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This was a family trip to Chicago for the marathon.  Joe Bell joined us on Saturday.  Weather was clear and started out cool (low 50's).  It did however, warm up quick.  By the end of my run it was in the 70's.  I felt that I had trained well.  The thing I was lacking was the long long runs.  I think it showed up because I experienced serious melt down in the 21st mile.  I must say I enjoyed the run up to that point.  crowd support was awsome.  The group I was in (the 3:10 pace group) was large.  splits were even.  Course is flat.  This was my worst performance in many years.  

Can't let that get me down though.  We are running the Bourbon Chase this weekend and the Monumental Marathon in 4 weeks.   

5k: 22:42 (7:19 mpm)

10k: 44:46 (7:06)

15k: 1:07:03 (7:11)

20k: 1:29:18 (7:10)

Half: 1:34:16 (7:17)

25k: 1:52:02 (7:20)

30k: 2:15:18 (7:30)

35k: 2:52:02 (11:50)

40k: 3:36:27 (14:18)

Finish: 3:48:36 (8:55)

4:30 am run withthe group.  About 10 of us this morning.  I had run Chicago on sunday.  3 others ran the Iron Horse Half. Still others are running the Bourbon Chase.  Lots of us slow today.  10.55 miles at a 8:58 mpm.

4 am run with Bourne to Run.  48 degrees.  Feels like fall. Legs feel much better today.  We ran the furgeson loop.

8:39, 8:30, :48, :51, :54, 9:11, 8:53, 8:05

1:09:57 or 8:44 mpm

PM run from downtown Louisville to Clarksville to pick up van 2 for Bourbon Chase.  9 mpm

This is a 203 mile relay race through Bourbon country of Kentucky.  Relay team of 12 runners.  You follow the Bourbon Trail from distillery to distillery.  Our team MFSB (Must Find Some Bourbon) was mainly built of 50+ year old runners.  My wife and I are a bit below the median age.  

I ran legs 2, 14, 26, 33.  

Leg 2:  7.4 miles of Rolling terrain.  241 elevation Gain; 234 feet loss.  1:03 pm start, sunny and 63 degrees.  I passed a few people but took it a little easy anticipating a long night and day tomorrow.  

7:04, 6:58, 7:17, 7:10, 6:40, 7:10, 7:15 (2:57) for a 7:08 mpm average

Continued on tomorrows blog

Leg 14:  12:00 am start.  Midnight start and a very nice mid 40 degree start along US150 a 4 lane route. 6.5 miles.  369 feet of elevation gain.  391 feet loss.  passing 11 people, I felt pretty strong with the cold weather and light breeze. 

6:35, 6:35, 7:01, 7:07, 7:35, 6:47, (3:04)  6.5 miles in 44:46 or 6:54 mpm

Leg 26:  10:34 am start. 7.65 miles.  50 degrees and sunny.  482 feet elevation gain.  401 feet elevation loss.  runners have thinned out conciderably.  Most of the run, I was out there by myself.  

7:24, 7:11, 7:29, 7:29, 7:00, 7:30, 7:31, (4:29)  7.65 miles in 56:07 minutes or 7:19 mpm

Leg 33: 4:40 pm start.  55 degrees and very nice.  This was an unplanned leg for me.  However, due to team-members fatigue and injury, I ran it.  365 feet of Elevation Gain, 273 feet of fall.

7:13, 8:02, 7:29, 7:46, 8:09, 7:46, 7:09, (5:16)  7.8 miles in 58:54 or 7:33 mpm

Overall a fun weekend.  However, I think I'm ready to team with a little more competitive group.  This turned into an endurance weekend.