Park City Marathon, I started biking to Nate at the 10 mile mark, he had a 75 meter lead over Dave Spence (previous winner), Ben (Strider's), St. George guy and Bill Cobler. He had to make a pit stop at US 40, but kept his lead. I kept going back and forth among the leaders, one guy in a white shirt passed Bill Cobler, but later Bill passed him and I think he dropped out. I had a pretty long conversation with Ben, just encouraging everybody. Especially after miles 13-18 up to Deer Valley Resort, incredibly tough incline. Asphalt trail and a beast, including the "blip" hill, a 150 meter "hors-category" climb after running through the shopping mall center. Nathan held on to win, it was awesome. I got off my bike and ran the last few miles about 100 yards behind him and couldn't catch him. Average 6:15 pace and new course record: 2:41. Wow.
After chilling in the condo for a bit (a friend of Dad and Mom's) we went back for the awards ceremony and I ran a few more miles. Why anyone would want to run a 5 hour marathon is beyond me. Maybe I'm being to hypocritical since going hiking for 8-10 hours sounds like a blast. | 