Leg 4
So going into this I was under the impression I topped out at a about 4.5 then it was all cruisin from there. Under that impression I went out strong but reserved. First mile 6:36, 7:25, 7:54, the peaked at 9800ft. Downhill miles were 6:21 amd 6:16 and those downhill miles hurt something fierce. Then something truly cruel happens, it levels out from the downhill then rounds a corner and I am greeted with 417 more feet to climb. During those two downhill miles my legs had gone jelly and to go back up a hill for mile 7 absolutely killed me, 7:48 pace. Legs were feeling real bad but luckily for me because of the high elevation the temp wasn't bad and I got some cloud cover #blessup 7:08pace 1572ft of gain from this leg
Leg 15
Here's where things get interesting. Good ole Salt Boy practicaly killed himself on his leg. Mike jumps in and takes over running like a bro, but I was not going to let Mike run 9 in that infernal heat. I switch him partway into his leg so he only had 7. I knew my leg gained about 700ft so I had mentally prepared myself for that but I couldn't remeber where that was in the leg so I was kinda dreading the gain that I knew was coming. I told myself to hover around 7 flat until I encountered said gain but man was that the hardest 7-flat pace I've ever done. Little did I know it was actually a gradual uphill and I was really gaining about 115ft every mile. That would have been nice to know because there were times where I thought to myself "I'm such a chump I can barely maintain an easy 7-flat pace" ended up averaging also 7:08 pace with 834ft of gain
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