ok. so we go to do our run in spokane, and my daughter and her friend were
in the walking group at the back of the crowd(est. about 45,000) and katt and i, and her daughter and her boyfriend were in the orange group-about the middle of the crowd.
after the race started i broke away from the others and just went at what i thought was a good pace, after the first couple of hills i was really starting to wonder if i was going to fast, but then i would get to a down hill portion,
and it helped me get my wind back, they have what is called "doomsday hill"
i think it is about a half mile up and is ranked as the 6th hardest hill in an organized run in the us, after i got past that i was really starting to have to wonder if i was going to be able to run the whole race with out walking, i did walk at the water tables long enough to drink with out having it go up my nose. but i mentally won the challenge and forced my self to run till the end.
when i finished the official time was 1 hour 26 mins and 52 sec. but that is from when the elites start and are start time was scheduled at 15 minutes after them. so i thought that i had a pretty good chance of making it in 1 hour and 10 minutes. at the start of the race you pass over an electronic pad and you are wearing an ankle timer, so it tracks your time for you. so i was a bit suprised when katt called me on monday at work and told me that my time was 1 hour 6 min and 33 sec.

an average of just under 9 min miles.
now i have to train alittle harder for next year and see if i can break the 1 hour mark.
