Provo Haunted Half 13.1 - 2024

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Oh boy, was this one intimidating. I haven't done a half marathon since the 2022 Thankful 13, and since that time I've put on at least 70lbs, and that makes me a lot slower and heavier. It's a long time to be on your feed and carrying around this much weight. But Sara and I both wanted to do it. The majority of this run is down the Provo Canyon which has a gentle downhill slope. The first 4 miles are a lot steeper coming down the inner canyon, but after that it evens out until about mile 9 which is fairly flat from then on. My goal was to hit sub 3 hours with where I was at physically I thought that was a good goal, and I hit it, just barely. But I did. I was also running in costume, which makes things a little more tricky, but really the hardest part of my costume setup was my compression shorts I were wearing kept sliding down and were just hanging on for dear life! Since my costume is a onesie I couldn't really reach down my pants and pull them up! My other issue with this race was that I woke up with a sore throat and sinus infection the morning of the race. I don't know how much that affected my performance, but it was bad timing. Sara ended up finishing about 17 or 18 minutes after I did. They had already started taking down the cones on the route, so they had the group that was around her skip a small section of the run cutting off essentially the .1 of the 13.1. But I'm proud of her for completing it!

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