyon Half Marathon
♠ Posted by Paul Naylor
On paper, the pace should be fast for the Big Cottonwood Half Marathon. For the course being downhill, and really doesn't seem to even out, at least not til the very end. Two things that come to mind about this race is that downhill does assist with running a faster pace, which could be a good thing. The other thing is that with a downhill race, your legs could take a beating. Running a half marathon on flat ground can sometimes be hard enough on people, but take that distance on a downhill course, and it could cause people to be in pain for a few days or few weeks after the race.
I have...