Snow canyon 2011. 7th Overall, 1st in age group and Masters. I was worried about the weather as it had been reported that it could be rain and snow Saturday morning. Luckily the storm blew through Friday night. We arrived at the start about an hour early. It was nice to sit in the warm car. At the last minute I decided to keep the tights on and the long sleeve shirt and jacket. Brandon Dase arrived and we discussed the course and strategy. I took a gel about 5 minutes before the start. I started out really too fast. I was warm by 1.5 and removed the jacket. I slowed the a better pace for mile 2. I dropped the jacket and pushed up my sleeves at the first aid station at the top of Snow canyon. Then the steep downhill sucked me into a fast pace. I was also catching the one person I could see. I caught up and he and I eventually caught and passed another person. I was feeling good, but mile 8 was just too slow. I took a gel here also. I picked it back up for the 9 and 10 but the last 3 I was just done. ended up 6 seconds slower than my PR for this distance and 1 place lower than last year. I guess more fast guys showed up. O well, I did all I could and I was the fastest "old" / Masters runner. Split paces = 5:34, 5:48, 5:32, 5:20, 5:14, 5:28, 5:39, 6:21, 5:54, 5:53, 6:19, 6:18, 6:11, 5:53. | 
