BoSho Marathon I had no real intention of running this until Martinez sent me an email about it. Then I was all in. Why not? It is a free race, totally no-strings attached, unofficial, and fun. I wanted to see how fast I could run a trail marathon. However, this week, I have been "off", if you know what I mean. If I could have run this last week, likely would have been stronger and faster. Plus, a night of 2, maybe 3 hours of sleep didn't help me this morning. But whatever. There were runners that started at 6AM. I went with the 7AM group. At go, some dude shot out fast. I ran with the front group for the first 5 miles, then stayed about 5 minutes behind most of the way, until the last 6 or seven miles when I really slowed due to achy legs. The BoSho course is fantastic. It is the ultimate foothills trail run tour above Salt Lake City. All trail. Lots of familiar peeps there today, and met some new guys. Nick Sourlos introduced himself to me on the trail, then passed me and ran very well the last 6 miles and got way out ahead. A really fun, free event. Will be back next year. My goal was 4 hours, and I think I held that pace for 2/3 of the course, then slowed considerably the last third. Race time was 4:32:50.
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